Triesenberg

Triesenberg ( dialect: Trisabäärg ) is a municipality in the constituency Oberland of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Triesenberg has an exclave, making it a two-tier municipality. It is the area the largest and highest municipality in the Principality. Triesenberg is a hamlet settlement with the hamlets Rotaboda, Üenaboda, Wangerbärg, Steinort / Lavadina, Masescha and Silum. In addition, the community is a resort.

  • 5.1 Malbun
  • 5.2 bar
  • 5.3 Gaflei
  • 5.4 Masescha

Geography

Triesenberg has approximately 29.7 square kilometers in area the largest municipality in the country. The village center is at an altitude of approximately 900 m above sea level. M. located and thus also the highest town of the Principality dar. the west Triesenberg borders Triesen, Schaan and Vaduz, on the north by planks, to the south by an alpine area of the municipality of Balzers and Triesen, and on the east by the Alps cooperative communities Schaan, Vaduz and Balzers. Triesenberg also has an exclave, which extends around the place Malbun. Besides Malbun include also the places Masescha, Silum, Gaflei and bridge to Triesenberg Municipality.

History

Walser migration

The immigrant from the end of the 13th century Walser populated probably the first the area of Triesenberg permanently. A first written attestation of the Walser Triesenberg can be found in a document of 1355 in which they a part of the Alpe Malbun is granted and, as they " have had formerly " him. Accordingly, they must have settled prior to this date and taken Alps fief.

Prehistoric stray finds ( originals in the Liechtenstein National Museum, copies in the Walser Folk Museum ) and Romanesque field names as Guflina, Runggelina, Lavadina etc. indicate a vorwalserische use of the area. The process of displacement of the Romance language was completed around the time of Walser immigration.

The Walser first populated the higher altitudes and spread until later down the valley from. It formed thereby settlements with different hamlets.

The "Free Walser " were fitted by sovereigns for their clearing land with special liberties. So they possessed the "Free Erbleihe " a particularly favorable ownership and use rights. They were exempted from taxes and only had to pay an interest rate. In 1618, under the counts of Hohenems, the special rights of the Walser were lifted, that is, they were like serfs, the other country's citizens.

1652 Alpbesitz was revised. The Alps arrived - except for the mountain pastures web and Silum - and the cooperatives were owned by the community. The peasant Wirtschaftsart remained until 1888, the single dairy. The common Alpbewirtschaftung took place against considerable resistance of the peasants.

Later developments

After the Second World War was a great economic upturn and a large part of the working force Triesenberg found in the industrial and service companies in the valley employment. Triesenberg became the commuter community.

From 1960 to 1993, a Gesamtmelioration (land consolidation ) was performed. The agriculture declined steadily since the Second World War. Today, more than two thirds of the workforce are employed in industry and service companies in the valley communities.

Still be seen in the Walser German dialect of the inhabitants of Triesenberg the cultural influences of the Walser.

Coat of arms

In the blue heraldic shield on a golden three mountain floats a golden bell with equally colored clapper: On Masescha was probably built soon after the immigration of the Walser, a chapel, where to this day the Holy Walser Theodule is worshiped. The Theodulsglocke is since 1955 part of the municipality coat of arms.

Culture and sights

  • Walser Heritage Museum: The museum depicts the life of the immigrant in the 13th century Walser, but also shows the parish history and customs and traditions of the community. Also attached to the museum is a 400 year old traditional house that reflects the living culture of the time.
  • Parish Prince Josef Wenzel: Until the establishment of its own parish in 1768 Triesenberg was assigned to the parishes of Triesen and Schaan. From 1767 to 1769, finally, was the construction of the first parish church of Triesenberg. The church consisted of a nave nave and a closed choir. The tower constituted an onion tower with a square shank and an octagonal bell storey dar. In 1938 the old parish church finally canceled, with many furnishings have been preserved and so, for example, one of the bell was moved to the Chapel of Peace to Malbun.
  • Parish Church of St. Joseph: In the years 1938 to 1940, the new parish church on the site of the demolished parish church was built. The church is oriented to the northeast, and stands on a raised terrace in the center of Triesenberg. As with the old parish church again an one for Liechtenstein onion dome was built. The church has five bells, with four bells of the old parish church for the casting of the new ones were melted down.
  • Town Hall: The construction of the first parish church a parsonage was built on the northern edge of the church square. In contrast to the old parish church, the rectory was not demolished, but rebuilt in the years 1967-1968 as the seat of the municipal administration, thus providing the building now the town hall of the municipality dar.
  • Chapel of Peace of Malbun: The chapel is located in the northern part of the ski and hiking area Malbun and represents the highest temple of the Principality represents the chapel was built in 1950/ 51, the bell dates from the demolished old parish church of Triesenberg. The name of Peace Chapel was the chapel as a sign of thanks for the sparing of Liechtenstein before the atrocities of the Second World War.
  • Chapel of St. Theodule: The Chapel is in the village Masescha and goes back to a prime structure, which was probably built shortly after the arrival of the Walser around the year 1300. Was first documented the chapel 1465th Over the centuries, the church was again rebuilt and extended. Since the 19th century the chapel of St. Theodule (formerly chapel of Sta. Maria) has repeatedly been extensively renovated.
  • Chapel of SS Wendelin and Martin: The Chapel of SS Wndelin and Martin (also called web Chapel ) is located in the settlement of bridge. The chapel has its origin in a calvary and was dedicated to St. Wendelin and Martin in 1817 and has been expanded in the following years to a small chapel. After a devastation caused by a storm in 1830 the church was restored and extended again. In the years 1906/1907, the chapel was extensively remodeled and so got its present appearance.
  • Geographical center of Liechtenstein: The geographical center of Liechtenstein lies at Alp Bargälla, east of Gaflei. The center is marked by a roughly 4 -ton boulder.

Part places

Malbun

Malbun is a high valley at approximately 1,600 m above sea level. M. and consists of the Alps Turna ( Gemeindealpe ) and Pradamee (Cooperative Alpe Vaduz ). The name comes from the Roman Malbun and comes from alp bun ( nice, profitable Alp ) or val bun ( nice, profitable valley).

Around the year 1925 was Malbun from a scattered settlement with around 50 Maiensässhütten. Since the late fifties Malbun was finally expanded to a ski and hiking area that today includes numerous holiday homes, hotels and restaurants. It is the only ski area in Liechtenstein.

Furthermore Malbun is a target for mountain stages of the Tour de Suisse ( 2004, 2007 and 2011 ), as well as the goal of the LGT Alpin Marathon.

Web

Steg is in Saminatal and was once a mountain pasture by the farmers of Triesenberg. The settlement consists of the web parts Grossstäg and Chleistäg with about 80 or 45 houses that have been converted to apartments for the most part. The houses are being put in two settlements to each a meadow area. In close proximity to the settlement of the dam and the bridge Gänglesee lie. Today the web is in the summer starting point for many hikes - in winter it offers a toboggan run and a few kilometers of cross- country trails.

Gaflei

Gaflei is at about 1,500 m above sea level. M. Located in the north of Triesenberg. Gaflei was the first health resort of Liechtenstein and although the former Kurhaus no longer exists, Gaflei has remained a popular recreation and tourist area. In 1976 Gaflei was a stage of the Tour de Suisse and is received as one of the most challenging stages in the Tour de Suisse history.

Masescha

Masescha was one of the first settlements of the Walser ( Valais ) and is about 1,250 meters above sea level, at the access road to Gaflei. The settlement has the character of a dispersed settlement, with the fewest buildings are inhabited year-round.

Policy

Community leaders is Hubert Sele from the ( VU). The council is one of 10 seats (VU 5, FBP 5).

Personalities

  • Jacob Vetsch (1879-1942), Swiss German researcher and writer who lived from 1927 to 1934 in the hamlet Rotaboda north-east of the village center of Triesenberg. In the Principality of Liechtenstein, he had participated in the relief operation for the people affected by the dam break of the Rhine on September 25, 1927 population.
  • William Beck (1885-1936), co-founder of the Christian Social Party ( Patriotic Union ) in 1918, was born in Triesenberg and lived in the hamlet Lavadina, he died at the age of 51 years in whales city
  • David Beck ( * 1893 in Triesenberg, † 1966 in Chur), was a Liechtenstein archaeologist and local historian
  • Engelbert Bucher (1913-2005), from 1943 pastor of Triesenberg and Catholic dignitaries, is an honorary citizen of Triesenberg, where he also died
  • Hans Hass (1919-2013), diving pioneer and oceanographer, who lived from 1960 to 2006 in the historic Walser farmhouse " Waldi " in Masescha
  • Martha Bühler ( * 1951), skier and owner of the hotel
  • Marco Schadler (* 1964), Liechtenstein composer, was born in Triesenberg
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