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Ammere

Canton of Valais · District: Goms · No published figure for the locality; the municipality of Goms has 1'163 inhabitants (31.12.2025, provisional FSO figure)
Part of the municipality of Blitzingen
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Origin of the name Ammere

The name, recorded since the 14th century like those of the neighbouring hamlets of Gadme and Wiler, has not been explained.[1][2]

Founding of Ammere

Ammere is one of three small hamlets on a steep south-facing slope in the Goms valley, together with Gadme and Wiler. The three were independent communities until 1848, then belonged to the municipality of Blitzingen, now part of the municipality of Goms. Ammere's buildings are old and may partly date back to the first half of the 16th century. The valley road, opened around 1860, left the hamlets isolated on their slope. Their paths are still covered with grass.[1][2][4]

History of Ammere

14th century. Ammere is recorded, like Gadme and Wiler.[1][2]

1640. Construction of one of the two surviving houses.[1]

1771. Construction of the second house.[1]

1848. The hamlet becomes part of the municipality of Blitzingen, created that year.[1][2]

around 1860. The new valley road bypasses the hillside hamlets.[1]

1953. Demolition of the last of the four or five houses that, according to local tradition, stood south of the hamlet.[1]

1960. Ammere is no longer lived in all year round.[1][2]

1972. A private individual begins turning the hamlet into a kind of open-air museum, re-erecting granaries and barns from the surrounding area.[1][2]

Historic sites in Ammere

Open-air museum. Granaries and barns from the surrounding area have been re-erected around the old houses. The main path crosses the open space in the middle of the hamlet.[1][2]

Holy Cross Chapel. Chapel of 1808, between Ammere and Gadme.[1]

Remains in Ammere

Vanished houses. Four or five more houses reportedly stood south of the hamlet. The last was demolished in 1953.[1]

Sources

  1. Office fédéral de la culture, Inventaire fédéral des sites construits à protéger en Suisse (ISOS), « Ammere/Gadme/Wiler (Blitzingen) », relevé n° 4788 (2e version)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Blitzingen » (Alma Treyer Lehner, version du 13.01.2017, traduit de l'allemand)
  3. Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS), STATPOP, chiffres provisoires au 31.12.2025, via citypopulation.de
  4. geo.admin.ch, service de recherche de swisstopo (Ammere)

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