Page "Gruyères" Paragraph 66

During the Thirty Years ' War, nuns from St. Bernard and the Visitation Order fled from Besançon und Dôle to settle in Gruyères.

The latter remained in town between 1639 and 1651 and conducted a private school.

Starting in the 15th century a primary school opened in town which was open mainly to boys.

A secondary school opened in town in the 20th Century but it moved in 1973 to Bulle.

Gruyères had a plague house which was first mentioned in 1341.

The town's hospital was founded in the mid-15 century and remained in operation until the second half of the 19th century.

One side of the hospital building housed the primary school until 1988 and was then renovated into a nursing home.

Between 1891 and 1925 the Ingenbohl sisters ran the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Saint-Joseph in Gruyères.

In 1925 it moved to Fribourg.