Roggliswil

Roggliswil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Willisau
BFS no. :	1142
Postal code :	6265
UN / LOCODE :	CH RWL
Coordinates :	633 857  /  229097 coordinates: 47 ° 12 '43 "  N , 7 ° 53' 8"  O ; CH1903:  633857  /  229097
Height :	560  m above sea level M.
Height range :	488–704 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.21  km²
Residents:	707 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	114 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	6.5% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.roggliswil.ch
Village center
Location of the municipality

Roggliswil is a municipality in the Willisau constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality is located in the north-west of the canton of Lucerne and is horseshoe-shaped, in the west, north and east, enclosed by the municipality of Pfaffnau . The whole place is in a hilly area. Roggliswil-Dorf , the Niederwil district ( 539  m above sea level ) to the north-east and the hamlet of Netzelen ( 588  m above sea level ) to the south-west have now grown together. To the west of Roggliswil-Dorf and Netzelen lies the Bannwald ( 636  m above sea level ) - to the south the Eglermooswald and to the east the Hornwald . The Steinbach , which rises near Erpolingen (municipality of Grossdietwil ), flows in a north-westerly direction and forms part of the southern border of the municipality. The Pfaffnern , which has its source southeast of the village, flows east past Roggliswil-Dorf and Niederwil northwards towards Pfaffnau.

Two thirds (66.1%) of the entire municipal area of ​​622 ha is used for agriculture; 27.5% is covered by forest and wood and 6.1% is settlement area.

Roggliswil borders on Altbüron , Grossdietwil and Pfaffnau .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1798	523
1850	879
1910	516
1920	518
1950	609
1960	539
1980	554
1990	553
2000	648
2004	656

From 1798 to 1850 the population grew significantly (1798–1850: +68.1%). Subsequently, massive emigration began until 1910 (1850–1910: -41.3%). The year 1910 recorded the lowest population level in modern times. After a decade of stagnation, the population grew until 1950. After a second wave of emigration in the 1950s, the population stabilized until 1990. In the 1990s, there was strong population growth (1990–2000: +17.2%) ). Since then, the number of residents has stagnated.

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 96.30% gave German, 2.01% Albanian and 0.62% French.

Religions - denominations

In the past, all residents were members of the Roman Catholic Church. This has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad. Today (as of 2000) the religious composition of the residents is as follows. There are 83.02% Roman Catholic and 8.49% Evangelical Reformed Christians. In addition, there are 2.62% non-religious and 2.16% Muslim.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 612 of the 647 inhabitants were Swiss and 35 (= 5.4%) foreigners. The population consisted of 94.6% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (51.4%), Portugal (11.4%), Italy (2.9%) and Spain (2.9%). 31.4% came from the rest of Europe .

history

Aerial photo (1953)

In 1256 Rocliswil first appeared in a deed of donation to the St. Urban monastery . Originally belonging to the Counts of Frohburg , the Habsburgs owned the community from the 13th century and made it the County of Willisau. The Lords of Roggliswil ruled in their name until 1303. They sold their property to the Lords of Büttikon. In 1407 the city of Lucerne bought the county of Willisau. In contrast to the neighboring communities, the community was assigned to the small Landvogtei Wikon and not the Landvogtei Willisau. It remained part of this bailiwick until 1798. Then it belonged to the Altishofen district until 1803 and since then to the then newly created office of Willisau .

politics

Municipal council

The Roggliswil municipal council consists of three members and is set up as follows:

• Josef Steinmann-Kreienbühl (independent): Mayor
• Brigitte Purtschert-Heller (independent): Social Director
• Hans Blum-Arrigoni ( FDP )

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Roggliswil was: CVP 44.4%, FDP 25.9%, SVP 20.2%, SP 6.7%, GPS 2.3%, glp 0.5%.

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2015, the share of the vote in Roggliswil was: SVP 32.3%, CVP 29.8%, FDP 23.0%, SP 5.7%, glp 3.3%, BDP 3.1%, Greens 2, 5%.

traffic

Roggliswil can be reached by the Reiden-Pfaffnau-Roggliswil-St. Urban connected to the public transport network of the Limmat Bus company. In Reiden there is a train station on the Luzern-Olten line. The community is located on the Reiden-Altbüron road. The closest motorway connection is from Reiden on the A2, 7 km away.

photos

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  Village entrance

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  House in Roggliswil

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  Roggliswil Church

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Roggliswil
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF; 112 kB)
• Waltraud Hörsch: Roggliswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Permanent resident population according to nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento of the original from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Permanent resident population) 
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 Roggliswil ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Roggliswil ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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 .