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Burg bei Murten

Canton of Fribourg · District: Lac · 167 inhabitants (1970, former municipality of Burg bei Murten, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Murten
Origin of the name Founding Historical timeline Population over time Remains Sources and references Nearby villages

Origin of the name Burg bei Murten

The village appears in 1340 as « Chastel », then « Castro » in 1394, « Castro villa » in 1413 and « Burg » in 1510. The name is said to come from a stronghold, probably at Oberburg, but neither archives nor excavations have proved it.[1]

Founding of Burg bei Murten

Burg bei Murten is a small clustered farming village above Murten (Morat), on the edge of the moraine hill that overlooks Lake Murten and the Grosses Moos to the east. Unterburg and Oberburg were once told apart. The village belonged to the lordship of Murten from the 14th century. It is now part of the municipality of Murten (merger of 1975).[1]

History of Burg bei Murten

14th century. Burg belongs to the lordship of Murten, recorded from this time.[1]

1340. First mention of the village, as « Chastel ».[1]

1394-1510. Documents write « Castro » in 1394, « Castro villa » in 1413, then « Burg » in 1510.[1]

After the Burgundian Wars. The lordship passes under the joint rule of Bern and Fribourg.[1]

1694. Altavilla, Burg and Lurtigen are given a German-language school (or in 1684).[1][2]

1798. Burg now belongs to Fribourg alone.[1]

1851. The Russian revolutionary Alexander Iwanowitsch Herzen is granted citizenship of the municipality.[1]

1892. The Manuel manor at Oberburg becomes the orphanage of the Protestant Lake district.[1]

1964-1965. Two fires strike the former manor, which is then pulled down.[1]

1975. Burg bei Murten joins the municipality of Murten.[1]

Population of Burg bei Murten

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Burg bei Murten
1850216
1880187
1900246
1950187
1970167

Remains in Burg bei Murten

Manuel manor. The former manor house at Oberburg was turned into an orphanage for the Protestant Lake district in 1892. After the fires of 1964 and 1965 it was pulled down.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Burg bei Murten » (Hermann Schöpfer, version du 17.03.2011)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Altavilla » (Hermann Schöpfer, version du 05.06.2001)

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