Altwis

Altwis
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Hochdorf
BFS no. :	1022
Postal code :	6286
Coordinates :	661 434  /  232313 coordinates: 47 ° 14 '20 "  N , 8 ° 15' 0"  O ; CH1903:  661434  /  232313
Height :	484  m above sea level M.
Height range :	453–635 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.93  km²
Residents:	437 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	149 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	12.7% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.altwis.ch
Location of the municipality

Altwis (in local dialect [ ɑltˈʋis ]) is a municipality in the Hochdorf constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The community is located between Lake Baldegger and Lake Hallwil in the Lucerne part of the Seetal . The municipality covers 293 ha, of which 3 ha are lake area. 63.8% of the land area is used for agriculture; 29.0% are forest and wood and 7.2% are settlement areas.

Neighboring communities of Altwis are the Lucerne communities of Aesch in the north, Ermensee in the south-west and west and Hitzkirch in the west and east.

population

languages

Colloquial language is a highly Alemannic dialect. In the 2000 census, 89.83% said German, 8.19% Albanian and 2.35% Serbo-Croatian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

The population is traditionally Roman Catholic. At the last census in 2000, 75.14% were Roman Catholic Christians. In addition, 9.32% Muslims, 6.50% Evangelical Reformed Christians and 4.52% non-denominational people were counted.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2015, 363 of the 416 inhabitants were Swiss and 53 foreigners. The population consisted of 88.26% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2015, the foreign residents came from Macedonia (18 people; 4.33%), Germany (11 people; 2.64%), Austria, Romania and Sri Lanka (4 people each; 0.96%), Eritrea and Slovakia ( 3 people each; 0.72%) and other European countries (6 people; 1.44%).

Population development

The population rose from 330 to 417 from 1798 to 1837 and reached its peak of 422 in 1870. After that, it fell massively until 1920. Between 1920 and 1950 it increased again, and then again to the low of 1970 295 residents to sink. The last growth phase lasted from 1970 to 2012 (1970–2012: +39.32%).

Source: 1680 cantonal census; 1798 Helvetic census; 1837 Federal census; then Federal Statistical Office - 1850 to 2000 census results, 2010 ESPOP, since 2011 STATPOP

history

Aerial photo (1953)

The area was populated early on. This is indicated by a 50 × 20 m large refuge in the Ebnet forest above Altwis, which presumably dates from the Migration Period. The place was mentioned indirectly for the first time in 1113, when a deed of donation from the St. Blasien monastery in the Black Forest named a Bernhard von Altwis . The Altwise farm was first mentioned directly in 1150 . In 1173 the Counts of Kyburg took over the rule, in 1264 the Habsburgs . The Lords of Heidegg administered the community as part of the Richensee office. From 1415 to 1803 the community belonged to the free offices . Then she came to Lucerne and the newly formed Hochdorf Office.

politics

Municipal council

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

• Hans Elmiger ( CVP ): Mayor
• Josef Höltschi-Christians (independent): Congregational Mayor
• Stephan Brändlin (independent): Social Director

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the proportion of voters in Altwis was: SVP 39.2%, CVP 31.1%, FDP 11.5%, GPS 9.8%, SP 5.8%, glp 2.5%.

National Council elections

In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the proportion of voters in Altwis was: SVP 32.4%, CVP 29.7%, FDP 12.0%, SP 9.8%, GPS 8.0%, glp 5.0%, BDP 1, 7%.

economy

Altwis is traditionally a farming village. In addition to the usual agricultural products, wine was also grown until 1900. Of the (as of 2000) 211 people in employment, however, half work abroad - mostly in other municipalities in the region. Of 174 people in employment in the village, 70.1% work in agriculture, a mere 9.2% in industry and trade and 20.7% in service occupations (as of 2001). There are 45 farms.

traffic

Altwis

Altwis is on the road from Hochdorf to Wohlen in the canton of Aargau . The community is accessible by public transport by bus from Hitzkirch to Schongau LU . The Lucerne - Lenzburg railway line passes west of the municipality. The closest stop is Ermensee. The nearest motorway connections are far away; ( Sursee 19 km, Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau even 23 km).

schools

The school comprises an entry level (kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade) and the entire spectrum of the primary level, after the communities Altwis and Mosen had to give up their cooperation in the primary level school after the merger of Mosen with Hitzkirch. From the 7th grade onwards, the children attend classes in Hitzkirch and Hochdorf.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Altwis

Personalities

• Gregor Koch (1747–1816), Benedictine monk, abbot of the Muri monastery in the canton of Aargau, born in Altwis
• Johann Georg Krauer (1792–1845), the poet of the Rütli song, died in Altwis on October 3, 1845
• Anastasius Hartmann (1803–1866), Capuchin born in Altwis , titular bishop and apostolic vicar of Patna and Bombay
• Alois Hartmann (* 1936 in Altwis), journalist and politician (CVP)

literature

• A. Reinle: Art monuments of Switzerland. Canton of Lucerne, Volume VI. Birkhäuser, 1963

Web links

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

• Official website of the Altwis community
• Bruno Häfliger: Altwis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 107 kB)

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. ↑ Andres Kristol: Altwis LU (Hochdorf) 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. 86f.
4. ↑ Permanent resident population (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
5. ↑ Town council members
6. ↑ News: Replacement election
7. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Altwis ( Memento of the original from May 7, 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.  
8. ↑ 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 1, 2016 . 
9. ^ 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. 70, keyword Altwis   ( scan of the lexicon page ).