Erguel
Erguël
1264-1797[1]
Flag of Erguel
Flag
of Erguel
Coat of arms
CapitalErguël
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
1815

Erguël is a 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]

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. 1 2 "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.


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