Le Roselet
Origin of the name Le Roselet
« Le Roselet » appears under the Ancien Régime among the hamlets of the community of Muriaux. What the name means is not yet known.[4]
Founding of Le Roselet
Le Roselet is a hamlet of the municipality of Muriaux, in the Franches-Montagnes district, north of Les Breuleux, whose postal address it shares. It is not known when or by whom it was founded. Under the Ancien Régime it appears among the hamlets of the community of Muriaux. For worship and civil registration it belongs to the parish of Les Breuleux, to which it was definitively attached in 1880. The hamlet is best known since 1958 for the Foundation for the Horse, created by the Bernese journalist and publisher Hans Schwarz, who set up his first home for old horses there.[2][3][4][5]
History of Le Roselet
1854. On 17 April, meeting of the Le Roselet section of the parish of Les Breuleux on labour duties and supplies for building the church. On 18 November, the municipal assembly of Muriaux examines the proposals of the Le Roselet and Le Cerneux-Veusil sections for paying the costs.[3]
1874. On 9 April, Le Roselet is attached, with the municipality of Muriaux, to the parish of Saignelégier.[3][4]
1879. The inhabitants ask to be separated from the parish and civil registry district of Saignelégier and attached to Les Breuleux.[3]
1880. On 26 May, the Bernese Grand Council detaches Le Roselet from Saignelégier and attaches it to Les Breuleux for parish and civil registration.[3][4]
1926. The La Goule power company builds a power line from La Goule to Le Roselet to connect to the Forces motrices bernoises network.[3]
1958. Hans Schwarz creates the Foundation for the Horse. In the autumn, with a few friends, he buys the Le Roselet estate to take in old horses.[3][5]
1959. On 5 August the foundation is inaugurated. A fire, probably on 18 October, destroys the farm buildings, which the foundation decides to rebuild.[3]
1960. Notice of the rebuilding of the buildings (30 March).[3]
1965. Death of Hans Schwarz.[5]
1968. Closure of the Les Emibois-Le Roselet road, as part of the end of free-range grazing for cattle.[3]
1973. The municipal council of Muriaux opposes the extension of the Foundation for the Horse at Le Roselet.[4]
1975. On 11 May, demonstration by the Mouvement des militants francs-montagnards against the foundation at Le Roselet. The foundation then publishes a clarification.[3]
2007-2012. Renovation of the old stables at Le Roselet, which reopens in 2012.[5]
Historic sites in Le Roselet
Foundation for the Horse. Foundation created in 1958 by Hans Schwarz to save horses made redundant by the motorisation of farming. Le Roselet, its first home, now houses its secretariat and management. It also runs Le Jeanbrenin (1980), Maison Rouge at Les Bois (1993) and Les Murs at Les Bois (opened in 2022).[5]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Muriaux » (François Kohler), version du 13.07.2020
- Office fédéral de la culture, ISOS, « Muriaux » (fiche 2410)
- Chronologie jurassienne (Denis Moine), « Roselet, Le »
- Chronologie jurassienne (Denis Moine), « Muriaux »
- Fondation pour le cheval, « Notre histoire »
- Statistique Jura, tableau JU-T.01.01.03, population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2025
- Office fédéral de topographie swisstopo, map.geo.admin.ch
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