Rechthalten
Sign in to saveRechthalten is a municipality in the district of Sense, in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was known in French as Dirlaret ( ), but this name is no longer used. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Rechthalten
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Rechthalten FR Kirche und Pfarrhaus.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Roman Catholic church in Rechthalten village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Rechthalten COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Rechthalten Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Sense
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1718
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2301
- Swiss town.area
- 7.3
- Swiss town.elevation
- 881
- Swiss town.website
- www.rechthalten.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Gemeindeammann
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Brünisried, Giffers, Plaffeien, Sankt Ursen, Tentlingen
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Rechthalten is a municipality in the district of Sense, in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was known in French as Dirlaret ( ), but this name is no longer used. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
==History== Rechthalten is first mentioned in 1142 as Drallaris. In 1173 it was mentioned as de Recto Clivo, followed in 1180 by Dreitlaris and in 1250 it was Rehthalton.