Ammerswil

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Ammerswil
Ammerswil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Lenzburgw
BFS no. : 4191i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5600
Coordinates : 658 066  /  246803 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '10 "  N , 8 ° 12' 27"  O ; CH1903:  658 066  /  246803
Height : 453  m above sea level M.
Height range : 426–611 m above sea level M.
Area : 3.19  km²
Residents: 724 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 227 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		14.0% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.ammerswil.ch
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Location of the municipality
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Ammerswil (in local dialect : [ ˌɑmˑəɾʒ̊ˈʋiːl ]) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the district of Lenzburg and is located three kilometers southeast of the district capital.

geography

The street village is located in a small cross valley between the Bünztal in the east and the Seetal in the west. Except to the northeast, it is surrounded on all sides by wooded hills of the Rietenberg range of hills. These are the Herrliberg ( 506  m above sea level ) in the east, the Hochrüti ( 562  m above sea level ) in the southwest, the Hochwacht ( 667  m above sea level ) in the south, the Birch ( 591  m above sea level) . M. ) in the southwest and the Lütisbuech ( 538  m above sea level ) in the north. The valley is drained by two streams, the Lenzburger Stadtbach towards Seetal and the Krebsbach towards Bünztal.

The area of ​​the municipality is 319 hectares , of which 184 hectares are forested and 31 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 610 meters on the northern slope of the Hochwacht, the lowest at 430 meters on the lower Krebsbach bridge. Neighboring communities are Hendschiken in the north, Dintikon in the east, Egliswil in the south and Lenzburg in the west.

history

The discovery of a stone ax suggests a settlement during the Neolithic Age . In the 8th century, the Alamanni founded a court settlement. The first documentary mention was made in 924 in a Zinsrodel of the Fraumünster in Zurich ( de Onpretiswilare: Wolfhere I plenum ... de Onpretteswilare ), then the name does not appear again until 1275 as Obrechtswilr and Umbrechtswile . It comes from an Old High German composition Oanperates wilari or Onberahteswilari and means 'Hofsiedlung des Oanperat / Onberaht'. In its current phonetic form, the name is documented as Amerschwyl in 1530 .

Aerial view (1970)

In the Middle Ages the village was under the rule of the Counts of Lenzburg , from 1173 on that of the Counts of Kyburg . After these died out, the Habsburgs took over sovereignty and blood jurisdiction in 1273 . The lower jurisdiction changed hands several times: first the Lords of Hallwyl , then the Barons of Fridingen, the Barons of Grünenberg and finally the Lords of Ballmoos. In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. Ammerswil now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Bernese Aargau . After Bern acquired lower jurisdiction in 1484, the village formed part of the Othmarsingen judicial district in the Lenzburg district . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . The first school can be found in 1602.

In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Ammerswil has been part of the canton of Aargau since then. Until around 1940, Ammerswil's economic life was dominated by agriculture , especially arable farming and cattle breeding . In the second half of the 19th century, home work provided additional income to the straw industry . Factories in the surrounding communities also offered jobs. Between 1860 and 1980 the population stagnated at an average of 320 people; since then, however, it has doubled due to increased construction activity.

Attractions

Ammerswil Church
Beneficiary
Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli from September 22, 1970

The nave of the Ammerswil church was built before 1300 in the late Romanesque style. Its interior was redesigned in the 15th century in the Gothic style. On behalf of the bailiff of Lenzburg, the building was expanded in 1640 and turned into a hall church . To the east of the parish church is the parsonage , built in 1783 by Carl Ahasver von Sinner in the classical style. Together with the barn and the beneficiary store, it forms a closed rectory. The beneficiary, built in 1685, is a cultural asset of national importance .

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In white on a green three-mountain growing red deer." The coat of arms has existed in this form almost unchanged since 1811, when it was first used on the municipal seal. The meaning of the coat of arms is not known.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1798 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 208 295 332 326 298 327 345 317 421 609 684

On December 31, 2019, 724 people lived in Ammerswil, the proportion of foreigners was 14%. In the 2015 census, 46.8% described themselves as Reformed and 21.7% as Roman Catholic ; 31.5% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 96.6% said their main language was German and 1.6% Italian .

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 Lenzburg is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Ammerswil belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis XI (Lenzburg).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Ammerswil has around 80 jobs, 22% of which are in agriculture, 29% in industry and 49% in the service sector. In addition to farms, there are a few service companies and commercial operations. Most of the workers are commuters and work in the larger communities in the area such as Lenzburg , Villmergen or Wohlen .

traffic

Entrance to the village of Ammerswil

The village is away from the main traffic axes, but is easily accessible through several side roads into the Bünztal and Seetal. The Lenzburg connection to the A1 motorway is five kilometers away. The connection to the public transport network is provided by a bus line operated by Regionalbus Lenzburg , which runs from Lenzburg train station to Dintikon . On weekends there is a night bus from Lenzburg via Ammerswil and Wohlen to Dottikon .

education

The community has a kindergarten and a school house where primary school is taught. All upper levels of the compulsory elementary school ( Realschule , Secondary School , District School ) can be attended in Lenzburg . The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Ammerswil  - 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 . Historical sources and linguistic interpretations. In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . Annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau. tape 100 / II . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1991, ISBN 3-7941-3122-3 , p. 59-60 . The phonetic transcription used : àm̄əršwī́l .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1090, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Andres Kristol: Ammerswil AG (Lenzburg) 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. 88
  7. ^ 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. 103 .
  8. ↑ 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 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 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 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 20, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 21, 2019 .