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Gluringen

Canton of Valais · District: Goms · 161 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Gluringen, last figure before the merger)
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Origin of the name Gluringen

First recorded in 1203 as « Gluringen ». The etymology remains unexplained.[1]

Founding of Gluringen

Gluringen is a loosely built village on the gently rising northern flank of the Rhône valley, in the Goms valley. The settlement probably grew from an isolated Alemannic farmstead. The village belonged to the Grafschaft quarter of the tithing (dizain) of Goms, which formed a free jurisdiction within Goms. The municipality received statutes, and representatives (« Gewalthaber ») are mentioned. First part of the parish of Münster, then of Biel, Gluringen acquired a chapel, a presbytery and then its church, before becoming a rectorate and a parish. Farming and alpine pasture dominated until the second half of the 20th century. The village was linked to the cantonal road in the mid-19th century. Tourism (holiday camps, 400 beds) now completes the economy. From 2004 to 2016 Gluringen formed with Reckingen the municipality of Reckingen-Gluringen, which then joined the municipality of Goms.[1][2][3]

History of Gluringen

1203. First recorded as « Gluringen ».[1]

around 1367. The Grafschaft quarter, to which Gluringen belongs, forms a free jurisdiction within Goms.[1]

1428-1442. Construction of the chapel of St Theodule.[1]

1470. The municipality receives statutes, renewed several times until 1751.[1]

1544. First mention of municipal representatives (« Gewalthaber »).[1]

1640. The chapel is rebuilt.[1]

1670-1698. Gluringen moves from the parish of Münster to that of Biel (1670/1698).[1]

1700. Construction of the presbytery.[1]

1736. Construction of the present Holy Trinity church.[1]

1737. Gluringen becomes a rectorate.[1]

1798. End of its membership of the Grafschaft quarter of the tithing of Goms.[1]

1914. Connection to the Furka-Oberalp railway.[1]

1920. Gluringen becomes a parish.[1]

1947. The army sets up an anti-aircraft firing range.[1]

2001. Founding of the Bio-Bergkäserei Goms.[1]

2004. Closure of the Federal Military Department, later Ruag, workshop. On 1 October Gluringen merges with Reckingen to form the municipality of Reckingen-Gluringen.[1][2][3]

2017. Reckingen-Gluringen merges with Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen and Niederwald into the municipality of Goms.[1][2]

Population of Gluringen

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Gluringen
181698
1850126
1900113
1950130
2000161

Historic sites in Gluringen

Holy Trinity church. Built in 1736, succeeding a chapel of St Theodule of 1428-1442 rebuilt in 1640. Rectorate in 1737, parish in 1920.[1]

Anti-aircraft firing range. Set up by the army in 1947 and run by the DDPS.[1][2]

Bio-Bergkäserei Goms. Organic mountain cheese dairy founded in Gluringen in 2001.[1]

Sources

  1. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, « Gluringen » (Philipp Kalbermatter, version du 13.01.2017, version allemande)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Reckingen (VS) » (Robert Walpen, trad. Florence Piguet, version du 13.01.2017)
  3. Office fédéral de la statistique, Répertoire officiel des communes, mutation n° 2302 (01.10.2004)
  4. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (coordonnées)

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