Rechthalten

Legal Hold

Legal Hold (French Dirlaret; senslerdeutsch Avenge Haute; Freiburg Patois Drelarè / i?) Is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is located in the upper Sensebezirk.

Geography

Keep right between the city of Freiburg (8 km) and the tourist resort Schwarzsee and is connected by a bus service ( TPF ) to the public transport network. The area of ​​municipal law holding is totally 732 ha, of which 130 ha is forest.

Neighboring communities of legal hold are Brünisried, Giffers, top shot, St. Ursus and Tentlingen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a black background with silver bar three blue lilies. The latter could remember the men of Helfenstein, which are regarded as the founder of the Church of Legal Hold.

History

The oldest surviving mention of the name is found in a document dated March 21, 1142 in the Romanesque form Drallaris, 1180 as Dreit Laris. Hence the French form Dirlaret derived. The German name comes, ironically, from the 1173 proven bookish de Recto Clivo from (ie on the straight dump ). In German spelling the name from 1250 is used as Rehthalton.

This name forms betray the history of the place. Legal Hold is a foundation of novels. The name can be traced back to the Gallo-Roman directu laris (straight Heath, Heath Barrens ). The Alemanni took over the area in the 11th or 12th century.

In the year 1228 dates the earliest mention of the parish, which included large parts of the Sense Oberland and the Old Landscape ( Burgpanner ) belonged to the city of Freiburg.

1476 Battle of Murten, with doing a "Rice Company ( Compagnie ) Legal Hold" is equipped by 46 men, included are the of Brünisried, Zumholz and top shot.

The four shreds of the old municipal law were divided hold with the Freiburg State Reform 1831/33 in the four independent political communities right Hold, Brünisried, Upper meal and Zumholz. 1848 with the new canton of constitutional law holding was incorporated into the then newly created Sensebezirk. In ecclesiastical terms, the parish remained to exist in the late 19th century. Brünisried remains one of the parish legal hold.

Population

The community law holding counted on 31 December 2012 total 1084 inhabitants, of which 97.8 % were Swiss. The vast majority are Roman Catholic faith.

Economy

Overall, the municipal law holding offers 248 jobs, and in the first sector (agriculture ) is distributed with 46% of the largest part of the workforce.

25 West Swiss Yodel Festival

From 9 to 11 June 2006, the 25 West Swiss Yodel Festival was held in legal hold. Up to 16,000 people attended the festival.