Guttet-Feschel

Guttet -Feschel is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipality was created on 1 October 2000 from the two previous communities and Guttet Feschel (French Veschel ).

Coat of arms

On 15 December 2004, the two congregations voted on a common crest. The result was a merging of the two local coat of arms. However, since the community law demands that the choice of a coat of arms has to be done by a ballot, the population had to proceed to the election on 18 April 2010 again. Here, the voters opted for a new common crest. On 12 September 2010 the new church was consecrated banner. The Foundation Swiss flags and coats of arms criticized the first version of the new coat of arms as un - heraldic and inappropriate.

The current coat of arms shows a shepherd's crook, a three- mountain and a sun. During the pastoral staff for the sacred spiral and thus Guttet stands represents the sun and the stylized mountain Feschel.

Deselected coat of arms (2004-2010)

Coat of Arms Guttet

Feschel

History

Guttet

1261 Guttet was first mentioned as de Gottet. To the mountain village on the northern slope of the Rhone Valley near Leuk next to the center also includes the hamlet Gråchmatten and Wiler. The village belonged to the parish Leuk; the first time a church is mentioned in a document in 1520, which has been newly built in 1874. The Rectorate 1863 own parish was raised since 1822. At that belonged to the beginning to 1903 and from 1925 also Feschel.

Feschel

Feschel was first documented with the name Vexli or Veselli. Excavations such as bronze objects show that the area has been inhabited by Christ as early as the 5th century. 1499 St -Michel chapel was mentioned in a document, which has been called since 1699 St. Anthony's Chapel. Also the grazing rights of the hamlet superiors - Galm found ( 1580) documented.

Already by the common parish since 1925 were collaborations between Guttet and Feschel. In 1969, the cemeteries were merged together and founded a school in 1972, so that important institutions were divided, what has eventually contributed significantly to the merger.