Municipality of Saubraz
A village at the foot of the Jura, on the edge of the Arboretum.
The village’s origins must be very ancient. They probably date back to the Celtic period. A short distance from the village, at a place known as ‘Es Vaux’, there is a cup-marked stone, a remnant of the Roman period.
Historical records mention the names Salbrum (1237) and Saubra (1251) to refer to the village.
In the Middle Ages, various convents and lords owned land in Saubraz, including the Convent of Romainmôtier, the Convent of Bonmont, the Abbey of Lac de Joux and the Lords of Aubonne.
The coat of arms of Saubraz – ‘parted gules and or, a crane in flight argent broaching, with a gold star to the right in the chief’ – attests that the House of Gruyère held the Barony of Aubonne from 1393 to 1554.
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