Böztal

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Böztal is the name of a planned merger municipality in the canton of Aargau . It is to be created through the union of the municipalities Bözen , Effingen , Elfingen and Hornussen .

history

In November 2009, the community assemblies of the five communities to the west of the Bözberg Pass , Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen, Hornussen and Zeihen, had to decide whether a deeper cooperation and even a merger should be examined. While Effingen, Elfingen and Zeihen agreed with large majorities at that time, Bözen and Hornussen rejected the corresponding proposal. A merger of only the approving municipalities was not pursued.

At the beginning of 2013, an interest group was formed in Bözen, which again aimed for a community merger. Zeihen announced in September 2014 that it would not participate in a possible merger. The community assemblies of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen and Hornussen approved the start of official merger investigations and the formation of working groups in June 2017. They worked from January to September 2018. In a consultative survey, the narrow majority of respondents chose “Oberes Fricktal” as the future municipality name (other possible answers were “Rebthal”, “Böztal” and “Unterberg”). After the presentation of the result in January 2019, there was criticism from several surrounding communities, as the proposed name could lead to confusion with the region of the same name, which covers a much larger area. Government councilor Urs Hofmann then recommended looking for possible alternatives for “Upper Fricktal”. In a second survey in April 2019, the three other proposals from the first round were available for selection, with “Böztal” being the most popular.

Selected coat of arms

Hornussen is now part of the Laufenburg district , the other three municipalities involved in the Brugg district . If the merger takes place, the new Böztal municipality will belong to the Laufenburg district according to the merger agreement. Hornussen is planned as the seat of the municipal administration. On June 27, 2019, the municipal assemblies of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen and Hornussen approved the merger agreement. The target date for the merger is January 1, 2022.

In the mandatory referendum on November 24, 2019, all four municipalities approved the merger. The results were as follows:

  • Bözen: 236 yes to 83 no (participation 55%)
  • Effingen: 167 yes to 112 no (participation 67%)
  • Elfingen: 90 yes to 40 no (participation 57%)
  • Hornussen: 186 yes to 99 no (participation 45%)

When designing the new coat of arms, 15 suggestions were made. In the end, a committee selected four coats of arms from this selection, which could then be voted on. A large majority of the population opted for the new coat of arms.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Belart: Frustration in the upper Fricktal. Aargauer Zeitung , November 30, 2009, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Claudia Meier: The merged community in the Upper Fricktal is now called Böztal. Aargauer Zeitung, April 26, 2019, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ "Upper Fricktal community sounds strange". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen , January 22, 2019, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Agreement on the amalgamation of the municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen and Hornussen to form the municipality of Böztal. (PDF, 292 kB) BEEH project, April 29, 2019, p. 5 , accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Böztal takes the first hurdle. Aargauer Zeitung , June 27, 2019, accessed on June 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Marco Fischer: Community merger Böztal receives a yes in all four communities. Aargauer Zeitung , November 24, 2019, accessed on November 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Selection of coat of arms
  8. ↑ New coat of arms