Brünisried

Brünisried is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is located in Senseoberland.

Geography

Brünisried is located at 875 m above sea level. M., 11 km east-southeast of the capital of the canton of Fribourg (air line). The farming village extends on a plateau west of the scythe, at the foot of the upper timber, in the pre-alpine hills of the eastern Fribourg Mittelland.

The area of ​​3.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hills at the foot of the Fribourg Pre-Alps. The area is bounded on the west by the wooded height of the top wood on which to 1,035 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Brünisried is achieved. At 870 m above sea level. M. is located at the eastern foot of the plateau height of Brünisried, which is drained by the grave Bach to Sense. To the north of the municipality of soil extends in the catchment area of ​​Galtera. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 20 % of forest and woody plants and 73% to agriculture.

To Brünisried include the hamlet mountain ( 933 m above sea level. M. ) on a broad saddle east of the upper timber, Menzisberg (930 m above sea level. M. ) on a ledge on the eastern slope of the upper timber and Holzgassa (850 m above sea level. M. ) above the Galteratals as well as numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Brünisried are St. Ursus, Alterswil, Zumholz, Upper meal and legal hold.

Population

With 650 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Brünisried one of the smaller municipalities of the canton of Fribourg. Of the residents 98.4 % are German, 1.1 % French-speaking and 0.5 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Brünisried amounted in 1850 to 277 residents in 1900 to 404 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated in the range of 390-440 inhabitants. Only since 1990 (457 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.

Economy

Brünisried was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy and livestock and to a lesser extent agriculture an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including a carpenter. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the region of Freiburg.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a link road legal hold after Zumholz. By Bus Transports publics fribourgeois that leads from Freiburg to Plaffeien Brünisried is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1294 under the name Bruni Riet. Since the Middle Ages Brünisried belonged to the rule Plaffeien; church, it was under the parish law hold. 1445 the village came under the rule of Freiburg and the Old Landscape ( Burgpanner ) has been assigned. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Brünisried belonged during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district of Freiburg, in 1831 the German district of Freiburg, before it was incorporated in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution in the sense newly created district. It was not until 1831 Brünisried became an independent municipality.

Clubs

There are in Brünisried a music company, a mixed choir, a football club and other clubs.

Attractions

Since 1919 Brünisried had its own church, but in 1971 replaced by the present church. At the height of the upper timber is the Buechenchäppeli.