Neuchâtel

Aerial view of Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel ( Neuchâtel French [ nœʃɑtɛl, nøʃɑtɛl ], family [ nœʃ, nøʃ ], Franco-Provençal a Ntchati [a ntʃa'ti ] ) is a city in Switzerland, capital of the canton of the same name, the capital of the district of the same and a municipality in Romandie.

  • 3.1 legislative
  • 3.2 executive
  • 3.3 administration

Geography

The territory of the town and municipality of Neuchâtel extends over 1745 hectares. 36 % of which are cultivated. In addition to the town of Neuchâtel includes the formerly autonomous districts Serrières and Chaumont to the municipality Neuchâtel. The undeveloped area consists mainly of forests and meadows. Since 1512 belongs also the Domaine forestier of Joux northwest of Les Ponts- de -Martel of the city of Neuchâtel.

South of the city is bordered by Lake Neuchâtel. Adjacent communities are Auvernier and Peseux in the West, Valanginian and Val -de- Ruz in the north, Lignières, Saint -Blaise and Hauterive in the east.

Neighborhoods

History

The first written mention of Neuchâtel dated from the year 1011, as the Burgundian king Rudolph III. Novum Castellum ( the new palace ) and his wife Irmengarde made ​​to the present. This " new castle " was probably where today stands the jail and was not much more than a small garrison.

The town grew slowly. 1180 laid Ulrich II of Neuchâtel and his wife laid the foundation for a new castle and the Eglise collégiale. Ulrich's descendants gave in 1214 the new burgers to the status of a free city. 1250 the first houses were built on the left side of the river Seyon.

The still existing district Neubourg and the city wall arose. 1349 pulled the plague a third of the city population then. 1530 brought the skillful of Bern Guillaume Farel the Reformation to Neuchâtel. In 1579 the river Seyon burst its banks, thereby destroyed all the bridges of the city and the town hall and the town below archives.

Between the 13th and 18th centuries, the town grew up on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and the mouth of Seyon. Some rich patricians began to build houses outside the old city walls, with a portion of the money also came from the thriving slave trade. It emerged the Faubourg de l' Hôpital, the Faubourg du Lac, the Quartier du Lac and the later so-called Quartier Universitaire. 1838, the Académie de Neuchâtel is opened, the 1910 is to the university.

In the years 1839-1843 the river Seyon has been corrected, which the city had flooded repeatedly. He was diverted from the tubes and on the site of the old river bed was a commercial street ( Rue du Seyon ). In the 19th century, the lakefront was rebuilt several times. After the construction of the railway line and the railway station (1859 ) on the flank of Chaumont, the city grew further north. On the lake, the tram line was opened to Boudry.

From 1707 to 1805, 1815 to 1848, and also formally until 1857, the town belonged to the King of Prussia. In 1930 the until then independent municipality of La Coudre was incorporated into the city of Neuchâtel.

For the political and general development of the city, the region and the canton see History of the Canton of Neuchâtel.

Policy

Legislature

  • PdA: 2
  • Sol: 2
  • GPS: 7
  • SP: 14
  • CVP: 1
  • FDP: 15

The conseil général (German General ) is elected by voters every four years, most recently on May 13, 2012 On behalf of the Legislature from 2012 to 2016 he composed as follows:. FDP 15 seats, SP 14 seats, the Greens 7 seats, POP 2 seats, solidaritéS 2 seats and 1 seat CVP

Executive

The executive branch is formed by the five-member conseil communal ( municipal dt ). He is also elected every four years, parallel to the legislature by the people. The city Bureau rotates annually among the members of the municipal council. Currently, it is composed of two representatives from the FDP, two Social Democrats and a Green together.

Management

In Neuchâtel, the federal Swiss Federal Statistical Office has its seat in the framework of the decentralization of the federal administration, it was moved in 1998 from Bern to Neuchatel.

Attractions

The highly visible landmark of the city are the Castle and the Collegiate (La Collegiate ), in which also the Cenotaph ( Tomb of the Counts of Neuchâtel ) is located. The castle now houses a portion of the cantonal administration. The attractions of Neuchâtel include the Tour of Prisons, the Maison des Halles and Hôtel DuPeyrou. In Neuchâtel is the observation tower Chaumont.

Culture and Leisure

Neuchâtel has three nationally important museums:

  • The Centre Dürrenmatt, will be exhibited in the paintings and drawings by the Swiss author and dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Friedrich Dürrenmatt was referring in 1952 his house above the town where he lived until his death on 14 December 1990 and worked. In some of his works he had even discussed this life just on the language border - in particular the fact that he lived from 1952 in the French speaking part, but wrote in German. After his death, his house was extended, so is a museum could be set up, which was officially opened in September 2000. This museum - the Centre Dürrenmatt - dedicated to on several floors of his writing, painting as well as his other artistic creation. It offers many interesting exhibits, including hand-written sketches for his plays, as well as many of his pictures, and regular events also have a good view over the Lake of Neuchâtel
  • The Musée d'Art et d' Histoire, in which the three famous automata of Jaquet -Droz brothers are issued
  • The internationally renowned Musée d' Ethnography ( ethnographic museum).

In Neuchâtel, annually held several festivals. These include the Street Music Festival and the NIFFF ( Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival). Most famous is the wine festival Fête des Vendanges, which takes place annually in September since 1902 and now attracts more than 100,000 visitors each.

Since 2001, also held annually in early June, the Festi ' Neuch place, now a four-day open-air festival with an aligned on the styles of Pop, Rock, Hip Hop and Electro program. The area is located along the shores of the Jeunes Rives. While in the first embodiment about 3,000 visitors were attracted, the number of sold tickets enlarged by 2010 to around 37,000.

Health service

Neuchâtel has the Hôpital Pourtàles a public hospital with 24 -hour emergency care. It is part of the hospital network Hôpitaux neuchâtelois. With the Hôpital de la Providence also exists a private hospital in the city.

Traffic

Neuchâtel is connected with four stations to the network of the SBB and BLS. In Neuchâtel- Gare is in the morning a TGV link to Paris and dinner in the opposite direction to Bern. In Inner Swiss Neuchâtel transport is operated by the St. line Gallen-Lausanne/Genf airport and S -Bahn, regional express trains and regional trains.

An extensive network of train and bus services in the city and the canton operate the Transports Publics Neuchâtelois, short TRANSN, especially the tram Neuchâtel that exists today only from an overland line to Boudry, and the trolleybus Neuchâtel ( four lines ) and various bus routes; further three funiculars. One of these paths leads from Neuchâtel- Ecluse according to plan, another of Neuchâtel- La Coudre to Chaumont. Neuchâtel- Gare is connected since 2001 by the city belonging Fun'ambule with the lower city and thus the university; operation leads TRANSN here.

Some other overland bus lines operates Postbus Switzerland.

Following the Swiss motorway network consists of the A5.

Personalities

  • Maurice Bavaud (1916-1941), would-be Hitler assassin
  • George Bovet (1874-1946), Chancellor of Germany
  • Abraham Louis Breguet (1747-1823), clockmaker
  • Raphaël Comte ( b. 1979 ), politician ( FDP)
  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt ( * 1921 † 1990 Konolfingen Neuchâtel )
  • Bernard de Gélieu (1828-1907), volunteer soldier, later Prussian general
  • Philippe Huttenlocher ( b. 1942 ), opera and concert singer (baritone )
  • Etienne Jornod (* 1953), entrepreneurs and managers
  • Robert Miles (born 1969 ), pop and Dreamhouse musicians
  • Aurèle Nicolet ( b. 1926 ), flutist
  • Jean Piaget (1896-1980), philosopher and developmental psychologist
  • Pierre -Alexandre DuPeyrou ( Paramaribo, 1729-1794 ), editor and friend of Jean -Jacques Rousseau. Builder of the Hôtel DuPeyrou.
  • Philippe Suchard (1797-1884), chocolate manufacturer
  • Prince Sabahaddin ( born February 13, 1878 in Istanbul, † June 30, 1948 in Neuchâtel ) was a Turkish thinker and politician from the house of Osman.

Gallery

Neuchâtel - View of the Castle of the Alps (ca. 1890-1900 )

Neuchâtel - View from the Hermitage of the city (about 1890-1900 )

The lake view from the castle

Neuchâtel, seen from the lake

The statue of the justice fountain

The Hôtel DuPeyrou with its imposing Garden

The Collegiate Church, night, north view

Neuchâtel District Les Ponts-de-Martel Peseux, Switzerland Val-de-Ruz Rudolph III of Burgundy William Farel Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Federal administration of Switzerland Automaton Pierre Jaquet-Droz BLS AG Lausanne railway station List of funiculars in Switzerland A5 motorway (Switzerland) Aarau Appenzell (town) Liestal Basel Glarus Lucerne Obwalden Schwyz Cornaux Cressier, Neuchâtel Enges Le Landeron Marin-Epagnier Municipalities of the canton of Neuchâtel
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