Altbüron

Altbüron

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton lucerne Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Willisau
BFS no. :	1122i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6147
Coordinates :	633 707 / 225915 coordinates: 47 ° 11 '0 " N , 7 ° 53' 0" O ; CH1903: 633 707 / 22591547.183327 7.883338 548
Height :	548 m above sea level M.
Height range :	494–726 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.75 km²
Residents:	1005 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	149 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	7.6% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.altbueron.ch
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Altbüron ( Swiss German [ ˈaʊ̯ˌpːyːɾə ]) is a municipality in the Willisau constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality is located in the northwest of the Lucerne hinterland and borders the Rotbach in the west of the municipality on the municipality of Melchnau in the canton of Bern . The highest point of the community is 725 m above sea level. M. the Schartenhöhe near the hamlet of Bellevue northeast of the village. The lowest point is 495 m above sea level in Grünbach in the west of the Altbüron community . M. , while the village itself at around 545 m above sea level. M. lies. In addition to the village, Altbüron consists of numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads. 60.6% of the community area of 678 ha is used for agriculture. A further 29.6% are forest and wood and only 9.7% are settlement areas.

Altbüron borders on the municipality of Melchnau in the canton of Bern to the west . Neighboring municipalities in the Willisau district of the canton of Lucerne are Altishofen in the east, Grossdietwil in the south and the exclave with the villages of Eppenwil and Erpolingen in the northeast and Pfaffnau and Roggliswil in the north.

population

The population was 1798 823 inhabitants. It grew to 1184 people by 1850, and then fell to 692 people by 1920. The population stagnated at around 700 by 1960 and dropped to the historic low of 632 by 1980. Since then, there has been constant growth.

languages

The population speaks an Alemannic dialect of the German language. In the 2000 census, 93.77% of the population stated German as their main language. The second most important language is Albanian with 3.51%, followed by Serbo-Croatian with 1.93%.

Religions - denominations

The population used to be a purely Roman Catholic denomination. Today (as of 2000) these still make up the vast majority of the population with 71.57%. Reformed Christians have immigrated from the neighboring canton of Bern since 1850, which today comprises 13.59% of the population. Other religious minorities are 4.87% Muslim, 3.17% non-denominational and 1.59% (Serbian) Orthodox Christians.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 895 of the 974 inhabitants were Swiss and 79 (= 8.1%) foreigners. The population consisted of 91.9% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (39.2%), Serbia including Kosovo (8.9%), Portugal (6.3%), Italy (1.3%) and Turkey (1.3%). 41.8% came from the rest of Europe and 1.3 % came from outside Europe.

history

Finds indicate that Altbüron was already inhabited in Celtic and Roman times. The place was first documented as a designation of origin in 1099: Berengarius de Altbürron nobilis occisus . The place name is composed of the adjective and the Old High German dative of the plural bûrjom and means something like '(near) the old houses, (in) the old village'.

Alpurron was noted in the founding deed of St. Urban monastery in 1194 because Baron Ulrich von Langenstein from Melchnau bequeathed goods to the monastery in Altbüron. In 1248 the castle was mentioned, which was transferred to the Barons von Balm after the Lords of Altbüron died out in 1269 . Because Rudolf von Balm was directly involved in the murder of King Albrecht I of Habsburg , the fortress was destroyed in 1309 and its crew beheaded. In 1316 the place and ruins fell to the Teutonic Knights . The community came with the entire rule of Willisau by purchase to the city of Lucerne in the early 15th century. Because of its proximity to the canton of Bern, the community suffered badly during the wars of religion. The plague raged in the 16th and 17th centuries. The residents of the hamlet of Eppenwil brought their dead to Grossdietwil. For fear of infection, people from the neighboring community soon banned the transport of corpses. The bodies had to be buried outside a cemetery in a forest area. This was named Totenboden - and on full moon nights it is said to haunt it to this day. Since 1803 the community has belonged to the then newly established Willisau Office. In 1847, federal troops marched from Melchnau through Altbüron towards Zell to fight the Sonderbund.

politics

Municipal council

The Altbüron municipal council consists of five members and is set up as follows:

Valentin Kreienbühl ( CVP ): Mayor
Andreas Meyer (CVP): Site Manager
Alois Grüter (CVP): Social Director
Renate Rölli ( FDP ): Head of Education
Heidy Koffel (FDP): Chief Financial Officer

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 canton council elections for the canton of Lucerne, the proportion of voters in Altbüron was: CVP 40.0%, FDP 32.8%, SVP 19.6%, SP 4.5%, glp 1.8%, GPS 1.4%.

National Council elections

In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Altbüron was: SVP 31.3%, FDP 27.9%, CVP 26.9%, glp 4.7%, BDP 3.1%, SP 3.1%, Greens 2, 6%.

economy

Altbüron was a farming village well into the 20th century. Some craftsmen and millers and people who went to work in the factories in the Bern area were only small minorities. In 2001 agriculture still employed 27.3% of the 422 people in employment. 39.1% worked in industry and crafts and 33.6% in service companies. In 2000, there were 139 inbound commuters (mainly from neighboring communities) compared to 223 outbound commuters (mainly to the region).

traffic

The community is not on any railway line, but curiously, it has a railway embankment with a tunnel portal. These are remnants of the Langenthal-Wauwil Railway of the Swiss Central Railway from 1875, which was started but never completed. The unprofitable construction was discontinued due to lack of money during the economic crisis at the time and was never realized despite multiple concession renewals. Today Altbüron is served by the bus routes Langenthal - Melchnau - Altbüron - Grossdietwil and Zell - Altbüron - St. Urban. The closest train station is Zell LU train station, 5 km away on the Wolhusen - Langenthal line. The closest motorway connections are Reiden and Dagmersellen on the A 2 and Niederbipp on the A 1.

education

71 children attend primary school in Altbüron in the 2011/12 school year. It is a managed school and now comprises 4 departments from the basic level to the 6th grade. 8 full and part-time teachers teach the following departments:

Basic level a and b
3rd / 4th class
5th / 6th class

After primary school, the children attend secondary school in Zell or Willisau.

Attractions

The greatest attraction is the chapel of St. Anthony of Padua from 1683. The high altar contains a Teutonic Knights Cross. Numerous altar and Vespers and splendid baroque carvings decorate the chapel.

People (selection)

Anton A. Bucher (* 1960), Roman Catholic theologian

photos

Altbüron
Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua in Altbüron
Former rifle house
Gasthof Kreuz
Panorama from Altbüron
Panorama from the Sonnenbühl in Altbüron

literature

Josef Bucher: Fabulous hinterland. Comenius, Hitzkirch 2000, ISBN 3-905286-42-4 .
The municipalities of the canton of Lucerne. Hochdorf / Lucerne, 1949.
Art monuments of Switzerland. Canton lucerne. Volume V. Birkhäuser, Basel 1959, pp. 17-21.
Kurt Lussi: Chapel of St. Antonius of Padua in Altbüron , photos Stephan Kölliker. Ed. Lothar Emanuel Kaiser. Fink , Lindenberg im Allgäu 1998, ISBN 3-931820-78-5 .