Tafers

Schoolhouse of Tafers

Tafers (French Tavel; senslerdeutsch usually Taafersch; ? Freiburg Patois Tavi / i ) is a municipality and the capital of the Sense district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

The highest point is 783 meters at the wells Mountain Rain, the deepest point is located on 564 meters in the area Galtera. The wooded hills Maggenberg, where once the castle sub - Maggenberg (about mid-12th century arose and mid-14th century abandoned) was, dominates the village from the south. Tafers is one of the suburbs of the city of Freiburg and is most centrally located. Tafers is located in the middle Sensebezirk intersection of important roads scattered settlement community. The village is located about 7 km from the center of the city of Freiburg. The municipality borders to the west with the neighborhood Klein- Schönberg to the municipality of Freiburg, south along the Galterngraben and the Galternbach of St. Ursus Alterswil and east to St. Antoni along the Taverna ( Tafersbach ). Northern neighboring municipalities are Schmitten and Duedingen.

History

Tafers is first mentioned in 1150 as Tabernae ( Jacc 453) 1178-1189 as de Tabemis ( Cart Hautcrêt, MDR XII 195 ), in 1228 as Tavels ( FRB II 92), 1433 as Tavers (RD VIII 39). Its name is attributed to the Latin -Roman tabernas, which is likely to have its origin in the Latin ad tabernas ( " the inn "). Tafers is therefore a Roman or at least pre-Romanesque foundation, the site of a hostel. The Alemanni have the place name in around 8 / 9 Over centuries by the novels present here and Germanized.

The church, possibly a Frankish establishment, became the center of an extensive parish, which reached to the Sarine, more than half of today's Sensebezirks included and belonged to the old landscape. From her Matt quarters of the city of Freiburg, 1885/94 broke up in the 16th century, the parishes Alterswil and St. Antoni and 1901, the parish of St. Ursus from. 1848 with the new cantonal constitution Tafers was incorporated into the then newly created Sensebezirk.

The parish was Tafers 1831/32 in the four independent municipalities Tafers ( formerly known as ground meal), Alterswil ( Juchschrot ), St. Antoni ( Schrickschrot ) and Enet - the - creek - grist ( St. Ursus ) divided. As of 1999 include the reformed inhabitants of Reformed Evangelical parish of St. Antoni.

Coat of arms

In red a blue- black-clad mercenary with silver half- Arte. This has been known since the 18th century coat of arms heraldic stylized leans to the Fribourg region servant costume of the 16th century. The Hellebardier is also referred to as " Senslerbub ". The coat of arms of the municipal seat was also accepted by Sensebezirk.

Center function

The village, district capital since 1848, has evolved since the 1960s, at a sub-regional center with an important job offer. Tafers is fit for the top office, and the District Court Sense, also located in the municipality in 1975 opened Sensler Museum, Freiburg Hospital ( HFS Tafers ) that provides medical nursing home and various social institutions. Tafers is also one of the locations of the orientation school ( OS) of the Sense district.

Population

The population of Tafers has grown since the beginning of the 20th century of 964 inhabitants in 1900 to 3097 ( as of December 31, 2012). This regular growth is similar to the development in the other larger municipalities of the district.

Policy

The executive branch - the council - composed of nine representatives of the people elected by the people. The most widespread political groupings in Tafers are: CSP, CVP, SVP and SP. The committees assist the council in its decision-making. The municipal administration has its headquarters in 1991 inaugurated office building, where there are also cantonal authorities.

Economy

Tafers applies due to its transport position, favorable tax climate and many other advantages, such as the extensive range of services, labor, schools and other infrastructure as a popular business location. Many companies took advantage of this location advantages and settled in Tafers down. In the community, we include numerous companies, active in the primary, secondary and tertiary sector. This results in approximately 1420 jobs. Major employers include: Element AG or the Freiburg hospital, with the location in Tafers. A strong partner in economic affairs is the trade association Tafers.

The tax rate is quite low for both legal as natural persons in regional comparison.

Traffic

The village Tafers located at the intersection of two of the Sense district by crossing roads go, the connection Freiburg - Black castle on the one hand and Duedingen - Plaffeien other. The highway access to the A12 and is 5 minutes' drive from the city center - just as the railway connection. The community Tafers support public transport and is committed to a sustainable and long-term positive environmental policy.

Special buildings

The village is dominated by different religious as well as by some secular buildings dating from the 17th and 18th century to about 1900. Catholic Church of St. Martin presents itself as a building from the years 1786-89, with a polygonal belfry from the 16th century. inside several valuable art historical objects can be seen. In the cemetery area are the Michaels and the chapel of St James, the latter decorated with paintings to the " gallows miracle" of St. James. At the village square in front of the church in particular is the built in 1780 former Sigristenhaus an accent typical of the local architectural style wooden house which first served as the schoolhouse and in which the Sensler museum has been established since 1975.

Also from the 18th century comes the Gasthof St. Martin, while the built for the top office " castle " dates from the mid-19th century. At the edge of the village center are still the inn Taverna and the primary school, both created in 1900 to see. The newer buildings, the central function of Tafers required ( office building, OS schoolhouse, hospital, nursing home, sheltered workshop ) are all outside the village core area and have thus brought no change in the typical local image.

The municipality covers in addition to the village several isolated farms and hamlets - among these the rural hamlet of pipe as well as the manors Menziswil, Maggenberg and Brunnenberg - as well as with small -Schönberg a suburban neighborhood. With the Galterngraben and the steep southern slope of the Brunnenberg Rains Tafers also has important conservation areas.

Nature and Landscape

Through a networking project with neighboring communities evaluates you on the agricultural beauties while also ensuring their conservation. Due to the ever-growing population also opening up questions in supply and disposal area are solved with far foresighted policy. The corresponding infrastructures are well developed and meet the high requirements perfectly. A careful use of available energy resources is also sought in Tafers. The whole agricultural zone of Tafers is "landscape & Agriculture» integrated into the networking project, where the communities Tafers, Duedingen and Schmitten today are involved with about 50 farms.

Personalities

• Urs Schwaller ( born 1952 ), Swiss politician, Councillor