Gletterens

Gletterens is a municipality in the district Broye the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

Gletterens is located 486 m above sea level. M., 8 km north of Payerne ( straight line ). The village extends along the broad ridge between the south-eastern shore of Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyeebene, in the northwestern Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​3.0 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the southeast shore of Lake Neuchâtel (around 1.5 km Lakeshore line). In the area of Gletterens the lake has a flat up to 1 km wide riparian strips, which is passed with the exception of the area north of the village of a reed and swamp forest belt (Les Greves ). These areas are part of the nature reserve of Grande Caricaie. From the flat riparian strips, the communal land extends southward over a 20 m high steep wooded slope to the plateau of the adjacent ridge. Here is the hall on Fin de Gros Bois 498 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Gletterens. The western boundary is the slightly incised into the plateau Tälchen the Ruisseau de Robin, which flows near the eastern courtyard into the lake. From the municipality surface 1997 16 % came from settlements, 18% of forest and shrubs, 53% to agriculture and slightly less than 13% was unproductive land ( reeds ).

To Gletterens include a holiday village near the shores of Lake Neuchâtel as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Gletterens are Delley- Vallon and in the Canton of Fribourg and Grandcour and Chevroux in the canton of Vaud.

Population

With 911 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Gletterens one of the smaller municipalities of the canton of Fribourg. Of the 71.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 25.9 % 0.9 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Gletterens amounted in 1850 to 251 residents in 1900 to 235 inhabitants. By 1940 the population increased slightly to 269 inhabitants, followed by strong emigration was a decrease of almost 35 % to 176 persons in 1970. Was only since rapid population growth was associated with a tripling of the population recorded in 30 years.

Economy and Tourism

Gletterens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including a horticultural companies and in an operation in the electrical industry. In recent decades, Gletterens has developed thanks to its attractive location also become a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Estavayer -le- Lac, as well as in the region Payerne.

Since the 1960s Gletterens has made efforts to boost tourism. In the shallow zone near the lake numerous holiday and weekend houses were built, and there are a campsite and a small boat harbor.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Grandcour to Port Alban. By Postbus course, which runs from Payerne to Chevroux, Gletterens is connected to the public transport network. At certain times of the day also operate buses Transports Publics Fribourgeois of Gletterens after Domdidier.

History

The territory of Gletterens was settled very early. Along the lake shore three settlement sites from the Neolithic period have been investigated, which were attributed to the Cortaillod culture and the Horgen culture.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1239 under the name Lieterins. Later published numerous other spellings, namely Glicterens, Licterens, Lyetorens ( 1343 ), Lieterens ( 1356), for the first time Gletterens ( 1403 ), after that Glienicke Teren ( 1422 ), Glecterens (1520 ) and Lietterens (1755 ). The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal names Leutarius and means with the suffix -ene as much as the people of Leutarius.

Since the 14th century Gletterens was under the rule of Montagny. With this rule, the village in 1478 came under the suzerainty of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Montagny was assigned, it formed an exclave. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one Gletterens during the Helvetic for Avenches District, from 1803 to the district Montagny and from 1830 to the district Dompierre before it was incorporated in 1848 in the District Broye.

As part of since 2000 sponsored by the Canton of Fribourg municipal mergers initially was a fusion of Gletterens with Delley Alban for debate. However, the villagers of Gletterens opposed a merger, which is why the community so far remained politically independent.

Attractions

• The parish church of Sainte -Marie was built in the years 1877-1878, after the village had been collected in 1858 into an independent parish.
• In 1998, the Village Lacustre was opened, in which a lakeside village was rebuilt. Here you can visit the life style and the craftsmanship of the Neolithic farmers.