Baar - an old place with rich history
The modern Baar is presenting intself in a Video.
The area which today forms the Community of Baar, is extraordinarily
rich in history. Since time immemorial people have lived in
this area and profited from the fertile soil of the river
Lorze flood plain. The Zug Cantonal archaeologist Dr Stefan
Hochuli once commented that it was not possible to dig a hole
in the Baar area without finding archaeological remains.
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Wildenburg (ruin) |
Just in front of St Martin's church, during some road building
work, a grave dating from the early middle-ages was discovered.
Archaeologists, working with the sympathetic interest of the town
folk, recovered many skeletons, and shortly thereafter a further
cemetery dating from the same period was also discovered a few hundred
metres away at Früeberg. Baar was first mentioned in writing
in the 11th Century, but regular references to it appear from the
13th Century. At that time Baar appears to have been the focus of
a conflict between the Dukes of Habsburg and the Dukes of Kyburg.
It appears also that the town of Zug was founded as a consequence
of this problem.
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of its acceptance into the Swiss Confederation, Zug seems to
have had a strained relationship with the outlying villages
of Baar, Aegeri and Menzingen. These communities were able to
resist the grip of the town of Zug and maintain their equal
status with it until the French invasion. This unique situation
within the Swiss Confederation is something about which the
people of Baar are still very proud, and is sometimes blamed
for the occasional of stresses that are felt between the people
of Baar and the people of Zug. |
Publishing house Stocker, Baar |
Zytturm (clock tower) Zug |
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The industrial revolution reached Baar with the construction
of the Spinning Works on the Lorze in 1854; at the time this
was the largest spinning mill in Switzerland. This brought
great changes for the farming community of Baar, and especially
the migration of workers to the town. These workers brought
their 'reformed Church' beliefs with them into the previously
strictly Roman Catholic community that had held its flag flying
proudly at the border of (Protestant) Zurich for hundreds
of years.
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Spinning works Lorze |
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They brought however new customs with them; among them being
the Brewery that was built beside the Spinning Works and which
to this day produces a wonderful beer.
Text: Stefan Doppmann, 6340 Baar
Translation: Stuart Clements, Merebschwand
Fotos: Andreas Busslinger, 6340 Baar
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Brewery Baar |
