Use of the land and forest areas by farmers, herdsmen and hunters from Bürs and other valley communities.
1347
The Vallavier valley is given to 12 Walser families. It is likely that at the same time Walser people also settled in the upper region of Bürserberg.
1355
A document reports about a major iron mine in Bürs with a melting furnace in Stachelhof
1454
Count Wilhelm von Sargans wants to turn the Walsers in Bürserberg and Brand into serfs.
1513
Christoph Schenk von Schenkenstein, Reeve of Bludenz decides this tax dispute in favor of the Walsers in Bürserberg and Brand. All Walsers living above St. Wolfgang chapel cannot be turned into serfs.
1531
The Bürserbergers demand the independence of Bürs
1550
Nine households are mentioned in Bürserberg.
1630
People of Bürserberg are falling victim to the plague.
1706
The Bürserbergers demand settlement charges, 10 fl. for men and 5 fl. for women
1711
66 families live in Bürserberg, approx. 300 inhabitants. St. Antonius chapel is built.
1730
Inauguration of parish church by Bishop Benedikt from Chur
1736
Bürserberg becomes independent parish.
1770
Bürserberg becomes politically independent.
1785
Construction of a school on the occasion of the parish inauguration.
1796
Large-scale wood felling in the Schesa region for shipbuilding (Napoleon’s fleet for his Africa campaign near Abukir, defeated by Admiral Nelson)
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