Berlingen, Switzerland

Berlingen is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It is located on the south shore of the lower lake, at the lake line.

History

The oldest part of the village of Berlingen is on the Schwemmdelta of the torrent, where is the north of the submarine at its widest and the south of the lake ridge at its steepest and highest. The lake has an average elevation of 396 meters above the sea.

It has long been suspected that already existed in prehistoric times in Gupfen, east of the old village, a pile-dwelling settlement. However, this assumption can not be confirmed in 1981 wells. At the time of the Romans to - 370 AD - by unsecured reports on the White rock, right on the border with plug- Born, a watch tower have been built. He was on the defensive line to Bregenz commissioned the building to secure the border against Germania, the Roman Emperor Valentinian I of Basel.

In the year 894 Berlingen under the name Perenwang or Berenwang - first mentioned - which means nothing else than the hallway of the Bero. As a result, the name of the settlement changed at the lake several times, in " Bernach " and finally in " Bernang ", then in " Berlang ". Only in 1750 the town was given the name Berlingen.

Berlingen was committed already in the early Middle Ages to the monastery of Reichenau. From Reichenau time Berlingen has his coat of arms, depicting two gold rings on a blue background. The rings are a symbol of the bond to the monastery and the blue base for the lake. The Berlinger altar in the monastery in central cell is derived according to legend, from the chapel in Berlingen. He should have been thrown during the reformation of the iconoclasts in the lake and recovered from the rich Auern as flotsam.

In Kehlhof, the Great House, a magnificent timber-framed building at the west end of the village, which was built in 1686, lived the last monastery Meier, who moved the tithe for the abbot and the monks of Reichenau of the Berlingen. These were kind, especially wine, brandy, grain, animals (meat), fish, then also handicraft products such as leather, boots and shoes.

Attractions

Church

The Berlinger village church was built in 1842 on a creek Delta, which forms a kind of peninsula. At the same location since the 13th century there was a chapel of St. Michael, which was replaced in 1659 by a small church. As the latter, in turn, became too small, it was decided to build the present church, one of the first neo-gothic church in Switzerland. This at the time was a risk, because the former church goers Saalbauten were used to. Napoleon III. , Who grew up in nearby Castle Mountain arenas, donated for the church, the pulpit and the baptismal font marmorisierten. In 1968 the church was renovated, keeping the original simplicity was restored.

Monument

The paddle steamer Rhein case went under when leaving from the Berlingen in 1869. At the misfortune is reminiscent of the boat landing there issued the exploded boiler of the ship, which was recovered in 1995.

Personalities

  • Hans Böhni ( b. 1937 ), professor at the Institute for Building Materials, Materials and corrosion of the ETH Zurich from 1976 to 2002.
  • Adolf Dietrich (1877-1957), " naive " painter. Lived and worked in Berlingen.
  • Peter Dschulnigg (1943-2011), Catholic theologian. Has lived in Berlingen last, here is dead and buried.
  • Ulrich Guhl (1838-1924), Reformed theologian and politician. War 1861-1865 pastor in Berlingen.
  • Johann Konrad Kern (1808-1888), minister, statesman, diplomat, editor of the Federal Constitution of 1848. Was born in Berlingen, later worked from here.
  • Marie Kunert (1871-1957), German politician. Has died in Berlingen.

Pictures

Look at the Reichenau

View from the western shore towards the church

Pictures of Berlingen, Switzerland

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