Cournillens
Origin of the name Cournillens
Between 1000 and 1031 the place is called « Corlingino », then « Curlinin » in 1228. These old forms have not been explained. German speakers called it « Kurlin ».[1]
Founding of Cournillens
Cournillens is a scattered French-speaking settlement on the language border. A shrine, probably today's chapel of Saint-Léger, already existed in the early 11th century. The tithe gradually passed into Fribourg hands, and both the abbey of Hauterive and the Hospital of Fribourg received gifts or made purchases here. The village lives from livestock, fodder crops and cereals. It has been part of the municipality of Misery-Courtion since the merger of 1997.[1][2][3]
History of Cournillens
11th century. In the first third of the century King Rudolf III of Burgundy gives the abbey of Saint-Maurice a chapel, probably that of Saint-Léger.[1][3]
1228. Rudolf of Neuchâtel grants the tithe of Cournillens as a fief to four burghers of Fribourg.[1]
1339. During the Laupen war the Bernese burn Cournillens.[1]
1393. A castle is mentioned in the village.[1]
1466. The chapel of Saint-Léger is restored and given a hermitage. It becomes a place of pilgrimage.[1]
1495. The community adopts municipal statutes.[1]
1645. A governor of the community is mentioned.[1]
1798. Cournillens belongs to the Old Territories, in the Hospital banner, until the end of the Ancien Régime, then to the district of Avenches.[1]
1803. The village is assigned to the district of Fribourg, until 1848.[1]
1848. Cournillens becomes the seat of the justice of the peace for the first circle of the Lake district. It remains so until 1988.[1]
1862. The marshes are drained.[1]
1997. Cournillens merges with Cormérod, Courtion and Misery to form Misery-Courtion.[1]
Population of Cournillens
Sources and references: [1]
| 1811 | 234 |
| 1850 | 251 |
| 1900 | 321 |
| 1930 | 328 |
| 1950 | 309 |
| 1990 | 264 |
Historic sites in Cournillens
Chapel of Saint-Léger. Dedicated to St Leodegar, bishop of Autun, with St Simon and St Jude as secondary patrons, the chapel dates from the Middle Ages and was enlarged in the 17th century. Its frescoes are attributed to Johann Franz Pantly and dated to around 1680. An important place of pilgrimage, it drew the faithful with its water, which was believed to cure eye diseases. Two nuns now live at the chaplaincy and carry on the hermit tradition. The chapel seats 70.[1][2]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Cournillens » (Marianne Rolle, version du 16.08.2005)
- Unité pastorale Sainte-Trinité, « La chapelle de Cournillens »
- Commune de Misery-Courtion, « Historique »
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