Boveresse

Temple

Boveresse was until December 31, 2008, a municipality in the district of Val -de- Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Since January 1, 2009 Boveresse belongs together with Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayard, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint- Sulpice and Travers merged to Val -de- Travers.

Geography

Boveresse is located on 735 m above sea level. M., 26 km west-southwest of the capital of the canton of Neuchâtel (air line). The village is located at the northern edge of the valley of the Val de Travers opposite Môtiers in the Neuchâtel Jura.

The area of ​​12.9 km ² large former municipal district includes a small portion of the nearly 2 km wide here Val de Travers. The southern border is the Vieille Areuse, a former arm of the Areuse, which was corrected and straightened in this area. The territory extended northward over the flat valley floor of the Val de Travers on the north adjacent Jura mountains ( Monts de Boveresse, to 1,213 m above sea level. M. ). In the far north the area handed down to the anticline, which accompanies the Vallée de la Brevine in the south. Here was 1,240 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Boveresse. To the northeast stretched the municipality ground above the valley of the brook Sucre until Trémalmont ( 1,213 m above sea level. M. ). On the heights north of Boveresse be extended Jura high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 45 % of forest and woody plants, 50 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Boveresse were numerous Hofsiedlungen and isolated farms of the Jura heights. Neighboring communities of Boveresse were Saint-Sulpice, Fleurier, Môtiers, Couvet and La Brevine.

Population

With 392 inhabitants ( end of 2007) Boveresse was one of the small communities of the Canton of Neuchâtel. Of the residents 93.9 % are French, 2.9 % Italian-speaking and German-speaking 1.7 % (as of 2000). After 1900 (577 inhabitants), the population of Boveresse has decreased significantly until 1950 (388 inhabitants), has since stabilized the population number in the range between 350 and 400 inhabitants.

Economy

Boveresse until the 20th century embossed mainly by agriculture village. During the 19th century, some companies settled in the village in watchmaking at. An important source of income for the residents of Boveresse was the cultivation of the Absinthe plant ( Artemisia absinthium ) for the production of absinthe, which was banned in 1908 due to a referendum. An ice cave in the area of ​​Montlési was used around 1900 as a storage place for ice cream.

In recent decades, Boveresse had become the residential community. Today is home to around 40 % of the workforce from agriculture, especially livestock farming, dairy farming and fodder crops. Outside the primary sector there are jobs in the local small businesses. But many of the working commuters who work in the larger towns of the Val de Travers and in Neuchâtel.

Traffic

The former municipality is traffic moderately well developed. It lies on the main road from Neuchatel on the border crossing Les Verrières to Pontarlier in France. On July 25, 1860, the railway line from Auvernier to Les Verrières opened with a station in Boveresse. Today, operating on the route Travers - Les Verrières however, no more regional trains. The village is connected to the public transport network by the postal car price of Couvet to Les Verrières and partly further to Pontarlier. Another line travels the route of Fleurier to La Brevine.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1266 under the name Boveressa, which goes back to the Latin boveretum ( pasture for cattle). Boveresse belonged to the 14th century Priory Saint- Pierre in the neighboring village of Môtiers, after which it was subordinate to 1848 Kastlanei the Val- de -Travers. During this time, the County of Neuchâtel held the sovereignty over the territory. Since 1648 Neuchâtel principality and 1707 was linked by personal union with the Kingdom of Prussia. 1806, the region was ceded to Napoleon I. and came in 1815 during the Congress of Vienna to the Swiss Confederation, the kings of Prussia until 1857 Neuchâtel trade also prince of Neuchâtel remained.

Attractions

The chapel was built by Boveresse 1768, the tower dates from 1861. Situated in the center some characteristic peasant and burgher houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved, including the Maison des chats the Petit Pierre family.

Pictures

Maison des Chats ( Protection of Cultural Property )