St. Antoni

Church of St. Antoni

St. Antoni ( emphasis on the " o "; French Saint -Antoine; ? Freiburg Patois Chin t'Anténo / i ) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Her name was until 1860 officially Schrickschrot, after the name of the main settlement in the parish church.

Geography

The municipality of St. Antoni is a scattered settlement with many hamlets and farms. These include Niedermuhren, Obermonten (also Obermontenach or Montagny- Dessus called ), Schweni and St. Antoni.

Situated on a hill parish forms the settlement point at about 715 m above sea level. M. The highest point is the Chutz 884 m above sea. Level, the lowest point on Ledeubach below Tutzishaus at the mouth of Muhrenbachs to 615 m above sea level. M.

The municipality covers 16.68 km ², making St. Antoni is in area the fourth largest municipality in the Sense district. The village of St. Antoni itself is on the verge of the branched area.

The municipality borders along the scythe, the Sodbach to Schwenny at 4 km to the Canton of Bern. The rising towards the south area extends from the colline to the subalpine zone. Is correspondingly varied vegetation.

Neighboring communities of St. Antoni are Alterswil, Heitenried, Schmitten, Tafers, Ueberstorf and Wünnewil -Flamatt.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The coat of arms was introduced in 1925 as a result of an error. Yet for twenty years, was then the view of the Freiburg Schultheiss Jean Gambach have founded the Anthony Chapel on the Schrick why the Gambacher Family Crest was awarded in the lower part of the crest of the square. Schultheiss Gambach was actually the owner of a Antonius chapel - but in the town of Freiburg, where now stands the university. With the coming of the 16th century chapel in St. Antoni Gambach'sche Foundation has no relationship. The three silver rings Gambach have survived the coat anyway. The bar with the two bells of Saint Anthony wears community but rightly so. Anthony was venerated as the patron saint of domestic animals. Because his animal especially the pig was left the care of the poor keep pigs during the Middle Ages. You could walk around freely and wore bells as a distinctive mark. Before the feast of its patron saint, they were gemetzget and distributed the meat to the poor.

History

At the site of the present village center, there was not a settlement until 1447. It was built only around the over the Bernese recent victory of 1448 was built after the victory of Freiburg Anthony Chapel. From the mid-16th century, the name of the chapel rendered on the site itself

The church today once belonged to the parish Tafers and thus to the old landscape. The site on which the church is built is called Schrick, which means steep. With the breakdown of the old parish was St. Antoni 1831/32 for independent political community. 1848 with the new cantonal constitution St. Antoni was incorporated into the then newly created Sensebezirk.

Population

With the revision of the Building Code in 1994 and the population grew. Construction activity was observed mainly in Lampert Holding, Burgbühl, Lower Monten, Niedermuhren. In 1990, the Federal Census tight or 1762 inhabitants. On 31 December 2012, lived in the town as early as 1925 people.

Economy

The community is dominated traditionally agricultural. About 90 farms use in the main or secondary occupation in 1372 hectares of land, with the dairy industry to the altitude and vegetation adapted plays the most important role. So there are ( because of the large tract) in Niedermuhren, Schweni and St. Antoni itself also three cheese factories, where 16 tons of milk are processed daily. In Obermonten there is a milk collection center which supplies the company Cremo in Villars -sur -Glane.

More recently, commercial, industrial and service enterprises have settled. Despite this increase in jobs St. Antoni remains a typical commuter town.

Traffic

Personalities

Beat Vonlanthen ( b. 1957 ), Swiss politician, State Council of the Canton of Fribourg

Pictures

Reformed Church