Quartier de la Neuveville
Origin of the name Quartier de la Neuveville
The name Neuveville refers to the district laid out in the 13th century at the foot of the Bourg, shortly after Fribourg was founded.
Founding of Quartier de la Neuveville
The Neuveville was created in the 13th century, shortly after the town's foundation in 1157, in the loop of the Sarine at the foot of the Bourg. It grew around the church and commandery of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. A palisade protected it at first, replaced by a wall in the following century. Tanneries and drapers' workshops lined the river, which splits the district and is crossed only by the Saint-Jean bridge. In the 18th century, well-off families lived in the Bourg and the Grand-Rue, while the poor, mostly workers, settled in the lower town, notably in the Neuveville.[1][2]
History of Quartier de la Neuveville
13th century. The Neuveville is created shortly after the town's foundation and surrounded by a palisade.[1]
1259. The Knights of St John, in Fribourg since 1224, move their house to the Planche supérieure. The district grows around their church and commandery in the 13th and 14th centuries.[2][4]
14th century. A wall replaces the palisade. The wall on the Maigrauge side goes up shortly after 1350.[1][3]
1392. The district is joined to the suburb of the Planches.[2]
1404. The Neuveville is finally incorporated into the town.[2]
1549-1550. Hans Gieng carves the Fountain of Strength at the foot of the Court-Chemin steps, laid out at the same time.[3]
1626-1627. The Wild Man Fountain (Fontaine du Sauvage) is set up.[3]
1708-1709. The great granary of the Planche is built.[4]
1746. The Saint-Jean bridge is rebuilt in tuff, on three arches.[3][4]
1749-1762. The Louis XV-style church of the Providence is built.[3]
1875-1876. The route Neuve links the district with the upper town (it is also dated 1880).[3][4]
1877. Paul-Alcide Blancpain buys a brewery, renamed Brasserie du Cardinal in 1890. Its cellars are dug from 1883 to 1891.[2][3][4]
1896. A cardboard factory moves into the building that now houses Fri Art.[3]
1899. The Neuveville-Saint-Pierre funicular goes into service (or in 1898). Driven by waste water, it carries workers between their district and the commercial town, at Blancpain's urging.[1][2][3][4]
1900-1901. Ch. Jungo builds the primary school, shortly after Ch. Winckler's tenement blocks (1899).[3]
1923. The Bains de la Motta open. The walled pool was meant to teach hygiene to workers and keep bathers from disturbing the sisters of the Maigrauge.[1]
1985. A rockfall damages the funicular's staircase, which is then rebuilt. The funicular is restored in 1997-1998.[3]
Population of Quartier de la Neuveville
Sources and references: [5]
| 2022 | 1'587 inhabitants |
Historic sites in Quartier de la Neuveville
Funicular. Built in 1899, modernised in 1957 and restored in 1997-1998, it links the Neuveville with the rue Saint-Pierre.[1][3]
Planche supérieure. One of the largest medieval squares in Switzerland, where the cattle fairs were held. The former barracks now house the Archaeological Service.[2][3]
Saint-Jean bridge. Three-arched tuff bridge of 1746, the district's only crossing to the other bank.[1][3]
Court-Chemin and fountains. The Court-Chemin steps climb towards the Bourg. The Fountain of Strength (1549-1550) and the Wild Man Fountain (1626-1627) are copies put in place before 1975.[3]
Church of the Providence. Louis XV-style church, built from 1749 to 1762.[3]
Bourguillon and Maigrauge gates. These two gates of the town wall still stand.[1]
Bains de la Motta. Open-air pool on the bank of the Sarine, opened in 1923.[1][2]
Remains in Quartier de la Neuveville
Gates of the rue de la Neuveville. The gates that led into the rue de la Neuveville have disappeared.[1]
Demolished wall. Apartment blocks were built from 1934 to 1991 along the line of the pulled-down wall.[3]
Sources
- Fribourg Région, « Quartier de la Neuveville »
- Ville de Fribourg, page du quartier de la Neuveville
- Inventaire fédéral des sites construits d'importance nationale (ISOS), « Fribourg » (ville)
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Fribourg (commune) » (François Guex, Hermann Schöpfer, Alain-Jacques Czouz-Tornare), version du 04.02.2010
- Ville de Fribourg, « Statistiques descriptives générales 2023 », quartier de la Neuveville (effectif de fin 2022)
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