Koblenz AG

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AG is the abbreviation for the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Koblenz .
Koblenz
Coat of arms of Koblenz
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Zurzachw
BFS no. : 4310i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5322
UN / LOCODE : CH LEN
Coordinates : 660033  /  273 511 coordinates: 47 ° 36 '34 "  N , 8 ° 14' 13"  O ; CH1903:  660033  /  273511
Height : 316  m above sea level M.
Height range : 311–442 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.08  km²
Residents: 1685 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 413 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		42.3% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.koblenz.ch
Koblenz

Koblenz
Location of the municipality
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Koblenz (in regional Swiss German : ˈχɔbləts ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Zurzach district and is located at the mouth of the Aare in the Upper Rhine , right on the border with Germany .

geography

The Rhine , which also forms the state border, flows first in a westerly, then in a south-westerly direction and, after a very narrow bend around the Schmittenau peninsula in Germany, to the north. There are several small islands in the Rhine, four of them on the Swiss and three on the German side. At the bend in the river, the Aare flows into the Rhine. The amount of water in the Aare is slightly more than a quarter greater than that of the Rhine (an average of 559 and 442 m³ / s). Thus, from a hydrological point of view , the Rhine would actually be a tributary of the Aare and not the other way around. Immediately to the east of the estuary lies the Giriz basin of the Rhine , an alluvial reserve of cantonal importance. The village center extends in a narrow strip of shore between the Rhine and the steep north-western flank of the Frittel, a 351  m above sea level. M. high hill. Newer residential areas are located on the plateau adjoining it to the south.

The area of ​​the municipality is 408 hectares , 118 hectares of which are forested and 82 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 444 meters in the far south-east, the lowest point at 314 meters at the confluence of the Rhine and Aare rivers. Neighboring communities are Waldshut-Tiengen in the north and Küssaberg in the east (both in Baden-Württemberg; Germany) as well as Rietheim in the east-southeast, Klingnau in the south and Leuggern in the west (all in the canton of Aargau; Switzerland).

history

Aerial photo from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

The area has been populated since Roman times. From the middle of the 1st to the 3rd century there was an estate here . In 1914, during excavation work, a bathing facility, imported terra sigillata and brick stamps came to light. The foundation walls of a watchtower erected in 371, which was about a kilometer east of today's village at Kleiner Laufen and was named summa rapida (“uppermost rapids”), are well preserved. Another watchtower was located further west in the Rütenen area . After the Romans withdrew in the first decade of the 5th century, the area was largely uninhabited.

Confluentia was first mentioned in a document in 1010. At that time, stones were brought from there for the new construction of the Verena Minster in Zurzach . The oldest known form of place name is Latin and refers to the confluence of the Aare and Rhine rivers. In the High Middle Ages the settlement was under the rule of the Lords of Klingen . The mainly as a minstrel known Walther of blades sold in 1269, the settlement with the town Klingnau to the bishopric of Konstanz . Other important landowners were the St. Blasien and St. Gallen monasteries and the Johanniterkommende Leuggern . In 1415, the Swiss conquered Aargau. Koblenz now belonged to the Klingnau district of Baden County , a common rule .

In the Rhine there was once the small island of Judenäule , which for a long time was the only permitted burial place for Jews in Switzerland and not too seldom, with repeated persecutions , also the only possible place of refuge. The small island was regularly flooded during floods. In 1750 the Swiss Jews were given their own cemetery between the villages of Endingen and Lengnau . The island itself grew together with the German shore over time. The dead in the remaining graves were exhumed in 1954/55 and transferred to Endingen.

The village fire of 1795 destroyed 54 houses and left 335 people homeless. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Koblenz was initially a municipality in the short-lived canton of Baden , since 1803 it has belonged to the canton of Aargau. For centuries, the Koblenz river boatmen had a monopoly on transport from the then important exhibition center Zurzach down the Rhine through the dangerous rapids from Laufenburg towards Basel . With the advent of the railroad and the decline of the Zurzach trade fair , the Schiffergenossenschaft lost its livelihood and dissolved in 1858.

On August 18, 1859 opened Swiss Northeastern Railway , the Turgi-Koblenz-Waldshut railway line , on August 1, 1876 followed by the railway line Winterthur-Koblenz , on 1 August 1892, the railroad track Koblenz-Stein-Säckingen with the bridge over the river Aare . Despite these railway lines, the population fell by over a fifth in the second half of the 19th century. From 1900 a slow growth began. With the construction of two road bridges over the Rhine (1932) and the Aare (1936) Koblenz finally developed into a national transport hub. The location close to the border also had disadvantages, as an accidental attack by Allied bombers in 1945 caused considerable damage to property. From 1935 and during the Second World War , the Koblenz blocking point was created. It is considered a blocking point of national importance because its first infantry bunkers were prototypes for Swiss national fortifications.

In 1987 a new train stop was opened in the village center to complement the remote station. In the same year a dam was built to protect the lower part of the village from flooding; it also serves as a bypass road. Since May 28, 1994 there has only been freight traffic on the railway line to Laufenburg; the express trains between Basel and Winterthur had been canceled a few years earlier.

Attractions

Island above Koblenz

The Koblenz Depot and Rail Vehicle Association owns a collection of historical rail vehicles that are exhibited in the locomotive shed built in 1859 next to the station.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In yellow, blue river with confluence from the right shield base, on it left-turned black willow with a slanted black oar." The coat of arms was introduced in 1926. On the one hand, it indicates the confluence of the Aare and Rhine rivers and, on the other hand, points to the earlier importance of river navigation.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1803 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 434 709 554 614 882 1114 1439 1465 1588 1611 1592

On December 31, 2019, 1685 people lived in Koblenz, the proportion of foreigners was 42.3%. In the 2015 census, 35.0% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 17.3% as Reformed ; 47.7% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 82.4% stated German as their main language, 4.3% Albanian , 3.7% Serbo-Croatian , 2.6% Italian , 1.8% Portuguese and 1.1% Turkish .

Politics and law

The assembly of those entitled to vote, the municipal assembly , exercises legislative power. The executing authority is the five-member municipal council . He is elected by the people in the majority procedure, his term of office is four years. The parish council leads and represents the parish. To this end, it implements the resolutions of the municipal assembly and the tasks assigned to it by the canton. The Zurzach District Court is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Koblenz belongs to the XVII (Zurzach) judges circle.

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Koblenz has around 620 jobs, of which 2% are in agriculture, 54% in industry and 44% in the service sector. By far the largest employer is Stoll Giroflex AG , which manufactures office chairs . Wood processing and the manufacture of plastics are also important. Many people in employment are commuters and work in the neighboring communities of the lower Aare valley or in the Brugg / Baden region .

traffic

Koblenz train station

Koblenz is popularly known as the “four-bridge village”, as two road and railway bridges each cross the Aare and the Rhine . The village lies at the intersection of several main roads: Hauptstrasse 7 leads from Basel via Koblenz to Winterthur , Hauptstrasse 5 through the lower Aare valley to Brugg . The road leads over the Rhine bridge to Waldshut . Traffic in the village often collapses when many shopping tourists are on their way to Waldshut.

The Koblenz train station is outside the village in the extreme southwest of the municipality. Trains to Baden , Waldshut , Bad Zurzach and Winterthur run from here . Another train station (Koblenz Dorf) on the line to Winterthur opens up the village center. The route in the direction of Laufenburg is only used for freight traffic, a postbus line to Leibstadt operates as a replacement . On weekends there is a night bus from Baden via the Surbtal and Koblenz to Bad Zurzach.

The railway line to Waldshut has an interesting route. After leaving the train station, it first leads east through a deep cut in the Frittel hill, then crosses it in an approximately 200-meter-long arched tunnel and crosses the route to Winterthur on a viaduct in the middle of the village center. Then the Rhine is crossed in a north-westerly direction on one of the oldest preserved railway bridges in Europe.

education

The community has a kindergarten and two schoolhouses in which the children of the primary school and the first class are taught. Since the summer of 2005, the upper level ( Real , Secondary and District School ) has been affiliated with the OSUA (Upper Aare Valley) in Klingnau and Döttingen . The closest grammar schools are the Baden Cantonal School and the Wettingen Cantonal School .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Koblenz (AG)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Beat Zehnder: The community names of the canton of Aargau . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 100 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1991, ISBN 3-7941-3122-3 , p. 247-250 .
  4. ↑ a b National map of Switzerland, sheet 1050, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ The secret of the river names. (PDF, 199 kB) University of Bern , March 30, 2007, archived from the original on July 10, 2007 ; accessed on June 13, 2019 .
  6. ^ Giriz - Koblenz. Pro Natura Aargau, accessed on June 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on June 13, 2019 .
  8. ^ Martin Hartmann, Hans Weber: The Romans in Aargau . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2539-8 , p. 177 .
  9. ^ Andreas Steigmeier : Jewish column. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 4, 2008 , accessed June 13, 2019 .
  10. ^ Joseph Galliker, Marcel Giger: Municipal coat of arms of the Canton of Aargau . Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Aargau, book 2004, ISBN 3-906738-07-8 , p. 193 .
  11. ↑ Population development in the municipalities of the Canton of Aargau since 1850. (Excel) In: Eidg. Volkszählung 2000. Statistics Aargau, 2001, archived from the original on October 8, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 13, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Swiss Federal Census 2000: Economic resident population by main language as well as by districts and municipalities. (Excel) Statistics Aargau, archived from the original on August 12, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2019 .
  14. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 13, 2019 .