Morat / Murten, Switzerland - Hauptstrasse / Grand Rue - postcard, stamp 1953

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• Picture / Image:  Morat / Murten - Grand Rue / Hauptstrasse - Switzerland
• Publisher: Sartori
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Switzerland 25c
• Postmark(s): Neuchatel 1953
• Sent to:  Lane End near High Wycombe, Bucks., England
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Murten (German) or Morat (French) is a municipality in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat (also known as Lake Murten). Morat is situated between Bern and Lausanne and is the capital of the See/Lac District of the canton of Fribourg. It is one of the municipalities with a majority (about 75%) of German speakers in the predominantly French-speaking Canton of Fribourg.

On 1 January 1975 the former municipality of Burg bei Murten merged into the municipality of Murten.^[3] It was followed on 1 January 1991 by the former municipality of Altavilla and on 1 January 2013 by the former municipality of Büchslen. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Courlevon, Jeuss, Lurtigen and Salvenach merged into Morat (Murten).^[4]

Morat has an area of 24.7 km² (9.54 sq mi).^[1] Before the mergers expanded the municipal borders, 6.19 km² (2.39 sq mi) or 51.4% was used for agricultural purposes, while 3.16 km² (1.22 sq mi) or 26.2% were forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6 km² (1.0 sq mi) or 21.6% were settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.2% were either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.2% was unproductive land.^[7]

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 40.4% is used for growing crops and 9.5% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.^[7]

The small medieval town lies in the Swiss "Midlands" on the edge of the Great Marsh, on a gentle hill (450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level) and on the shore of Lake Morat (or the Murtensee in German). Numerous attractions from a significant past have been well preserved here, such as the castle, the ring wall, the street scene and the arcades. Lake Morat is a smaller lake located in between Lake Biel and the lake Neuchâtel.

Mont Vully stands on the western side of the Seeland's largest plain and resembles a pearl gently placed among the three lakes of Murten, Neuchâtel and Biel/Bienne.^{[citation needed]} Already long ago, the Celtic and Helvetic tribes appreciated the region's temperate climate and the local countryside's particular charm. Today, the Vully vineyards take up a large part of the south face of Mont Vully. The over 100 hectares of vineyards are facing towards Lake Morat.

Morat is also famous in history for the defeat of Charles the Bold by the Swiss in 1476. The former fortified city has kept most of its ramparts and towers.