Boar corners

Boar corners
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Willisau
Residential municipality :	Altishofen
Postal code :	6245
former BFS no. :	1126
Coordinates :	637 392  /  225937 coordinates: 47 ° 11 '0 "  N , 7 ° 55' 55"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and ninety-two  /  225937
Height :	546  m above sea level M.
Area :	8.56  km²
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	5.2% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.ebersecken.ch
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2020

Until December 31, 2019, Ebersecken was a political municipality in the Willisau constituency of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland . On January 1, 2020, it merged with Altishofen .

geography

Ebersecken is located between two hills on the Rickenbach in a western side valley of the Wiggertal in the northern part of the canton of Lucerne. The village center is located in the northwest of the municipal area at 546  m above sea level. M. The community consists also of numerous ramified hamlets and farmsteads:

For example, the hamlet of Goldbach ( 643  m above sea level ) is 1.3 km to the northwest, the enclave Lingi ( 698  m above sea level ) 2.3 km to the south, the hamlet of Badachtal ( 525  m above sea level ) 1, 4 km south-east and Wallbrig ( 604  m above sea level ) 2.2 km south-east of the village.

78.8% of the former municipal area of ​​857 ha is used for agriculture. A further 17.4% is covered with forest and wood and only 3.7% is settlement area.

Until 2016, Ebersecken was in a so-called radio hole , which means that cell phone reception was very poor or even non-existent. On February 23, 2016, Swisscom put a cellular antenna into operation that reaches around three quarters of the population.

Ebersecken bordered on Altbüron , Altishofen , Fischbach LU , Grossdietwil , Nebikon , Reiden , Schötz and Zell LU .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1798	541
1860	609
1900	476
1920	549
1930	479
1950	552
1990	386
2004	413

The number of residents increased steadily until 1860. Then it decreased massively to 1900. In the first half of the 20th century the population fluctuated constantly. From 1950 onwards, it sank to its historic low in 1990 and has hardly risen since then.

languages

The population speaks a highly Alemannic dialect. At the last census in 2000, 98.02% of the population gave German, 1.24% Albanian and 0.25% French as their main language.

Religions - denominations

The population is traditionally Roman Catholic. According to the latest information (as of 2000), the religious composition is as follows: 86.63 Roman Catholic Christians, 5.69% Evangelical Reformed Christians, 2.23% non-denominational and 0.99% Muslim.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 383 of the 401 inhabitants were Swiss and 18 (= 4.4%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 95.6% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (27.8%), Portugal (22.2%) and Italy (5.6%). 33.3% came from the rest of Europe and 11.1% were of non-European origin.

history

In Ebersecken once a citadel stood the barons to Balm , the Chapel of St. Ulrich is mentioned around the year 1000 for the first time. Later a settlement was built around it. Eberseche was first mentioned in 1274 when Baron Rudolf von Balm and Jakob von Fischbach, a citizen of Zofingen, received permission from Bishop Rudolf von Konstanz to build a convent. The Cistercian convent was handed over to the nuns who came from the Rathausen mother house on July 23, 1275 . The monastery was given the symbolic name pura vallis (pure / pure valley). The monastery church, built in 1277, burned down in 1279 and was rebuilt. In 1461 almost the entire monastery burned down. It was rebuilt, but the remaining nuns left the monastery as early as 1594. In 1608, the then Bishop of Konstanz allowed the demolition, but this did not take place until 1707. The place Ebersecken shared the fate of its county / Vogtei Willisau. The rule passed from the Habsburgs to Lucerne in the early 15th century . It belonged to the Vogtei Willisau until 1798. After that, during the Helvetic Republic , it belonged to the Altishofen district and, since 1803, to the newly formed Willisau Office.

politics

Municipal council

The former Ebersecken municipal council consisted of three members and was set up as follows until December 31, 2019:

• Thomas Roos ( CVP ): Mayor
• Johann Steinmann (CVP): Mayor
• Emma Erni ( FDP ): Social

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Ebersecken was: CVP 41.6%, FDP 30.9%, SVP 24.1%, SP 2.3%, GPS 1.0%, glp 0.1%.

National Council elections

In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Ebersecken was: CVP 36.3%, SVP 32.1%, FDP 25.3%, Greens 2.4%, SP 1.9%, BDP 1.0%, glp 0, 4%.

economy

Ebersecken has always been a farming village; In 2001 there were 45 farms left. There are a total of 211 employed people. 104 of these are commuters, while 23 are inbound commuters. In 2001, 70.1% of the workforce worked in agriculture, 9.2% in industry and trade and 20.7% in service occupations (as of 2000).

traffic

Ebersecken is connected to public transport by the Dagmersellen-Nebikon-Schötz-Ebersecken bus line. The closest railway station on the Olten – Lucerne line is also in Nebikon, 5 km from Ebersecken . In 1874 a 2 km long railway tunnel was built between Ebersecken and Altbüron as part of the planned Langenthal-Wauwil railway . For economic reasons, the line was never completed, so that Ebersecken has the curiosity of a village not on any railway line with a railway tunnel (partially filled with water). The next motorway junction, Dagmersellen on the A2, is 8 km away.

education

In the 2003/2004 school year, 13 children attended kindergarten and 46 children attended primary school. School attendance takes place in Nebikon from the 7th school year .

Attractions

The biggest attraction is the St. Katharina's chapel , which was built on the site of the former monastery church and consecrated in 1731. The altar, the bells and parts of the walls come from the old monastery church. The altar, built in the late Renaissance style, dates from 1662. The choir windows were installed in 1887. The chapel was renovated in 1932 and 1997/1998 and enlarged in 1932. The other sights are also of a religious nature (chapels and wayside crosses).

literature

Art monuments of Switzerland. Canton lucerne. Volume V, pages 59-63. Birkhäuser, 1959

Web links

Commons : Ebersecken  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Waltraud Hörsch: Boar corners. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 117 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent resident population by nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (permanent resident population)
2. ↑ Ebersecken freed from radio hole
3. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
4. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Ebersecken ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Ebersecken ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ National Council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality. In: Results of the National Council elections 2015. Federal Statistical Office, 2016, accessed on June 3, 2016 .