Rothrist

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Rothrist
Coat of arms of Rothrist
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Zofingen
BFS no. : 4282i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4852
UN / LOCODE : CH RTR
Coordinates : 633 948  /  239356 coordinates: 47 ° 18 '15 "  N , 7 ° 53' 15"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirty-three thousand nine hundred and forty-eight  /  239356
Height : 409  m above sea level M.
Height range : 392–504 m above sea level M.
Area : 11.85  km²
Residents: 9148 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 772 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		22.8% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.rothrist.ch
Rothrist, photographed from the Höchi Flue

Rothrist, photographed from the Höchi Flue
Location of the municipality
Kanton Basel-Landschaft Kanton Basel-Landschaft Kanton Bern Kanton Luzern Kanton Solothurn Bezirk Aarau Bezirk Brugg Bezirk Lenzburg Bezirk Kulm Aarburg Bottenwil Brittnau Kirchleerau Kölliken Moosleerau Murgenthal Oftringen Reitnau Rothrist Safenwil Staffelbach AG Strengelbach Uerkheim Vordemwald Wiliberg ZofingenMap of Rothrist
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Rothrist ( Swiss German : ˌroːtˈrɪʃt ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the district of Zofingen , lies on the Aare and borders on the canton of Solothurn . Until 1890 Niederwil (Zofingen) was the official name of the municipality.

geography

The community consists of several districts that grew together in the second half of the 20th century. The built-up area is cut in a northeast-southwest direction by a four-lane railway line. The district of Dietiwart with an extensive industrial zone lies between the railway line and the Aare . Several districts are lined up south of the railway line. From west to east these are Oberwil, Niederwil (also called Dörfli), Sennhof, Rothrist (also called Dorf or Rössli) and Fleckenhausen.

In the far north-east the Pfaffneren and the Wigger flow into the Aare at a distance of almost two hundred meters , the latter also forming the eastern municipal boundary. In the valleys of these two rivers, there are smaller hamlets offset from the other districts: Gfill and Gländ in Pfaffnerental and Säget in Wiggertal. The southernmost third of the municipality is covered by the Langholz forest, part of the largest contiguous forest area in the canton of Aargau. The terrain here rises gently up to the Räckholderhubel.

The area of ​​the municipality is 1185 hectares , of which 395 hectares are forested and 384 hectares are built over. The highest point is on the Räckholderhübel at 501 meters, the lowest at 395 meters at the confluence of the Wigger in the Aare. Neighboring communities are Aarburg in the northeast, Oftringen in the east, Strengelbach in the southeast, Vordemwald in the south, Murgenthal in the southwest and the Solothurn communities Boningen in the west and Olten in the north.

history

The district Niederwil was first mentioned as Wile in 1242 in the statutes of the Zofingen canon monastery . Rothrist was first mentioned as Routrist in 1262 in a document from St. Urban Monastery . The place name is derived from the Old High German red rise , which means "with the red Ris", ie with a pile of loose rock. The districts of today's municipality were created over the centuries through forest clearing. In the Middle Ages they were part of the Aarburg Office , which was owned by the Counts of Frohburg . They sold the office to the Habsburgs in 1299 , who thus had both lower jurisdiction and blood jurisdiction .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1957

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. The area around Rothrist now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Bernese Aargau . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . The part of the Aarburg district to the west of the Wigger initially belonged to the Langenthal district in the canton of Bern and then became part of the canton of Aargau in March 1803.

By the middle of the 19th century, large parts of the population were impoverished. In a coordinated emigration campaign on February 27, 1855, over 300 people (around ten percent of the population at the time) left their homeland for New Orleans . After the opening of the Aarburg - Herzogenbuchsee railway line on March 16, 1857, numerous industrial companies settled there and the community experienced an upswing. On October 9, 1889, the Aargauer Great Council decided to rename the municipality of Niederwil to Rothrist in order to avoid confusion with Niederwil in the Bremgarten district . The name was changed on January 1, 1890. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the population has more than tripled, mainly due to the construction of the motorway in the 1970s.

Attractions

Rothrist Church
Local museum

The reformed church in the Niederwil district was built in 1714/15 as a foundation by the pastor of Uerkheim . Before that, today's Rothrist parish had belonged to Zofingen. Master builder Abraham Dünz the Younger built the church in the baroque style . In 1900 a neo-Romanesque church tower was added on the west side .

The local history museum is on the Bachweg in the center of Rothrist. The living museum is located in the former living rooms of the former “Miescherheimet” farmhouse, a half-timbered house from the 18th century. On two floors, the historically furnished rooms give an impression of daily life in the 19th and early 20th centuries in a village characterized by agriculture and homework. The rooms in the attic illustrate the history of the Rothrist community. A major focus is the topic of emigration to America in the middle of the 19th century, when numerous people from Rothrist left their homeland due to economic hardship.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "White ploughshare turned in red over a green three-mountain, in the head of the shield accompanied by two five-pointed white stars." This representation first appeared on the municipal seal in 1811 and has remained unchanged since then.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1803 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 1,121 1,447 2,620 2,846 3,407 4,219 5,048 5,883 6'015 6,741 6,869 7,812

On December 31, 2019, 9148 people lived in Rothrist, the proportion of foreigners was 22.8%. In the 2015 census, 34.5% described themselves as Reformed and 23.8% as Roman Catholic ; 41.7% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 87.4% named German as their main language, 3.2% Serbo-Croatian , 3.1% Italian , 1.3% Albanian and 0.9% 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 District Court of Zofingen is primarily responsible for legal disputes . Rothrist is the seat of the Peace Justice Circle XV, which includes the western part of the district.

economy

Rivella headquarters
Ruppoldingen power plant

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Rothrist has around 4600 jobs, of which 1% in agriculture, 37% in industry and 62% in the service sector. The best-known companies are the drinks company Rivella , Giezendanner Transport AG, Möbel Hubacher (one of the largest furniture and carpet dealers in Switzerland) and Ferroflex AG (one of the largest steel dealers in Switzerland). The Ruppoldingen power plant in the Aare, which opened in 2000, is one of the most powerful hydropower plants in the country. Many people in employment are commuters and work in the Zofingen / Olten region .

traffic

Rothrist has excellent transport links and is located on the A1 between Zurich and Bern , Switzerland's most important motorway, near the two intersections with the A2 . Hauptstrasse 1 (Zurich – Bern) runs through the village itself, and in the Niederwil district, Kantonsstrasse 283 branches off to Aarburg . Regional trains to Olten and Langenthal stop at the SBB train station . The new Mattstetten – Rothrist line begins at the southwestern municipal boundary . Two bus lines run by the Limmat Bus company run from Zofingen train station via Oftringen and Rothrist to Murgenthal (sometimes every 15 minutes ) and from Zofingen train station via Vordemwald to Rothrist. On weekends there is a night bus from Olten train station via Rothrist and Zofingen to Vordemwald.

education

The community has four kindergartens and seven school houses in which all levels of compulsory elementary school can be completed ( primary school , secondary school , secondary school and district school ). The closest grammar school is the Zofingen Cantonal School .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Rothrist  - 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. 358-360 .
  4. ↑ a b National map of Switzerland, sheet 1108, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Georg Boner and Robert Oehler Rothrist my village Published by the Rothrist community in 1959 (no ISBN) Page 150
  7. ^ Stettler: The art monuments of the Canton of Aargau, Volume I: The districts of Aarau, Kulm, Zofingen. Pp. 293-296.
  8. ↑ Rothrist Local History Museum
  9. ^ 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. 256 .
  10. ↑ 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 May 30, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
  12. ↑ 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 10, 2018 ; accessed on May 30, 2019 .
  13. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 30, 2019 .