Ajoie

The Ajoie [ aʒwa ] ( formerly German Elsgau ) is an area in the north of the Swiss canton of Jura.

The main town of Ajoie is Porrentruy ( German Pruntrut ), the second largest city of the canton of Jura. The Ajoie covers an area of ​​approximately 300 km ² to about 400 to 600 meters above sea level. M. It is characterized by a blackboard -like jurassic landscape, which is drained by the Allaine the Doubs. This wide, fertile area with chalky soil is regarded as the orchard of the Jura and brings the creep plums out for the famous Damassine brandy. Also here is the wine at home. The Ajoie as a destination offers besides the caves and fairytale ponds and a Prehistoric Park, an airfield and wagon routes.

History

The Ajoie is first mentioned in a document from the year 732, when the Duke of Alsace lands in pago Alsegaugensi transfers to the monastery Murbach. The domination of the Ajoie changes in the aftermath of the often until they fell 999 under the temporal power of the prince-bishop of Basel. Ecclesiastical belonged to 1779 only La Baroche to the diocese of Basel, while among the other regions of the diocese of Besançon Ajoie.

Since the Archbishopric ran into financial difficulties in the 14th century, almost the entire Ajoie was sold to the Count of Montbeliard, 1461, however, triggered by Prince Bishop Johann V. von Venningen again in 1386. As in the episode more dominions and villages Ajoie fell to the Archbishopric (Roche -d'Or in 1474, Rocourt 1573 Miécourt and Beurnevésin 1625), the story of the Ajoie takes the same course as that of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel.

Attractions

• Grottes de Réclère
• Old Town and Castle Porrentruy

Trivia

Colloquially the Ajoie is also called Pruntruter tip.