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Oberried

Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 197 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Oberried, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Le Mouret
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Origin of the name Oberried

The village appears in 1274 as « Oberrieth », a name that has not been explained.[1]

Founding of Oberried

Oberried stretches along the communal road at the foot of the Petit Cousimbert, in the Prealps, as a street village. Its people belonged to the parish of Ependes until 1644, then to that of Praroman. The village has remained agricultural, with livestock and fodder crops. Oberried is now a village of the municipality of Le Mouret (merger of 1 January 2003).[1][2]

History of Oberried

1274. Oberried is first mentioned, as « Oberrieth ».[1]

1442. By this date at the latest, the village is part of Fribourg's Old Lands, in the Bourg banner.[1]

1644. The inhabitants move from the parish of Ependes to the new parish of Praroman.[1]

1798. Under the Helvetic Republic the municipality is attached to the district of La Roche.[1]

1803-1848. Oberried belongs to the district of Fribourg.[1]

1886-1900. The Sonnenwil estate houses the farming school, later moved to Grangeneuve.[1]

1901. Provost Hubert Savoy and Abbé Pierre Biolley found the House of the Holy Family (Maison de la Sainte-Famille) at Sonnenwil.[1]

1902. The house is entrusted to the congregation of the Daughters of Wisdom (sœurs de la Sagesse).[1]

1941. A fire strikes the House of the Holy Family.[1]

1942-1973. As nobody stands for election, the municipality remains under state administration for more than thirty years.[1]

1973. A merger with Praroman and the neighbouring municipalities is rejected.[1]

1976. Sonnenwil becomes an institute for maladjusted children. A home for the elderly is added in 1983.[1]

1996. The merger project is revived.[1]

2002. On 13 June the communal assembly accepts the merger agreement by 40 votes to 15.[1][2]

2003. On 1 January Oberried joins Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Praroman and Zénauva in the municipality of Le Mouret. It elects one of the nine members of the communal council.[1][2]

Population of Oberried

Sources and references: [1][2]

Population of Oberried
181186
1850125
1900157
1950229
1980139
2000197 (or 140 as legal population on 31.12.2000)

Historic sites in Oberried

Sonnenwil estate. Home of the farming school from 1886 to 1900, then of the House of the Holy Family founded in 1901. The institution, a children's institute since 1976, has also included a home for the elderly since 1983.[1]

Remains in Oberried

La Feyla rampart. A protohistoric fortification, a rampart, lies at the place called La Feyla.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Oberried (FR) » (Marianne Rolle, version du 27.09.2016)
  2. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 24 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes de Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman et Zénauva (20.08.2002)

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