Cully, Switzerland

Cully ( [ ky ( j) i], Provençal in the local dialect [(a) kjyʎi ] ) was until July 1, 2011, a municipality in the district of Lavaux -Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. They merged with Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux ) for new political community Bourg -en -Lavaux.

Geography

Cully lies at 387 m above sea level. M., 8 km east-southeast of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located in the Lavaux, on a slightly protruding into the lake promontory, at the foot of the vineyard slopes of the Mont de Gourze.

The area of 2.4 km ² large municipality area included a portion of the Lavaux on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva ( 2 km lake shore line). The communal land stretched from the lake shore north across the narrow riparian strips and the steep slopes of the Lavaux, the eastern border ran along the creek Champaflon, except for the south-east adjoining the Jorat plateau. In the northeast the territory reached the Mont de Gourze, the 925 m above sea level. M. was the highest point of Cully. In the area of Cully is the watershed between the basins of the Rhine and Rhône only just 2 km north of the shore of Lake Geneva. The extreme north of the municipal territory was already in a northerly direction towards the Broye and drained so that the Rhine. From the municipal area in 1997 was 28% in settlements, 9% of forest and woody plants and 63% to agriculture.

At the hamlet of Cully Chenaux are (530 m above sea level. M. ) on a ridge in the vineyards above the village as well as several individual farms on the high plateau. Neighboring municipalities of Cully were Grandvaux, Forel ( Lavaux), Riex and Epesses.

Population

With 1785 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Cully was among the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 2000 inhabitants 84.0% were in French-speaking, German-speaking 5.5 % and 4.3 % portugiesischsprachig. The population of Cully amounted in 1850 to 880 inhabitants, 1900 to 1101 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased continuously until 1980 (1801 inhabitants); since then it remained stable.

Economy

Cully was up to the beginning of the 20th century, mainly stamped by agriculture village. Even today, the wine at the optimal sunlit slopes of the Lavaux (around 90 ha ) and crop and livestock farming on the plateaus an important place in the economic structure of the population. In agriculture, 22 % of the workforce are employed, while the secondary sector 6 % and the service sector unite 72 % of the workforce in coming.

West of the town has become in recent decades a small commercial and industrial area developed, have settled in the facilities operating in the construction industry and information technology. The trade of Cully is aligned next to the fast moving consumer goods also on tourism. There are numerous wine shops. In Cully is the District Hospital Hôpital de Lavaux. Furthermore, Cully seat of the Fondation pour l' étude et la protection de la mer et des lacs and the Association du Vieux -Lavaux. East of the village there is a small marina and a campground. Every year, the Cully Jazz Festival is held in the village. Thanks to good transport links and the attractive location, the village has developed in recent decades into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and in the Vevey-Montreux region.

Education

In Cully allow students to primary school, secondary school visit (since 1949 ) and the Progymnasium ( since the 1990s ). In the second half of the 19th century Cully possessed temporarily on an industrial school.

Traffic

The place is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 9, which runs from Lausanne along the lake shore via Vevey and Montreux from Wallis ( with a local bypass road ). The nearest motorway connections to the A9 opened in 1974 (Lausanne -Sion ), which crosses the municipality, are Belmont ( in the west) and Chexbres (in the east ), each approximately 6 km from the village.

On April 2, 1861, the Lausanne -Villeneuve section of the railway line from Lausanne was taken to the Valais with a railway station in Cully in operation. For the dispersion in public transport is a bus line that serves the route of Cully via Chexbres to Puidoux- Chexbres station provides. Furthermore, Cully is also connected via the Passenger navigation on Lake Geneva with other seeanstossenden places.

History

Cully has a long urban tradition. The earliest traces of human occupation date from the Neolithic period, as close to the present-day harbor Moratel was a stilt houses on Lake Geneva. During Roman times, the route from Lausanne led to the Great Saint Bernard Pass through the area. From this time, some remains of walls and coin finds have survived.

The first written mention of the village took place in 967 under the name Cusliacum. Later, the names Cusliaco ( the 12th century ) published, Custiacum ( 1154 ), Cullie ( 1226 ), Cullye ( 1275 ) and Culye ( 1383 ). The origin of the place name is not clear. He could be derived from the Roman family name Coclius.

The first document was called in the Cully, confirmed the donation of the village by the former Burgundian king in the chapter Besançon. Because Cully but at the same time the parish was under Villette, which belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne, there were constant disputes and to exceed its powers until the chapter Besançon sold the place in 1246 to the Bishop of Lausanne. This supposed Cully the court Lutry. In the 14th century the inhabitants granted the right to hold a weekly market and to secure the village. Cully thus became a town and today can be described as a historic little town.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Cully came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. Until 1598 the interests of the Bernese men were represented by the Meier of Cully. After this family was extinct, the Kastlanei Villette was created, whose seat was still in Cully. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 Cully Lavaux place of the district, as it was in the central part of the district.

Cully was always politically dependent on Villette church and since the 17th century. It was not until 1824, when the larger municipality was divided Villette, Cully gained the status of an independent political community. A project for the merger of the five independent municipalities Cully, Epesses, Riex, Grandvaux and Villette (Lavaux ) failed in a vote on 27 February 2005 on the resistance of the population of Grandvaux. The merger finally took place on 1 July 2011. The new church is called Bourg -en -Lavaux.

Attractions

Cully has a historic center with narrow streets and patrician, citizens and winegrowers' houses from the 16th to 19th centuries. From the earlier fortifications little more remains to be seen; the three former city gates were demolished.
The neo-Gothic church Saint- Etienne was built on the site of a medieval house of God 1865/1866. From Gothic predecessor of the tower from the 15th century has survived.
In the hospital chapel desecrated today, there is a remarkable painting ( circa 1580 ) on which the judgment of Solomon is shown.
The Maison Jaune, built in 1641 and today houses the municipality, and the Bâtiment de Villette (dating back to the 16th century in the core ) are listed buildings.
Other important buildings are the Bâtiment Vallon ( 1673 ) and the Hôtel du Raisin, which was built in 1574 and remodeled in 1630 and formerly served as the city hall.
The Gerechtigskeitsbrunnen octagonal fountain basin and a statue was created in 1643.
A panoramic view of the Lake Geneva area, the Alps and the Jura offers from the observation tower Tour de Gourze on the 925 m high Mont de Gourze.

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