Haut-Vully

Môtier

Skin Vully is a municipality in the District du Lac ( German: lake district ) of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Until 1977 the town was called officially Vully -le-Haut. Despite its proximity to the language border of the former German name Oberwistenlach is used today any more.

Geography

Skin Vully with the center Môtier is on 434 m above sea. M., 3.5 km north- west of the district town of Murten (air line). The village is located on the northern shore of Lake Murten, at the southern foot of Mont Vully, in the northern Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​7.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Fribourg Mittelland in the Three Lakes Region. The area has a 3 km long lake shore line on Lake Murten between the mouth of Ruisseau de Forel in the west and Praz (Vully ) in the east. From the lake shore, the communal land extends northward over a roughly 50 to 200 m wide flat shoreline strips to the Mont Vully. From this consisting of molasses mountain belongs to the western part of Haut-Vully. He has the crest region a plateau that its highest point 623 meters above sea level. M. reached. The plateau covered against the West gradually and continues in the high area of ​​Mur. Both the north and the south side of Mont Vully fall off steeply; is passed during the south-facing slope with vines, is located on the northern slope of a dense forest area ( Bois du Mont ).

North of the Mont Vully enough the municipal area in the plane of the Great Marsh and beyond the Broye Canal comprises (French Canal de la Broye) and the hallway Le Rondet with the Neuhof (431 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 12 % came from settlements, 13 % of forest and shrubs, 72 % to agriculture and about 3% was unproductive land.

Skin Vully consists of several hamlets:

• Môtier, 434 m above sea level. M., at the southern foot of Mont Vully and on the shores of Lake Murten
• Lugnorre, 507 m above sea level. M., on a terrace on the southwest slope of Mount Vully, a scenic location about 80 m above the lake level of Lake Murten
• Joressens, 465 m above sea level. M., on the northwest slope of Mount Vully above the level of Cudrefin
• Mur (Vully ), 485 m above sea level. Level, at the edge of the plateau southwest of Mont Vully. The place is divided by the cantonal border, which runs along the village street, in the Fribourg's part Mur (Vully ) and the Vaud commune Mur.
• Guévaux, 439 m above sea level. M., on the small alluvial fan of the Ruisseau de Forel. The place is separated by the cantonal border to a Fribourgese and a part of the Canton of Vaud.

In further includes some isolated farms in the Great Marsh to skin Vully. Neighboring municipalities of Haut- Vully Bas -Vully in the canton of Fribourg, Canton of Bern Ins and Cudrefin and Vully -les -Lacs in the canton of Vaud.

Population

With 1368 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Skin Vully belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Fribourg. Of the 58.3 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 36.5 % 1.7 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of skin -Vully amounted in 1850 to 706 residents in 1900 to 729 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated in the range of 610-700 inhabitants. Only since 1980 (662 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.

Economy

Skin Vully was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, growing vegetables and fruit culture have an important place in the economic structure of the population. At the lower southern slopes of Mont Vully and below Mur is located thanks to the optimal exposure to sun a contiguous vineyard area ( mainly Chasselas grapes ). Some residents live on fishing.

More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In the villages there are horticulture, carpentry, metalworking shops and wine shops and establishments in the transport and construction industry. In recent decades, skin -Vully has developed thanks to its attractive location also become a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who partially in the nearby area ( Murten, Kerzers ) work because of the good transport links but also in Neuchâtel and the agglomeration of Bern.

Tourism

Skin Vully also benefits from tourism, thanks to the mild and beautiful location and the possibility of water sports on Lake Murten. West of Môtier are along the lake shore numerous holiday and weekend houses.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It is located on a link road from Salavaux along the north shore of Lake Murten to Sugiez. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern -Lausanne ) is located about 8 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Sugiez after Lugnorre, also Môtier and Mur are connected to the public transport network. Through the Passenger navigation on Lake Murten Môtier has connection with the other Seeanstössergemeinden.

History

The municipality of Haut-Vully can look back on a long history of settlement. Along the shore of the lake Murten remains of lake-dwellings and other signs of settlement were discovered from the Bronze Age. A oppidum on the Vully testifies to the presence of the Celts, and also during the Roman period the area was inhabited.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 968 under the name Wisliacense. Later, the names Vuisliacense ( 985 ) Williex ( 1192 ), Willie ( 1228 ), Villiaco, Wistillacho ( 1266 ), Williey ( 1330), Vuillie ( 1334 ), Wuilliacum and Vuilliez ( 1453) appeared. The name Vully goes back to a Gallo-Roman settler named Vistilius.

Since the 12th century Lugnorre formed its own little rule, which experienced frequent changes of ownership, and at times the Counts of Neuchâtel, some belonged to the lords of Grandson and later came into the sphere of influence of the Counts of Savoy. The latter sold it Lugnorre in 1469 to the town of Murten.

Starting in 1484 were under the villages of today's Haut-Vully of the jointly managed by the Estates Bern and Fribourg Murten bailiwick. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) they came to the Canton of Fribourg. At the time of the Helvetic Republic belonged Môtier and Mur (Vully ) for district Murten, while Lugnorre and Joressens were part of the then Fribourgese district of Avenches. From 1803 on, all the villages and hamlets of today's Haut-Vully were united in the district of Murten. With this they came in 1848 under the new cantonal constitution for the Lake District. During the 1980s, a merger of the municipalities skin Vully and Bas -Vully up for debate, however, failed because of the refusal of the voters of Bas- Vully.

Attractions

In Môtier is the Protestant parish of Saint- Pierre, which was probably founded in the 11th century. The present building is a mixture of different styles: a Gothic choir of the 15th century, a Romanesque bell tower from the 12th and 13th century, while the nave was remodeled in 1824. The Rectory dates from the 17th century.

The town centers of Lugnorre and Môtier distinguished by characteristic wine farmhouses dating from the 16th to the 19th century. In Môtier, Mur (Vully ) and Guévaux are stately manors, mostly from the period around 1800.

Along the vineyards around 50 m above the lake level of Lake Murten leads a wine trail ( Sentier du Vully viticole ) with beautiful views to the wine villages of the Haut- Vully and in clear weather to the Alps. In the forest of Mont Vully is a large boulder with the name Pierre Louis Agassiz, named after the scientist Louis Agassiz, who was born in Môtier.