Oberschrot

Also known as Oberschrot FR

Oberschrot was a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Oberschrot and Zumholz merged into the municipality of Plaffeien.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Oberschrot
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.image_photo: Oberschrot 3411.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Oberschrot village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Oberschrot COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Oberschrot Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-FR
Swiss town.district: Sense
Swiss town.postal_code: 1716
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2298
Swiss town.area: 5.28
Swiss town.elevation: 850
Swiss town.population: 1185
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2015
Swiss town.popofyear: 2015
Swiss town.website: https://www.plaffeien.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title: Gemeindeammann

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Encyclopedic overview

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Sights
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References
External links

==History== Oberschrot was created as an independent municipality in 1831. Before that, the name meant an area in the parish of Rechthalten that consisted of four Schrote or village sections.

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