Triesen

Triesen ( dialect: Tresa ) is a municipality in the constituency Oberland of the Principality of Liechtenstein. It lies in the southwest of the country and, with around 4,800 inhabitants inhabitants moderate the third largest municipality in the Principality dar.

Geography

The municipality is bordered to the north by Triesen Vaduz, on the northeast by Triesenberg, to the south by the canton of Graubünden ( Switzerland ), on the southwest by Balzers and to the west by the Canton of St. Gallen ( Switzerland ).

Prehistory

The settlements of Triesen ( Liechtenstein ), as the state archaeologists have found during excavations, were destroyed in natural disasters. The detailed picture of the place Triesen shows that all settlement phases were terminated by the forces of nature. This is not surprising, since the average temperatures were a few degrees higher than today, leading to heavy rainfall over again. In 2005, the first traces of settlement have been discovered in the municipality. It was unearthed the remains of a mighty terracing or enclosure, as well as traces of a building with a fire pit. The site could be dated using the C14 analysis to the middle Bronze Age, 1600-1400 BC. As a result, other Bronze Age buildings and settlement remains have been found. Among them was a 20 -square-foot house, could document in which parts of the Stampflehmbodens and the hearth. The other traces showed a settlement pattern that stretched BC from the 13th to the 5th century. 2011 was the eldest finding an approximately 28 -square-meter area with a small-scale, very carefully laid stone paving to the fore, probably in the late Bronze Age ( 1200-900 BC) must be dated. Remains of a hearth and a charred wooden beams suggest a building on the square. During the Bronze Age the area was terraced and secured against the near Eichholz Bach. Here are traces of Iron Age settlers found - probably from the 7th - 5th Century BC In the same period include seven pits of unknown function, and a small fire pit. The corner of a drywall refers to a building.

It has been demonstrated that the settlements of the Bronze Age and the Iron Age were repeatedly destroyed by floods and landslides. The inhabitants took the risk by terracing and retaining walls encounter. Success was not granted to them, because mighty boulders or sand layers mark the end of each settlement.

History

Built on an old landslide cone Triesen village was first mentioned in 1155. The name Triesen derived from the family of the Knights of trisun (hence the original name Trisuna ), who dominated the territory of the commune in the Middle Ages. The castle of the Knights of trisun rose above the village on the spot where now stands the St. Mamerta Chapel. The Knights were vassals of the Counts of Montfort- Feldkirch. A Ulrich von trisun was canon to Chur. Under King Rudolf von Habsburg, the damsels of Guta trisun was elected abbess of the noble ladies pin to Lindau.

On the hill north of St. Mamerten was once the raised hide the Knights of strabismus and on a hill at garnis the seat of the nobles of Richstein. 1863 a cotton mill in Triesen was put into operation. Since 1996, the former production building is a listed building. 1913 burned at the biggest Liechtenstein fire disaster of the 20th century many houses from the municipality.

In the area of ​​Triesner upper village was once part of a Roman road. Street names in the hillside still remind you.

Coat of Arms, Flag and Logo

The coat of arms of the municipality Triesen consists of a shield with three superimposed silver scythes on a blue background. The flag of the municipality Triesen is divided transversely in the design: the upper field blue, silver the field below. The logo of the municipality Triesen consists of two superimposed squares: the upper one contains the coat of arms of the municipality Triesen, the lower one is colored silver. The municipal coat of arms is designed according to the arms of the nobles of trisun - the oldest local noble family in Triesen ( first mentioned in 1273; knight Ulrich " De Trisuns ").

Policy

Community leaders is Günter meal (FBP ), vice provost is Gebhard Negele (VU). The council counts including community leaders 11 seats (5 (FBP ), 5 ( VU), 1 ( FL) ).

Economy

In Triesen there was the end of 2010, approximately 3,400 jobs, of which approximately 1,400 were occupied by commuters. The Swarovski AG asks me about 670 employees, most work Submitters of the community dar. In addition, the headquarters of the Hoval AG is partly due to Triesner municipality.

Attractions

• The parish church St.Gallus was built in 1455 and rebuilt in 1994 to the square hall church. Inside there is a wooden coffered ceiling of 1942. In the choir is now home to a late Gothic carved altarpiece, the Ludwig von Brandis has 1492 originally donated to the St. Mamerta Chapel.
• The St. Mamerta Chapel ( or St. Mamertus ) in Triesner Oberndorf is the oldest chapel in the country. It was built in the 9th or early 10th century. Was located at the site of the present chapel was once the castle trisun - the seat of the nobles of trisun. In the tower of the chapel are the remains of the dialed castle from the 12th century to see.
• The Lady Chapel, a Romanesque building from the early 13th century, was restored in 1964.
• The boarding-house was a 1873 initiative of the cotton manufacturers Caspar Jenny by the architect Hilary Knobel workers built house. It is considered the oldest surviving Multi-family housing in Liechtenstein and has long been the largest residential building in the country. This cultural and monument was protected in 2006 due to its importance for the country and declared a National Monument. The mietskasernenartige, four-storey building consisted of two assembled eight family houses that could accommodate 16 families. Each of the residential units possessed a living room, a kitchen and two bedrooms. As with almost all workers' houses here belonged to a vegetable garden to feed themselves as an important part of the plant. The building was thoroughly renovated in 2008 and reopened in November 2009 as a daycare center.
• Cultural Gasometer: The Gasometer is located on the site of the former cotton mill and has for several years a program of art exhibitions, thematic exhibitions, events and other cultural activities in the fields of visual arts, music, theater, dance and literature. The Cultural Center of the Municipality Triesen is located in the part of the cotton weaving, which also includes the old Gasometer tower. This tower, in the gas has been stored for the lighting of the factory about 120 years ago, is the cultural center in Triesen his name.
• Historic village: The course through the urban center of Triesen leads walkers from the Rhine valley about a hundred meters up by a thousand years of eventful history of early medieval chapel of St. Mamerta above the settlement. Each meters height further back into the past, because the foundation of Triesen was placed on a slope, at a time when the valley floor yet fully the Rhine belonged.
• Rheindamm
• The Panorama Trail initially as a road through a natural pasture and hedgerows, until he finally crossed the forest path to the extremely steep slope above the village. Depending on the season and vegetation status opens on the Panorama Trail now and again the views of Triesen and its surroundings on both sides of the Rhine.
• Lawena power plant ( in operation since 1927) of the Liechtenstein power plants, with the museum's history of electrification in the Principality of Liechtenstein

Personalities

• Josef Bargetze (1810-1874), a Liechtenstein politician, was born in Triesen.
• Karl Minst ( born April 26, 1898 † June 10, 1984 in Lorsch ), Monastery administrator and honorary citizen
• Oskar Werner (1922-1984), an Austrian film and stage actor, lived since 1952 in Triesen, where he was also buried.
• Joseph Schadler (1930-2012), painter and illustrator, was born in Triesen.
• Rainer Nagele ( born 1943 ), American literary critic, was born in Triesen.
• Ursula Konzett (* 1959), alpine skier, was born in Triesen.