Torny-le-Grand
Origin of the name Torny-le-Grand
The village is recorded in 765/766 as « Taurniaco superiore ». Its old German name is « Grosstorny ».[1]
Founding of Torny-le-Grand
Torny-le-Grand lies in the Arbogne valley, on a site where Hallstatt-period graves and burial mounds and Roman tiles have been found. In 766 the abbey of Saint-Maurice received rights and property here, and in 929 it ceded their usufruct to Turimbert, probably a count in the kingdom of Burgundy. The lordship belonged to Savoy until 1360, then changed hands, before being held by the Diesbach family from 1602 to 1798. That family helped found the parish and built the château. The village has remained agricultural, with livestock, cereal and fodder crops. Torny-le-Grand is now part of the municipality of Torny (merger of 2004).[1][2]
History of Torny-le-Grand
766. The abbey of Saint-Maurice receives rights and property at Torny, recorded in 765/766 as « Taurniaco superiore ».[1][3]
929. The abbey cedes the usufruct of this property to Turimbert, probably a count in the kingdom of Burgundy.[1]
12th century. A family of Torny is recorded.[1]
Until 1360. The lordship belongs to Savoy, then passes through several hands.[1][3]
15th century. A chapel of Saint Nicholas is recorded.[1]
1536. Torny-le-Grand becomes part of the Fribourg bailiwick of Romont.[1][3]
1602-1798. The Diesbach family holds the lordship.[1]
1630. Torny becomes a parish, having been a daughter church of Torny-Pittet. The Diesbach family helps found it.[1][2]
1698. The church is consecrated on 21 October by Bishop Pierre de Montenach, with two side altars.[1][2]
1730-1745. The Diesbach-Torny family builds the château.[1]
1754-1755. The church is rebuilt thanks to Jean-Joseph-Georges de Diesbach.[1][2]
1798-1848. The village moves from the district of Payerne (1798) to those of Romont (1803), Montagny (1815) and Dompierre (1830), before joining the Glâne district in 1848.[1][3]
1904-1974. The Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod occupy the château, where they run their novitiate and then a girls' school.[1]
1906. The church is enlarged, and its tower, until then free-standing, is joined to the nave.[2]
1914. The high altar is consecrated again on 14 July by Bishop Bovet.[2]
1965-1966. The army sets up one of its six Bloodhound surface-to-air missile firing sites at Torny. It is decommissioned in 1999.[1]
2004. Torny-le-Grand merges with Middes to form the municipality of Torny, under a decree of 2 December 2003.[1][3][4]
Population of Torny-le-Grand
Sources and references: [1]
| 1811 | 198 |
| 1850 | 283 |
| 1900 | 344 |
| 1950 | 308 |
| 1970 | 254 |
| 2000 | 327 |
Historic sites in Torny-le-Grand
Church of Saint Nicholas. Consecrated in 1698, rebuilt in 1754-1755 and enlarged in 1906, it holds the mausoleum of Prince Frédéric de Diesbach. Saint Lupus is the second patron of the place. It was renovated in 1955 and from 2000 to 2007.[1][2]
Château. Built between 1730 and 1745 by the Diesbach-Torny family, it housed the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod from 1904 to 1974.[1]
Remains in Torny-le-Grand
Hallstatt graves and Roman tiles. Graves and burial mounds of the Hallstatt period, as well as Roman tiles, have been found on the village territory.[1]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Torny-le-Grand » (Marianne Rolle, version du 08.02.2012)
- Unité pastorale Sainte Marguerite Bays, « Église de Torny-le-Grand »
- Commune de Torny, « Historique des 3 villages »
- Grand Conseil du canton de Fribourg, décret du 2 décembre 2003 relatif à la fusion des communes de Middes et Torny-le-Grand (ROF 2003_172)
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