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Oberschrot

Canton of Fribourg · District: Singine · 1'185 inhabitants (2016, former municipality of Oberschrot, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Plaffeien
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Origin of the name Oberschrot

Oberschrot bears the name of a parish subdivision. It was one of the four «Schrote», or quarters, of the parish of Rechthalten.[1][2]

Founding of Oberschrot

Oberschrot lies north of the Tütschbach (Dütschbach), the stream that separates it from Plaffeien. The municipality took in the hamlets of Ried, Sahli, Gansmatt, Uf der Egg and Plötscha and a few scattered farms, around a centre at about 857 m. A former quarter of the parish of Rechthalten, it gained its autonomy with the cantonal constitution of 1831. Favourable tax conditions have drawn much new building in recent decades. Oberschrot is now part of the municipality of Plaffeien (merger of 1 January 2017).[1][2]

History of Oberschrot

Before 1798. The Tütschbach marks the border between the Old Territories and the town of Fribourg.[1]

1831. The new cantonal constitution makes Oberschrot a municipality.[1][2]

1833. The municipal statutes are drawn up.[2]

1835. The record of 16 August fixes the final separation and the boundaries.[2]

1896. Following a Council of State decision of 1894, an episcopal decree moves most of the inhabitants from the parish of Rechthalten to that of Plaffeien, and a few to that of Plasselb.[1][2]

1906. On 31 May the roof of the bakery in Ried catches fire. Thirteen houses in Oberschrot burn, and the wind spreads the blaze to the whole of Plaffeien.[1][2]

2000. 78 % of the working population work outside the municipality, mostly in Plaffeien and Fribourg.[1]

2004. Despite close cooperation, Oberschrot refuses to merge with Plaffeien.[1]

2015. On 8 March Oberschrot accepts a five-way merger with 79.78 % yes, but it fails in Plasselb and Brünisried.[4]

2015. On 27 September the three-way merger with Plaffeien and Zumholz passes by 433 votes to 60.[3][4]

2017. On 1 January Oberschrot becomes a village of the municipality of Plaffeien.[1][3]

Population of Oberschrot

Sources and references: [1][3][4]

Population of Oberschrot
1850553
1900612
1950751
20001'006
20141'162 (legal population on 31.12)
20161'185

Historic sites in Oberschrot

Townscape. Part of Oberschrot is listed together with Plaffeien in the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites of national importance (ISOS).[3]

Dütschbach. The stream rises in Oberschrot and flows into the Sense shortly before the Guggersbach bridge near Zumholz. It formed the boundary with Plaffeien until 31 December 2016.[2][3]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Oberschrot » (Peter F. Kopp, version du 08.05.2017)
  2. Commune de Plaffeien, « Die Geschichte von Oberschrot »
  3. Commune de Plaffeien, « Die frühere Gemeinde Oberschrot »
  4. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message 2015-DIAF-98 accompagnant le projet de loi relatif à la fusion des communes d'Oberschrot, de Plaffeien et de Zumholz (10.11.2015)

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