Uffikon

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Lucerne (LU)

Constituency :

Willisau

Residential municipality :

Dagmersellen

Postal code :

6253

former BFS no. :

1144

Coordinates :

643 854 / 228977 coordinates: 47 ° 12 '37 " N , 8 ° 1' 3" O ; CH1903: 643854 / 228977

Height :

525 m above sea level M.

Area :

5.23 km²

Residents:

680 (December 31, 2004)

Population density :

130 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.uffikon.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2006

Uffikon was until December 31, 2005, a municipality in the district of Willisau , Canton Lucerne , Switzerland . At the end of November 2004, the voters of Uffikon decided to merge their municipality with Buchs LU and Dagmersellen . The merger to form the new municipality of Dagmersellen was completed on January 1, 2006.

geography

Uffikon is located in the Hürnbachtal between Sursee and Dagmersellen. The former southern municipal boundary was formed by the Hürnbach . The village is located on the southern slope of the Kreuzberg , because the entire plain used to be a moor area. This was drained to reclaim land and cut peat. This is how the small lakes south of the motorway, which are nature reserves, were created. The small town consists of the village and several groups of houses and individual farmsteads.

The upper slope of the Kreuzberg is forested ( Buchwald , Bannwald , Dagmersellerwald ). The highest point of the former municipality is on the Kreuzberg at 769 m above sea level. M.

Of the former municipal area of 520 hectares , 60.4% is agricultural land and 30.4% is forest. Only 6.9% is settlement area.

Former neighboring communities

Uffikon bordered Buchs , Dagmersellen and Winikon .

population

Population development

From 1798 to 1850 the population grew (1798–1850: + 39.8%). In the second half of the 19th century it fell sharply as a result of the emigration to the industrial centers (1850–1900: −31.0%). The year 1900 is the historical low of the population. Until 1990 the population increased steadily but only slowly (1900–1990: + 19.0%). This was followed by great growth up to 2003 that did not continue in 2004 (1990–2003: +17.9%; 2004 unchanged compared to 2003).

Population development
year	Residents
1798	503
1850	703
1900	485
1950	532
1990	577
2000	634
2003	680
2004	680

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 97.48% said German, 1.26% Portuguese and 0.47% French were their main languages.

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 population is as follows. There are 80.28% Roman Catholic, 8.99% Evangelical Reformed and 1.58% Orthodox Christians. In addition, there are 3.94% non-denominational. Atypical for a rural community, almost 5% refused to provide information on their creed.

Origin - nationality

Of the 680 inhabitants at the end of 2004, 666 were Swiss and 14 (= 2.1%) were foreigners. At the last census, 94.48% (including dual citizens 95.27%) were Swiss citizens. With a few exceptions, the foreigners come from Portugal and Serbia-Montenegro.

traffic

During the day, Uffikon is connected to the public transport network by the Publicar on- call bus . At night the bus runs at specified times. Uffikon is on the Sursee-Dagmersellen road. The next motorway connection is Dagmersellen on the A2, 4 km away.

history

As individual finds from the Neolithic Age show, the Uffikon area was probably already settled in prehistoric and early historical times. Various Roman coins have been found.

Historically, Uffinchova first appears in a deed of donation from Ludwig the German to the Fraumünster Abbey in Zurich in 893 . Originally the Counts of Lenzburg were in the possession of the high judiciary. After they died out, the Habsburgs inherited them . The lower jurisdiction was successively in the hands of different noble families (von Fischbach, von Grünenberg and von Büttikon). The place belonged to the county of Willisau, which was bought by the city of Lucerne in 1407 . On March 2, 1450, Lucerne also acquired lower jurisdiction.

The community belonged to the Landvogtei Willisau until 1798. Then to 1803 to the Altishofen district, and since then to the then newly established Office Willisau .

Attractions

All Souls Chapel
village street
Former Parish hall
school

Web links

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

Waltraud Hörsch: Uffikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Information on the church merger