Flamatt
Origin of the name Flamatt
The village is recorded in 1312 as « Blamatten ». The name is thought to come from « Plamatten », a flat, level meadow.[1][3]
Founding of Flamatt
Flamatt is a street village on a plain between Fribourg and Bern, where the Sense meets the Taferna. The area long remained unimportant, unlike the neighbouring hamlet of Sensebrücke, a crossing of the Sense with a customs post, a chapel and an inn in the 14th century. Flamatt became part of Fribourg through a boundary settlement in 1467. From the early 19th century Protestants from Bern settled there, and Flamatt is the only village in the Sense district with a Protestant majority.[1][2][3]
History of Flamatt
1340. Bern and Fribourg make peace at the hamlet of Sensebrücke and renew their alliance there.[1]
1467. A boundary settlement brings Flamatt to Fribourg.[3]
1534. After the Reformation Flamatt is separated from the parish of Neuenegg and attached to that of Wünnewil (this is also dated to 1467).[1][3]
Early 19th century. Bernese Protestants begin to settle in Flamatt.[2]
Mid-19th century. Until this time three mills operate in Flamatt.[1]
1850. The cantonal road through the Mühletal is built (it is also dated to the mid-18th century).[1][2]
1853. The Protestants open a denominational school in Flamatt. It merges with the public school in 1976.[2]
1856-1862. The Bern-Fribourg railway is built.[1]
1960s. Industrial and service firms settle in Flamatt.[2]
1963. The Catholics of Flamatt obtain a rectorate.[2]
1965. The Protestants build the David Church.[2]
1972. A Catholic parish centre opens in Flamatt. The village's name is added to that of the municipality, officially Wünnewil-Flamatt since 1974.[2][3]
1973. The A12 motorway opens (or 1981). It changes the village greatly, and the population grows.[1][2]
1999. The Protestant parish of Wünnewil-Flamatt-Ueberstorf is founded, with its church in Flamatt.[2]
Historic sites in Flamatt
Sensebrücke. Hamlet at the crossing of the Sense, with a Fribourg customs post, a chapel and an inn in the Middle Ages. The customs house hosted the « Sense diets » (sensische Tagsatzungen), which dealt with common matters and tried to settle disputes.[1][3]
David Church. Protestant church built in 1965. It serves the Protestant parish of Wünnewil-Flamatt-Ueberstorf, founded in 1999.[2]
Silos and motorway bridge. The motorway bridge, the tall silos of the feed mill and the buildings of small and medium-sized firms shape the present look of this commuter village.[1]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Flamatt » (Olivier Aebischer, version du 23.07.2015)
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Wünnewil-Flamatt » (Moritz Boschung, version du 26.11.2013)
- Commune de Wünnewil-Flamatt, « Geschichte & Wappen »
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