Wallenbuch

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

lake

Municipality :

Gurmels

Postal code :

3206

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

583 709 / 197648 coordinates: 46 ° 55 '47 " N , 7 ° 13' 29" O ; CH1903: 583,709 / 197648

Height :

532 m above sea level M.

Residents:

132 (2002)

Wallenbuch

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2003

Wallenbuch is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the lake district ( French District du Lac ) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On 1 January 2003 Wallenbuch, together with Liebistorf and Guschelmuth after Gurmels incorporated.

geography

Wallenbuch lies at 532 m above sea level. M. , five and a half kilometers northeast of Gurmels and eight kilometers east of the district capital Murten (as the crow flies). The village forms an enclave in Friborg, which is surrounded by the Bern administrative district of Bern-Mittelland (formerly Laupen district ). It extends on a high plateau between the central reaches of the Biberen in the west and the Saane valley in the east, in the northern Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 1.4 km². The area encompassed the Wallenbuch plateau, reaching in the west into the Faverwald , in the northeast up to the height of the Wittebergwald ( 552 m above sea level ) and in the east over a 40 m high wooded escarpment into the broad valley plain of the Saane .

population

With 132 inhabitants (2002), Wallenbuch was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. A single farm belongs to Wallenbuch.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Wallenbuch was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have an important place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a construction and horticultural company. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Freiburg , Murten and Laupen regions.

traffic

The village is away from the major thoroughfares. Wallenbuch has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1306 under the name Buch ; The name Valabuch has been handed down from 1340 . Since the Middle Ages, the rule of the village has been the responsibility of different families. In 1512 Wallenbuch came under the rule of Freiburg and from then on belonged to the Old Landscape (Spitalpanner). During the Reformation , the village remained Catholic and was therefore separated from the parish of Ferenbalm and assigned to the parish of Gurmels. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Wallenbuch belonged to the Murten district during the Helvetic period , to the Freiburg district from 1803 and to the German district of Freiburg from 1831, before it was incorporated into the lake district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.

As part of the community mergers funded by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the village population decided on June 28, 2002 with a majority of 69% to merge with Gurmels. With effect from January 1, 2003, Wallenbuch was therefore incorporated into Gurmels .

Attractions

The Saint Barbara chapel has been mentioned since 1474, but was rebuilt in 1599 and extensively restored and enlarged in 1810. It has remarkable late Gothic statues of Peter and Paul (around 1510). The Remy farmhouse dates from 1822.

Web links

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