In the spring of 1530, Guillaume Farel preached the Reformation in Tavannes and surrounding areas, with great success. At Rudolph's death, the district passed into the Holy Roman Empire, to which it belonged for 760 years. In 999, King Rudolph III of Burgundy gave the monastery of Moutier-Grandval and all its possessions to the Prince-Bishop of Basel. The first mention of Tavannes (or its Latin equivalent Theisvenna) dates to 866. In 630, a monastery was established at Moutier-Grandval, and Tavannes belonged to its possessions.
In the fourth century, as the Roman Empire crumbled, the Burgundians moved into the area around Tavannes. ',which means the same as the older German name 'Dachsfelden'. Its name comes from the ancient Germanic words 'Þahs-winja, ancien haut allemand dahs, germanique *þahsu, « blaireau », et gothique vinja, germanique *venjô, « pâturage ». Tavannes was one of the earliest inhabited locations in the district.
The Roman administrator left an inscription in the cliff at Pierre-Pertuis to this effect.Įarly mills were built along the Birse, utilizing its water as a source of power. Under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the Romans improved this road between 161 and 169 AD. The area around Tavannes was traversed by the early inhabitants of the Helvetic plain because of the natural tunnel through the Jura between the valley of the Suze and the valley of the Birse. Aerial view from 900 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930)
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