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Neubrück

Canton of Valais · District: Visp · No published figure for the locality; the municipality of Stalden (VS) has 1'140 inhabitants (31.12.2025, provisional FSO figure)
Part of the municipality of Stalden
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Origin of the name Neubrück

The place was formerly called Niederrusen, also spelt Niederrussen. It only took the name Neubrück, «Zer Niiwu Briggu», after the new bridge over the Vispa was built. The bridge and chapel are referred to as «zer Niwu Briggu». The name Niederrusen itself remains unexplained.[1][2][4][8]

Founding of Neubrück

Neubrück lies on the Vispa between Visp and Stalden. Its stone arch bridge, the Ritibrücke, is the work of Hans Pinella, who built it for the Zenden of Visp on the model of Ulrich Ruffiner's bridges. Niederrusen was then a self-governing community, with the hamlets of Milachru, Riti and Riedji. A former municipality, the place is now part of the municipality of Stalden (VS).[1][3][8]

History of Neubrück

1599. Construction of the stone arch bridge of Neubrück, one of the two surviving 16th-century bridges of this type in Stalden, together with the Chibrücke of 1544.[2][3]

1668. The will of Christian im Esch is the first record of a chapel in the hamlet of Niederrussen.[9]

1727. The inhabitants decide to rebuild the chapel. The present building, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, dates from this rebuilding.[9]

1817. The former municipality of Niederrusen, today Neubrück, is united with Stalden (1807 according to another source).[1][2][8]

1854-1861. The draughtsman Gabriel Loppé and the lithographer Théodore Muller publish a colour view of «Neubrück entre Viège et St. Nicolas», printed by Lemercier in Paris.[5]

1922-1923. Construction of the Visp-Stalden carriage road, the first valley road, which crosses the Vispa at Neubrück.[2]

1980. The chapel undergoes a thorough renovation.[9]

2000. In autumn, floods of the Beiterbach damage the chapel and the hamlet. A complete restoration of the chapel follows.[9]

Historic sites in Neubrück

Bridge and chapel zer Niwu Briggu. The chapel stands on the right bank of the Vispa, next to the arch bridge of 1599. The two are listed together as cultural property of regional importance (category B).[4][9]

Old valley road. The section of the 1922-1923 road between Neubrück and Stalden is now closed to through traffic.[2]

Sources

  1. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (version allemande du Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse), « Stalden (VS) » (Bernard Truffer, version du 10.01.2013)
  2. Office fédéral de la culture, ISOS, « Stalden » (Gemeinde Stalden, 2e version, juillet 1997)
  3. Canton du Valais, Service de la mobilité (arrondissement 1, Haut-Valais), brochure « Umfahrung Stalden » (octobre 2023)
  4. Office fédéral de la protection de la population (PBC), « Révision Inventaire PBC 2021 : liste cantonale Canton du VS » (état au 1.1.2026)
  5. Bibliothèque nationale suisse, Cabinet des estampes, « Neubrück entre Viège et St. Nicolas » (Gabriel Loppé et Théodore Muller, 1854-1861), GS-GRAF-ANSI-VS-438
  6. Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS), STATPOP, chiffres provisoires au 31.12.2025, via citypopulation.de
  7. geo.admin.ch, service de recherche de swisstopo (Riti, Stalden)
  8. Commune de Stalden, « Geschichte »
  9. Paroisse de Stalden, « Kapellen Stalden »

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