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Lurtigen

Canton of Fribourg · District: Lac · 183 inhabitants (2014, former municipality of Lurtigen, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Murten
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Origin of the name Lurtigen

Lurtigen (in French Lourtens) appears in 1397 as « Lurtens », then « Lurting » in 1508 and « Lurtingen » in 1558. The name has not been explained.[1][2]

Founding of Lurtigen

The village grew up in a clearing between Murten (Morat) and Laupen, 4 km east of Murten. It belonged to the lordship of Murten, governed jointly by Bern and Fribourg after the Burgundian Wars, then by Fribourg alone from 1798. The inhabitants belong to the Reformed parish of Murten. In the early 21st century Lurtigen still lives from farming and livestock. It is now part of the municipality of Murten (merger of 1 January 2016).[1][2][3]

History of Lurtigen

Roman period. The geographer Georges Grosjean suggests that a main Roman road, the decumanus maximus of the Avenches-East network, ran through Lurtigen towards Gümmenen.[1]

1397. The village is first mentioned, as « Lurtens ».[1][2]

After the Burgundian Wars. With the lordship of Murten, Lurtigen comes under the joint administration of Bern and Fribourg.[1]

1508. The name is written « Lurting ».[1]

1558. The form « Lurtingen » appears.[2]

1626. The Velga family farm passes to the entailed estate of the von Diesbach-Liebistorf.[1]

1684. Lurtigen shares a German school with Altavilla and Burg.[1]

1738. The archive cupboard now kept in the village bakehouse is made.[1]

Around 1760. The village bakehouse is probably built at this time.[1]

1787. Eight inhabitants of Lurtigen join forces to buy the former Velga farm.[1]

1798. Fribourg now governs the former lordship of Murten alone.[1]

1812. The village gets its own school building.[1][2]

2012. On 14 December the communal assembly unanimously decides to negotiate a merger with Murten. A spring consultation had found it sensible.[3]

2014. On 30 November Lurtigen approves the merger by 86 votes to 9.[3]

2016. On 1 January Lurtigen becomes, with Courlevon, Jeuss and Salvenach, a village of the municipality of Murten.[1][3]

Population of Lurtigen

Sources and references: [1][2][3]

Population of Lurtigen
142817 households
1811138
1850198
1900200
1950188
2000179
2010185 (legal population)
2013180 (legal population)
2014183 (November)

Historic sites in Lurtigen

Village bakehouse. Communal oven probably built in 1760, housing an archive cupboard dated 1738. Bread is still baked here regularly.[1][2]

Farmhouses. The village keeps a strikingly old building stock of the 18th and 19th centuries: large timber houses, originally under thatched hipped roofs. Lurtigen is listed in the federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites (ISOS).[1][2]

School. School building of 1812, which houses a valuable old clock.[1][2]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Lurtigen » (Hermann Schöpfer, version du 23.09.2016)
  2. Commune de Murten, « Lurtigen » (présentation des localités)
  3. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message 2015-DIAF-22 accompagnant le projet de loi relative à la fusion des communes de Courlevon, Jeuss, Lurtigen, Morat et Salvenach (16.03.2015)

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