La Tour-de-Peilz
Boat harbor of La Tour -de- Peilz
La Tour -de- Peilz is a municipality in the district of Riviera -Pays- d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
- 5.1 Economics
- 5.2 traffic
- 6.1 Museums and Leisure
- 6.2 Attractions
Geography
La Tour -de- Peilz is located 385 m above sea level. M., 1.5 km southeast of the district town of Vevey (air line). The city stretches along the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva and on the adjacent slopes, at the foot of the mountain views Les Pleiades, in the tourism Vevey-Montreux region.
The area of 3.3 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva ( 3 km lakeshore line). South of the town rises the La Becque peninsula out into the lake. The communal land extends from the lake over a relatively flat riparian strips down to the gently inclined slopes below Blonay. On the grounds terrace of Villard is with 506 m above sea level. M. the highest point of La Tour -de- Peilz achieved. To the southeast is the area by the stream of Burier, bounded on the northeast by the A9 motorway and to the north by the creek Ognona. Also the Rebhügel Cret Richard (486 m above sea level. M. ) north of the Ognona still belongs to La Tour -de- Peilz. From the municipality surface 1997 61 % came from settlements, 4% forest and shrubs, 34% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
At La Tour -de- Peilz include former hamlet Burier (390 m above sea level. M. ) and several wineries. Neighboring communities of La Tour -de- Peilz are Montreux, Blonay, Saint- Légier -La Chiésaz and Vevey.
History
Through the municipal area of La Tour -de- Peilz led during Roman times, the military road from the Great St Bernard Aventicum ( Avenches ). Also from the Gallic and the Burgundian era some tracks were discovered.
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Turris de Peil and Latinized Turris Peliana. In the 13th century the term Turris Viviaci (Tour de Vevey) was used. The origin of the place name is not known properly. Peilz could be derived from the Roman family name Pellius or be derived from the former name for the peninsula of La Becque Peys.
The area of La Tour -de- Peilz belonged in the 12th century the Bishop of Sion, thus enfeoffed the Counts of Geneva. As they left build the fortification tower and manage the feud through a service man Tight Bad, which adopted the name of the place. 1251 brought Peter of Savoy, first part, later the whole area in itself. Count Philip of Savoy gave the place a city charter in 1282. La Tour -de- Peilz was one of the most important trading ports on Lake Geneva and shipping port from the ship to land transport. This made the city early on a certain prosperity. On 8 June 1476 the city and the castle were sacked by the Bernese.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, La Tour -de- Peilz came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Vevey. After the collapse of the ancien régime the city from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic belonged to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the district of Vevey. Thanks to its location on the Vaud Riviera, between Vevey and Montreux sat in La Tour -de- Peilz end of the 19th century the economic boom, and the city developed into a tourist resort.
Population
The population of La Tour -de- Peilz increased mainly in the period 1940-1970 at prominent. Since then, the trend has slowed down considerably, but still shows up. The settlement area of La Tour -de- Peilz has grown together seamlessly with those of Vevey and Montreux.
Languages
With 10,815 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) La Tour -de- Peilz one of the great municipalities in the canton of Vaud; it is the third largest city of Vevey -Montreux region. Of the 83.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.9% and 2.9% Italian-speaking (as of 2000).
People
- Gustave Courbet, French painter ( born June 10, 1819 in Ornans at Besançon), † 31 December 1877 in La Tour -de- Peilz
- Derib ( b. 1944 as Claude de Ribaupierre ), comic book artist
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Divided by silver and red, is a vierzinnig gate with setted in natural stone portal and open on both sides subsequent early dreizinnigen flank towers with two under -side black windows in confused colors. "
Infrastructure
Economy
By the end of the 19th century, La Tour -de- Peilz was an agricultural and wine village. At the beginning of the 20th century it developed thanks to its mild climate and attractive location on Lake Geneva at a holiday location. At the same time it has become a favorite residential suburb of Vevey.
Today, the city offers about 2,500 jobs. Of these, approximately 4% of the primary sector, 11% of the industrial sector and 85 % in services attributed (as of 2001). On the southern slopes of the terrace of Villard and the Cret Richard and between the top residential areas of La Tour -de- Peilz wine production on numerous unrelated areas. The fertile soil and favorable climate are also suitable for farming and market gardening.
The city has some commercial and trading companies, including the specialized horticulture Brunner Frères, the Société de gestion SA EVGE and laboratories or offices of Nestlé SA. The industry is strongly focused on tourism. Furthermore, La Tour-de- Peilz location of the Centre d' enseignement secondaire supérieur de l' est Vaudois ( a school and training center ), as well as many other schools.
In recent decades, La Tour -de- Peilz has developed into the residential community with magnificent villas and single-family house neighborhoods. Many workers commute to Vevey, Montreux or Lausanne to work.
Traffic
The community is a very good transport developed. It lies on the main road 9, which runs from Lausanne along the lake shore via Vevey and Montreux from Wallis. The nearest motorway junction ( Vevey ) to the A9 was opened in 1970 (Lausanne -Sion ) is approximately 3 km from the city center.
On April 2, 1861, the Lausanne -Villeneuve section of the railway line from Lausanne to Sion opened with a station in La Tour -de- Peilz. In addition, there is on the municipality nor the SBB station Burier. From 1888, reversed along the lake shore, the Tramway Vevey- Montreux- Chillon -Villeneuve, an electric tram. She was the first electric railway in Switzerland and in 1957 was replaced by the trolley - Vevey Villeneuve, who today by the company Transports publics Vevey- Montreux- Chillon -Villeneuve ( VMCV ) is operated.
Culture
Museums and Leisure
The castle of La Tour-de- Peilz lake houses since 1987, the Swiss Museum of Games (Musee Suisse du Jeu ). Right next to the castle of the harbor, in front of the railway age an important trading port, now converted into a marina. The shores of the border to Vevey to the peninsula of La Becque is designed as a recreational and leisure zone.
Attractions
The Protestant parish church Saint- Théodule dates from the 14th century in the nucleus, but was remodeled in the years 1792-1796. The tower was once used as a gate. Furthermore, part of the former city wall from the 13th century, is in the church and today forms the north wall of the nave and the sacristy; the stained glass windows were made in the 1960s. Front of the church of freedom Fountain ( Fontaine de la liberté ).
The castle of La Tour-de- Peilz was built in 1251-1257 under Peter of Savoy. It is right on the lake, on the north side of the former trading port. After being destroyed by the Confederates, the castle remained a long time in ruins stand was repaired and made until the mid-18th century. It was acquired in 1979 by the municipality of La Tour-de- Peilz, stands with his two round towers, the enclosure and the living quarters since 1973, a national monument and houses the Swiss Game Museum.
Mostly from the 18th century comes the house Hugonin, a former manor house, in which the municipality is located today. On a hill near the lake, the castle stands Sully (1882 built ), currently owned by Shania Twain. On the slope above La Tour-de- Peilz the manor Domaine de la Doge is located (named after the former owner's family Doges ), which was built in 1711. The garden has a tower, which is probably older than the country house and once served as a guard and signal tower or as a windmill.
The British writer Bryher, her partner, the poet HD ( Hilda Doolittle ) and Bryhers husband, the writer Kenneth Macpherson lived from 1929 erected by Alexander Ferenczy and Hermann Henselmann in the Bauhaus style villa Kenwin, Chemin de Vallon 19, ideally a should be space to live and work, for creative work, concerts and festivals.
At around 40 to 60 meters below the water surface the wreck of the Hirondell is available La Tour de Peilz. The paddle steamer sank after it ran aground on June 10, 1862 a rock formation. Today the wreck is a popular destination for wreck divers.
Personalities
Currently in La Tour -de- Peilz residing:
- Jean -Claude Biver ( born 1949 ), entrepreneur and manager in the watch industry
- Manuela Maleeva (born 1967 ), former Bulgarian -Swiss tennis player