Lieli
Former municipality in Lucerne, Switzerland
![Coat of arms of Lieli](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Pic_Lieli.png/60px-Pic_Lieli.png)
Coat of arms
Location of Lieli
![Map](https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Lieli&revid=1215085736&groups=_a38d92068e61edacdb643e76277db427327171e5)
47°12′N 8°18′E / 47.200°N 8.300°E / 47.200; 8.300
(December 2004)
6277
Profile (in German), SFSO statistics
Lieli is a village in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Hochdorf merged with Hohenrain on January 1, 2007 to form Hohenrain.[1]
History
Lieli is first mentioned around 900 as Lielae. In the local Swiss German dialect it was as Nieli as far back as the 17th Century.[2]
Geography
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/ETH-BIB-Lieli-LBS_H1-015700.tif/lossy-page1-220px-ETH-BIB-Lieli-LBS_H1-015700.tif.jpg)
The village became part of the municipality of Hohenrain in 2007.
Demographics
The historical population is given in the following table:[2]
year | population |
---|---|
1678 | 258 |
1798 | 211 |
1850 | 244 |
1900 | 193 |
1950 | 199 |
1980 | 142 |
References
- ^ Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 18 August 2009
- ^ a b Lieli in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.