Altdorf UR

UR is the abbreviation for the canton Uri in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Altdorf .

Altdorf
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Uri (UR)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	1201
Postal code :	6460
UN / LOCODE :	CH ARB
Coordinates :	691 867  /  192999 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '54 "  N , 8 ° 38' 38"  O ; CH1903:  691867  /  192999
Height :	458  m above sea level M.
Height range :	430–1784 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.21  km²
Residents:	9401 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	921 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	14.0% (December 31, 2,014)
Mayor :	Urs Kälin ( SP )
Website:	www.altdorf.ch
View of Altdorf from the Capuchin Monastery
Location of the municipality

Altdorf, foreign hospital and St. Martin parish church

Altdorf (in local dialect (z / uf) Alteref [ (ʦ / uf) ˈɑ̝ˑɫtəɾəf / ˈɒɫtəɾəf ]) is a political municipality and the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri .

geography

Historical aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

The center of Altdorf is 458  m above sea level. M. in Reuss level , slightly above the mouth of the Reuss in the Uri .

The municipality next to the village and the scattered settlement belongs Eggberge (1410- 1678  M. m above sea level. ) On the western slope of the Hoch-Egg ( 1785  M. m above sea level. ).

235 ha or 23.0% of the municipality is settlement area. 116 hectares of this are buildings, 27 hectares are industrial and 69 hectares are used for traffic. The agricultural area is somewhat more extensive with 367 hectares or a share of 35.9%. There are no alpine areas below. In contrast, there are 360 ​​hectares of meadow and arable land. In addition, 402 hectares or 39.3% are covered by forest and wood. Unproductive area comprises the small remainder of the municipal area, more precisely 19 ha or 1.9%.

The Reuss forms the western boundary of the municipality. Shortly before its confluence with Lake Uri, the municipal border turns to the northeast, encloses the scattered settlement Eggbergen in a semicircle and goes to Höchegg. From there it runs downhill in a southerly direction until just before the Schächen (brook). And finally north of the brook in a westerly direction back to the Reuss. The Altdorfer Dorfbach flows through the community .

Altdorf borders in the west on Attinghausen and Seedorf , in the north on Flüelen , in the east and south on Bürglen . The Altdorf agglomeration, with the community of Schattdorf located between Bürglen and Attinghausen , has around 24,000 inhabitants.

Climate table

Altdorf UR
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     68   4th -2     65   6th -2     77   11 1     84   15th 4th     113   20th 9     132   22nd 12     145   24 14th     148   23 13     109   19th 10     77   15th 6th     86   9 2     79   5 -1 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Altdorf UR Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 4.3 5.7 10.5 14.6 19.5 22.0 24.2 23.4 19.4 14.9 8.8 5.3 O 14.4 Min. Temperature (° C) −2.3 −1.8 0.9 3.9 8.5 11.6 13.7 13.3 10.0 6.4 1.6 −1.3 O 5.4 Temperature (° C) 1.1 2.0 5.7 9.2 13.8 16.6 18.6 17.9 14.5 10.5 5.2 2.3 O 9.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 68 65 77 84 113 132 145 148 109 77 86 79 Σ 1,183 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 1.9 2.7 3.7 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.5 4.9 4.4 3.4 1.9 1.1 O 3.7 Rainy days ( d ) 9.2 8.7 10.8 10.3 12.5 14.0 13.7 12.9 10.2 8.7 9.7 10.1 Σ 130.8 Humidity ( % ) 78 75 70 67 68 72 73 75 77 78 79 79 O 74.2 Source:

population

Population development

The population reached 3000 in the middle of the 18th century. With the Helvetic Republic of 1798 Altdorf experienced a number of serious setbacks. On the one hand, the subject territories were lost at that time and the competitive situation in transit traffic came to a head. On the other hand, Altdorf was the scene of armed events between the Urners, French, Austrians and Russians in 1799. The so-called French era led to enormous burdens with looting, billeting and requisitions. The Altdorf village fire of April 5, 1799 was catastrophic, which reduced the main stain to rubble and ashes within hours. Parts of the population left Altdorf and settled in neighboring communities. The population stagnated in the first half of the 19th century. After that, it grew strongly until 1880 (1850–1880: +37.6%). In the 1880s, it shrank massively by 12.5% ​​as a result of the economic crisis and the subsequent collapse in the widespread home trade. A major growth spurt followed between 1888 and 1920 (1888–1920: + 63.8%). The reasons for this were the connection to the railway (Gotthard line) and the settlement of industrial companies such as the Altdorf ammunition factory and the Swiss wire and rubber works. After a phase of stagnation in the 1920s, there was a renewed surge in growth between 1930 and 1970 (1930–1970: + 103.9%). At that time the population doubled. Many people from the upper part of the canton and from abroad immigrated during this time. During the oil crisis in the 1970s, a number of foreign residents left the place; between 1970 and 1980 Altdorf had to accept a population loss of 4.8%. Steady population growth has been observed again since the 1990s.

Population development
year	1837	1850	1880	1888	1920	1930	1950	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010
Residents	1903	2112	2906	2542	4163	4240	6576	8647	8230	8282	8541	8615	8861

languages

Almost the entire population speaks Swiss German (with the Uri dialect), a dialect that belongs to the highest Alemannic dialect group . In the last census in 2000, 88.27% said German, 4.20% Serbo-Croatian and 2.48% Italian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

The population used to be fully members of the Roman Catholic Church. The denominational relationships in 2000 still show the original structure. 6,701 people were Catholic (78.46%). In addition, there were 7.19% Protestant Reformed and 3.56% Orthodox Christians, 4.50% Muslims and 2.96% non-religious. 221 people (2.59%) did not provide any information on their creed.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 7,857 (86.0%) of the 9,141 residents were Swiss nationals, mostly of German-Swiss origin. The majority of the immigrants come from Italy, Turkey, Serbia-Montenegro, Croatia, Germany and Sri Lanka. At the 2000 census, 7,145 people (83.66%) were Swiss citizens; including 274 people with dual citizenship.

age structure

The community has a high proportion of middle-aged people (30–59 years; 41.48%). The proportion of people under the age of twenty of 22.71% of the local population is slightly below the proportion of people of senior age (60 years and older; 23.25%). The small number of school-age residents and the high proportion of younger senior citizens between 60 and 79 years of age are striking.

The last census in 2000 showed the following age structure:

Age	0–6 years	7-15 years	16-19 years	20-29 years	30–44 years	45–59 years	60–79 years	80 years and more
number	646	896	398	1072	1935	1608	1497	489
proportion of	7.56%	10.49%	4.66%	12.55%	22.66%	18.83%	17.53%	5.73%

politics

legislative branch

The Swiss canton of Uri is the legislative body of the Altdorf municipality. The open village community assembly, which takes place twice a year, governs the local administrative apparatus and regulates regional tasks.

executive

As the executive body (executive), the seven-member municipal council directs the affairs of the municipality. Head of the local council ( mayor ) is Urs Kaelin (SP). The municipal council also includes: Marlies Rieder-Dettling (municipality vice president, CVP), Pascal Ziegler (administrator, FDP), Cordelia Dal Farra (social welfare officer, CVP), Andreas Bossart (FDP), Bernhard Schuler (CVP) and Sebastian Züst (SP) .

Town twinning

Altdorf UR maintains an informal town partnership with:

• Altdorf near Nuremberg , Germany

The contacts go back to the Swiss post-war aid to the needy population and exist since 1947. Other points of contact are the Schiller Festival (Wallenstein Festival in Altdorf near Nuremberg, Tellspiele in Altdorf UR) and the almost identical coat of arms.

economy

In Altdorf there are 769 workplaces with a total of 6681 employees (5091 full-time equivalents). Of these, 4671 employees or 69.9% work in the service sector. 1901 people or 28.5% of the workforce are employed in industry and trade, while 109 employees (1.6%) are employed in agriculture and forestry. The most important employers in Altdorf are Dätwyler AG, the cantonal administration and the Uri cantonal hospital. Around 38% of all jobs in the canton of Uri are offered in Altdorf.

2078 people do their work as commuters outside of Altdorf, mostly in other communities in the canton of Uri. Conversely, there were 3688 commuters in Altdorf in 2014.

history

Altdorf around 1900

Individual finds in the municipality of Altdorf go back to the Bronze Age and accumulate from the late La Tène period . The presence of Alemanni is proven to be in the 7th century. The earliest mention of the place as Alttorf comes from the year 1223; The place name is apparently a combination of the words old and village and could indicate that a closed settlement already existed at the time of the Alemannic immigration.

Altdorf burned down in whole or in part in 1400, 1693 and 1799. On April 5, 1799 - Altdorf was occupied by the French - 400 buildings were affected, including 225 residential buildings. After the last-mentioned incident, the Uri town hall was rebuilt in 1805/08 by architect Niklaus Purtschert.

In 1899 the Klausenpassstrasse was opened, which leads from Altdorf through the Schächental and over the Klausenpass (1948 m) to Linthal in the canton of Glarus .

According to the play by Friedrich Schiller , Altdorf is the scene of William Tell's apple shot . After the latter refused to salute Gessler's hat on the pole, Gessler forced him to shoot an apple from his son's head. This is said to have taken place on the Altdorf market square, where the Tell monument , a bronze statue of Richard Kissling from Zurich showing Tell and his son, was erected in 1895 at the foot of an old tower (Türmli) . In 1899 a theater (Tellspielhaus) was opened near the place with the sole purpose of staging Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell .

Culture

theatre

Altdorf has two public theaters and several theater groups:

• theater (uri) Tellspielhaus Altdorf: The theater (uri) dates from around 1865 and served as a community hall until 1924. In 1925 it was expanded to the current size to become the Tellspielhaus Altdorf. The focus was primarily on the performance of the play "Wilhelm Tell" by Friedrich Schiller. In 1999 the theater (uri) became the property of the Altdorf community. This transferred the operation of the house to the forum theater (uri). The theater (uri) is today the largest cultural site in the canton and occupies an important place in the central Swiss cultural scene.
• Cellar theater in Vogelsang: Small theater, founded in 1969. Various styles of events take place in two old cellar vaults. The season runs from September to June and includes 25 to 30 events.
• forum musikbühne uri: The forum musikbühne uri, founded in 2005, maintains the operetta tradition that was temporarily buried in Uri and performs musicals and operettas at an irregular rhythm.
• Eigägwächs theater group: The Eigägwächs theater group is a diverse group of theater enthusiasts. There is a close connection with the children's and youth theater group “Märlibühne Altdorf”, which has performed numerous plays since 1988.
• Theater group Momänt & Co .: The theater group Momänt & Co. was founded in 1992. As a rule, it shows committed, demanding folk theater every two years.

Museums

• Historical Museum Uri : The Historical Museum Uri was built in 1906 by the architect Wilhelm Hanauer, Lucerne. In 1938 a weapons hall was added to the building. In the years 1998–2000 the historical restoration of the old building as well as a renovation and expansion took place. In addition to the permanent exhibition, there is at least one temporary exhibition every year.
• House for Art Uri : The House for Art Uri was opened in 2004. It offers space for contemporary exhibitions on three floors, in an extension hall and in a spacious courtyard. In addition to the national exhibition program, the work of the Uri artist Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953) is particularly honored.
• Church Treasure Museum St. Martin: The precious church treasure of the parish St. Martin Altdorf has been accessible to the public in the parish center since 1982.
• Türmli Altdorf: The Türmli is a medieval residential tower and was converted into a town hall campanile in the early 16th century . The public pillory was also set up at the Türmli . In 1895, the Tell monument by Richard Kissling was inaugurated in front of the Türmli . The Türmli has been open to the public since 2011 and contains a small exhibition.

movie theater

• Kino Leuzinger : A cinema has existed in Altdorf since 1925. At that time, the cinema pioneer Willy Leuzinger from Rapperswil opened the first permanent cinema in the canton of Uri in the Tellspielhaus. In 1964 a new building was built. The modern, elegant cinema with 490 seats underwent a gentle renovation in 2008.

Library

The Uri Cantonal Library is the general public library in Uri and offers a wide range of media. At the same time, the canton library collects and indexes local publications of all kinds. The Uri canton library is supported by a foundation. The main donors are the canton of Uri and the municipality of Altdorf.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Altdorf UR

The village is characterized by magnificent mansions and palazzi erected by returning mercenary leaders . The manor house Im Eselmätteli (1684–1666) , for example, is well preserved with rich interior fittings from the late Baroque and Rococo periods .

A special ensemble is the church district, consisting of the parish church of St. Martin , the ossuary chapel of St. Anna , the Ölberg chapel and the cemetery.

Above the village is the oldest Capuchin monastery in Switzerland, which is also the first Capuchin monastery to be built north of the Alps, from 1581. In 2009 the last Capuchins left the monastery. Today the Altdorf Capuchin Monastery is a cultural monastery . Capuchins were also represented in the village from 1677 to 2004. A subsequent use is being sought for the Altdorf Capuchin convent .

photos

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  All Saints' Day Capuchin Monastery

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  House Bessler, Herrengasse 16

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  Vinzenz Müller house, Herrengasse 14

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  Dominik Epp House, Herrengasse 12

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  House in Eselmätteli (built: 1684/85), Herrengasse 1

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  House Winterberg

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  Outer Vogelsang, Schybenplätzliweg 4

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  Upper Vogelsang

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  Tell monument on the town hall square

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  Tell playhouse in Altdorf

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  Jauch House , Hellgasse 9, today's Suworow House, owned by the Karl Jauch Foundation

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  House Muheim (built: 1803/04), Gotthardstrasse 2

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  Haus Schmid (today: headquarters of the Uri Corporation), Gotthardstrasse 3

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  House Lusser (built: 1560, extension in the early 18th century), Gotthardstrasse 9

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  House at the Upper Holy Cross (House Stoffelmatte), Gotthardstrasse 14

Others

• Altdorf received the Wakker Prize of the Swiss Homeland Security (SHS) in 2007 .
• On September 23, 2008, the Energiestadt association awarded the municipality of Altdorf the Energy City label .

Personalities

• Pompeo Della Croce (* 1527 in Milan , † August 22, 1594 in Altdorf), envoy of Spain to the Confederation.
• Antonio Gallerani (* around 1559 (Defendente) in Cannobio ; † March 29, 1624 in Altdorf), Capuchin , Provincial of the Capuchin Province in Lucerne , master builder
• Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer von Evebach (1597–1661), politician, diplomat, military entrepreneur
• Carlo Andrea Galetti (1745–1806), altar builder
• Franz Vinzenz Schmid (1758–1799), chronicler
• Dominik Epp (1776–1848), landowner and politician
• Jakob Anton Müller (1777–1848) politician
• Karl Emanuel Müller (1804–1869), builder of the Nydegg Bridge in Bern
• Franz Jauch (1807–1867), politician, federal judge
• Josef Lusser (1816–1882), politician, post director
• Gustav Muheim (1851–1917), politician and reindeer
• Eduard Wymann (1870–1956), priest
• Hanns In der Gand (Ladislaus Krupski, 1882–1947), folksong collector
• Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953), painter and poet
• Erna Schillig (1900–1993), painter, textile artist
• Alfred Abegg (1905–2002), politician
• Markus Lusser (1931–1998), lawyer, President of the Swiss National Bank
• Fredi M. Murer (* 1940), filmmaker
• Hansheiri Inderkum (* 1947), politician and President of the Council of States (2010-2011)
• Hansruedi Stadler (* 1953), politician
• Bruno Lafranchi (* 1955), long-distance runner
• Gabi Huber (* 1956), politician
• Carmen Walker Späh (* 1958), politician and member of the government of the Canton of Zurich
• Christine Widmer Baumann (* 1959), politician
• Luzia Zberg (* 1970), racing cyclist
• Simone Zgraggen (* 1975), violinist
• Giuseppe Atzeni (* 1978), racing cyclist
• Dave Gisler (* 1983), jazz musician
• Linda Indergand (* 1993), cyclist

literature

• Urs Kälin: The Urner Magistrate Families: Rule, Economic Situation and Lifestyle of a Rural Upper Class, 1700-1850 . Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-905278-86-3
• Helmi Gasser: The art monuments of the canton Uri . Volume 1: Altdorf , 1st part history, settlement development, sacred buildings . Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2001, ISBN 3-906131-00-9 , pp. 13–372 ( Art Monuments of Switzerland , Volume 96).
• Helmi Gasser: The art monuments of the canton Uri . Volume 1.2: Altdorf , Part 2 Public and Private Buildings . Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2004, ISBN 3-906131-79-3 , pp. 17–386 ( Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz , Volume 104).
• Hans Stadler: Altdorf (UR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 5, 2011 , accessed December 14, 2019 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the Altdorf community
• Altdorf UR on the ETHorama platform

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. ↑ pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
3. ↑ Gabrielle Schmid: Altdorf UR (Uri) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss municipality names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 85; given phonetic transcription : [ ˈɑˑɫtərəf ].
4. ↑ Altdorf at ortsnames.ch ; given phonetic transcription : ts, uf ạ̄́ɫtərəf; á̫ɫtərəf . Hans Stadler: Altdorf (UR) in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
5. ↑ Climate table. (PDF) In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on April 8, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure, FSO, 2012.
7. ^ Hans Stadler: Altdorf (UR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 5, 2011 , accessed June 5, 2019 .
8. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 1: Aa - Emmengruppe . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1902, p. 66 f., Keyword Altdorf or Altorf   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
9. ^ Hans Muheim: The town hall of Uri in Altdorf. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 463). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1995, ISBN 978-3-85782-463-0 .
10. ^ Sigi Blarer, Sara Baumann: Tellspiel- und Theatergesellschaft Altdorf, Altdorf UR . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1830 f.
11. ↑ Hans Stadler-Planzer, Helmi Gasser : The house in the Eselmätteli Altdorf. ( Swiss Art Guide , No. 645). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1998, ISBN 3-85782-645-2 .
12. ↑ Kulturkloster Altdorf ( Memento from October 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on August 1, 2012
13. ^ Church foundation of the St. Karl women's monastery
14. ↑ Restoration, description and history of the Suvorov House (PDF; 56 kB)
15. ↑ Swiss Homeland Security - Wakker Prize (overview since 1972)
16. ↑ Energy City. Altdorf Online
17. ↑ Energiestadt sponsoring association
18. ^ Rudolf Bolzern: Pompeo Della Croce. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 27, 2002 , accessed December 14, 2019 .
19. ^ Christian Schweizer: Antonius Gallerani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2018 , accessed March 22, 2020 .