Gampel-Bratsch
Gampel- Bratsch is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Gampel- Bratsch was established on 1 January 2009 from the merger of the two communities and Gampel Bratsch. The fusion is based on a decision of the voting citizens of both communities from January 20, 2008 ..
Old coat of arms of Bratsch
Geography
The municipality is located in the upper part of the Rhone Valley in the southern German Talausganges Lötschental. Gampel- Bratsch is the easternmost village in the district of Leuk and bordering the river Lonza.
The municipality consists of the following Dorfschaften: Gampel about 1300 inhabitants, Niedergampel about 450 inhabitants, Bratsch about 100 inhabitants, as well as the hamlets Jeizinen and Engersch.
The municipality covers an area of 2,310 ha, about 1,200 ha are used for agriculture ( farming, viticulture and pastureland ). approximately 550 ha is forest (mainly pine, fir and larch ). The rest of about 550 ha is unproductive ( Rock, steppe-like vegetation).
The municipal boundaries are in the south of the Rhone ( German Rotten ) in the west at the Steigässi Getwing and north of the Niven degrees on 2'769 m asl To the east of the river Lonza forms the boundary of the Rhônemündung to the anterior Loetschental at Goppenstein. The neighboring municipalities are in the east ridge Hohtenn, in the south Turtmann, in the west Leuk and Erschmatt, and in the north Ferden.
Sights and culture
Built in 1965 Catholic Church of the Birth of Mary in Jeizinen fits despite its modern form well into the landscape, and by the custom of the surrounding houses roof pitch.
Gampel is famous for the annually held in August Open Air Gampel.
Personalities
- Theophil Schnyder (1889-1959), Grand Council (1929-1945), Grand Council President (1939-1940)
- Daniel Hildbrand (1906-1992), Grand Council (1949-1969), Government governor (1971-1976)
- Franz Hildbrand ( b. 1942 ), the Grand Council ( 1973-1981 ), National Council ( 1987-1995 )
- André Marty ( b. 1965 ), journalist
- Sina ( b. 1966 ), dialect rock singer