Erguel

Erguël is an medieval seigniory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, and under protectorate of Biel/Bienne, under military jurisdiction from 1335, in the now called valley of St.-Imier, in the now Bernese Jura, Switzerland.[3]

Erguel Erguël
1264-1797[1]
Capital	Erguël
Religion	Catholic
Sire
• 1264-?	Otto of Arguel
History
• Established	1264-1797[2]
• Becomes Protectorate of Biel/Bienne	1335
• Merged into the French department of Mont-Terrible	1797
• Merged into the French department of Haut-Rhin	1800
• Part of Courtelary District, (BE) Switzerland	1815

The Sire of the area used to live in the Château d'Erguel.

History

In 1264, the Bishop of Basel appointed Otto of Erguel as the vogt over the Saint-Imier valley fief. Otto raised the valley to become a seigniory and parish of the Diocese of Basel, named Erguel.[4][5]

Asteroid

Asteroid 282669 Erguël, discovered by Swiss amateur astronomer Michel Ory at the Tenagra II Observatory in 2005, was named in memory of the seigniory.[3] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 July 2013 (M.P.C. 84383).[6]

References

1. {fr}Erguël, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
2. {fr}Erguël, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
3. "282669 Erguel (2005 VD4)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
4. Saint-Imier in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
5. Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived September 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
6. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

External links

• Article dans le Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse