Delemont

Delemont is the capital of the Swiss canton of Jura. The city has about 12,000 inhabitants as of 2013. The place of the municipality become already settled inside the center Bronze Age. Fifteen urn burials have been found inside the municipality. There had been late Bronze Age settlements south and west of the current city. Several Iron Age buildings have been located south of town. There is likewise evidence of a Roman agreement, which includes a Gallo-Roman mausoleum and a small cache of cash. One or probably several villas in the area can also indicate the existence of a vicus close to the town.

The first historic point out of the name dates from 736-37 as Delemonte. In 1131, the first point out of the German call Telsperg turned into recorded. It is likewise mentioned as Laimunt and Deleymunt. The name is a mixture of the Germanic Tello or Dagili with the Latin phrase mons for mountain. Since the seventh century, the place belonged to the lands of the counts of Alsace. In 1271, it became bought to the Bishop of Basel. At this time it consisted of a fortified village and two castles, which were likely the homes of the Telsberg own family. The town changed into d to have municipal rights via Bishop Peter Reich von Reichenstein on 6 January 1289. This charter allowed the city a few self-governance and allowed it to distribute land, which created favorable conditions for the boom of the metropolis.