Beckenried

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Beckenried
Beckenried coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of NidwaldenCanton of Nidwalden Nidwalden (NW)
District : No district division
BFS no. : 1501i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6375
Coordinates : 678 546  /  202711 coordinates: 46 ° 58 '15 "  N , 8 ° 28' 15"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventy-eight thousand five hundred forty-six  /  202711
Height : 435  m above sea level M.
Height range : 434–2290 m above sea level M.
Area : 24.25  km²
Residents: 3672 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 151 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		12.5% (December 31, 2,015)
Website: www.beckried.ch
Beckenried with Lake Lucerne

Beckenried with Lake Lucerne
Location of the municipality
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Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1956
Beckenried on Lake Lucerne

Beckenried (in local dialect Beggeriäd) is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland .

coat of arms

The blazon reads: «In red a silver wave bar, above a silver, three-tower and tinned castle with a golden roof on the side towers. A silver scallop shell in the lower half of the shield. "

Beckenried's coat of arms dates from 1883 and was designed by the Stans heraldist Adalbert Vokinger. The silver castle is intended to commemorate the two castle locations Isenringen and Retschrieden in Beckenried.

Robert Durrer writes in his booklet about the municipal coats of arms of Unterwaldens (1918): «The shell is taken from the family coat of arms of the old local family Amstad, because the postman Jakob Amstad took the initiative to adopt this coat of arms and took over the costs of the design and has been one for half a century The private seal of a mayor from this family that had remained in the parish chancellery represented the role of the parish seal. "

geography

The village of Beckenried is 435 m above sea level. M. on the south bank of Lake Lucerne . It stretches between Klewenalp in the south and Lake Lucerne in the north, which gives the settlement area an elongated shape. Part of the lake, the eastern flank of the Buochserhorn and wide alpine areas and mountains in the south (Beckenried Berg) belong to the municipality. The highest point in the community is the Risetenstock with a height of 2290 m above sea level. M., the southernmost point is near Steinalper Jochli northeast of the Brisen . The entire community is traversed from south to north by the Lielibach, which flows into Lake Lucerne in the middle of the village. Significant districts of Beckenried are the Niederdorf and Oberdorf, Isenringen and Beckenried-Dorf, which have all grown together. The easternmost settlement of the elongated municipality is the hamlet of Rütenen. A high-altitude district is the small settlement on Klewenalp, which mainly consists of holiday homes and is accessible by cable car.

Of the entire municipal area, only 5.6% is settlement area. A large part of the community area is covered by bushes and forest with 36.5%. An even larger area is used for agriculture at 49.2% - it is often the Alps . Another 13.7% are unproductive areas (mostly mountains and lakes).

history

Beckenried was first mentioned in a document in 1314 as Beggenriet . Beckenried is mentioned in 1135 as Buccinried and in 1323 as Beggenriet.

population

Population development

The population grew strongly between 1743 and 1850 (1743-1850: + 63.1%). The high birth surplus was the main reason for this. It stagnated between 1850 and 1870. After a spurt of growth in the 1870s, a decade of economic decline was followed by a minor downward trend. The increasingly important tourism then ensured growth again between 1888 and 1900. After a second stagnation phase, a phase of moderate growth set in after the end of the First World War until 1980 (1930–1980: +26%). The improvement in public transport and, above all, the construction of the A2 led to a rapid increase in the number of residents from 1980 (1980–2009: +53.3%). The community also became attractive for commuters because of its location on the lake and the motorway.

Population development of Beckenried since 1743 Source: Population censuses (1850–2000 Federal), Federal Statistical Office (2010 and 2015)

languages

The population speaks a highly Alemannic dialect. Nidwalden German is still widely spoken. Almost the entire population speaks German as the everyday language. In the last census in 2000, 95.3% said German, 1.0% English and 0.8% Serbo-Croatian 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 despite the mixture. 2,274 people were Catholic (80.50%). There were also 9.17% Protestant and 0.67% Orthodox Christians, 0.35% Muslims, 0.78% members of other denominations and 6.3% non-denominationalists. 63 people (2.23%) did not provide any information about their creed. Until thirty years ago, almost the entire population was Catholic. The secularization of the church and the strong immigration from other communities and abroad has led to a rapid increase in other confessional groups in Beckenried.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2017, 3,194 (87.41%) of the residents were Swiss nationals. The majority of the immigrants come from Central and Western Europe (Germany 195, Great Britain 32, Austria 22 and Netherlands 10 people), Southern Europe (Portugal 38, Italy 29 and Spain 7 people), the former Yugoslavia (Serbia 13, Kosovo 6 and Bosnia-Herzegovina 4 people), Sri Lanka, Eritrea and the USA. At the 2000 census, 2,651 people (93.84%) were Swiss citizens; 82 of them had dual citizenship.

age structure

The church has a high proportion of middle-aged people. While the proportion of people under the age of twenty makes up 20.17% of the local population, 24.06% are senior citizens (60 years and older). The largest age group is now between 45 and 59 years. In 2000 it was still in the 30 to 44 age group. The reason for this is the aging of the baby boomer generation (born up to 1965). For every 100 people of working age (20–64 years; 2263 people) there are 33 young people (737 people) and 29 people (654 people) of retirement age.

The current age distribution is shown in the following table:

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 Residents
number 262 329 146 403 705 930 737 142 3654
proportion of 7.17% 9.00% 4.00% 11.03% 19.29% 25.45% 20.17% 3.89% 100%
Source: Federal Statistical Office, population by age at the end of 2017

The aging increases. A comparison with the year 2000 proves this. 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 Residents
number 236 362 111 311 765 525 404 111 2825
proportion of 8.35% 12.81% 3.93% 11.01% 27.08% 18.58% 14.30% 3.93% 100%
Source: Federal Statistical Office, result of the 2000 census

economy

Agriculture and alpine farming, plus the transport of goods on the lake, have long been the main branches of industry in Beckenried. Shipbuilding and (home) industry were added in the 19th century. And already in the second half of the same century tourism was becoming more and more important. The construction industry, sporting goods manufacture and timber construction were added later.

In Beckenried there were (2005) 978 employees in 194 companies. 16.0% of the employees in Beckenried worked in agriculture / forestry / fishing (sector 1), 27.1% in industry and trade (sector 2) and 56.9% in service companies (sector 3). The unemployment rate in 2007 was 0.85%.

In 2017, 621 of the 1184 employees were male and 563 female. The numbers for the 3 sectors are as follows:

Companies
1st sector		 Employees
1st sector		 Full-time positions
1st sector		 Companies
2nd sector		 Employees
2nd sector		 Full-time positions
2nd sector		 Companies
3rd sector		 Employees
3rd sector		 Full-time positions
3rd sector		 Operations
total		 employees
Total
Total full-time positions
number 43 127 75 51 293 242 185 764 507 279 1184 824
proportion of 15.41% 10.73% 9.10% 18.28% 24.75% 29.37% 66.31% 64.53% 61.53% 100% 100% 100%
Source: Federal Statistical Office; Statistics of the company structure STATENT, workplaces and employees by municipality and economic sector

In 2000 there were 846 employees in Beckenried. Of these, 549 (64.89%) were locals and 297 were commuters. Most of the commuters came from the region; namely from Buochs ​​(31%), Emmetten (11.1%), Stans (8.4%), Oberdorf (6.4%) and Ennetbürgen (6.1%). In the same year 1,514 people from Beckenried were gainfully employed. Thus 964 people worked in other communities. 298 people (= 30.9% of all commuters) commuted to the Nidwalden main town of Stans, 135 people (14.0%) to the city of Lucerne, 66 people to Buochs ​​(6.8%), 35 people to Emmen (3, 6%), 32 people to Ennetbürgen (3.3%) and 30 people each (3.1%) to Hergiswil and Kriens. A large part of the people commute within the agglomeration of Stans (Stans, Buochs, Ennetbürgen etc.), but also a large minority in the agglomeration of Lucerne (city of Lucerne, Emmen, Hergiswil, Kriens etc.).

traffic

Beckenried with Buochserhorn seen from the ship (2019)

Beckenried has its own motorway connection on the A2. There is also the Beckenried – Gersau car ferry and a boat harbor as a small shipping center in the Rütenen. The community is connected to the public transport network through the PostBus course Landespark - Stans (train station) - Seelisberg and the bus route Stans (train station) - Altdorf, Telldenkmal. Beckenried is also an SGV ship stop on the Lucerne Flüelen and Flüelen - Alpnachstad lines.

regional customs

  • The most important occasion of the year is the Samichlais entry on Saturday, which is closest to December 6th (Samichlais corresponds to St. Nicholas ). This festival, held in honor of the Samichlais , includes:
  1. Visiting all households in Beckenried, which means that the Samichlais and his Schmutzlis visit all the households in the community. The Samichlaise are provided by the gymnastics club.
  2. Samichlaismärkt - an attraction where the local clubs and showmen can sell their goods.
  3. The Samichlais collection . The world's largest trichler crowd moves along with the Samichlais towards the village center.
  4. The Buebä-Trichlä . This is the big event that includes everyone from the youngest to the tallest schoolchildren. It always takes place on the Wednesday before the big Izug (moving in). The organization is entirely up to the young people themselves - the school has nothing to say.
  • The alpine chilbi . It takes place on the second Sunday in November in connection with Thanksgiving Sunday. The Älplerchilbi is mentioned in a document as early as the 17th century and is tied to very specific traditions. The alpine officials are elected every year. The service together with the alpine folk, their wives and Meitschi, who all wear their valuable traditional costumes, the “Butzi” or wild people, the flag waving, the gunshots, the popular sounds of the field music, the yodelling and the village chimes: all of this belongs to the Älplerchilbi Beckenried .
  • The carnival . It used to be an important social occasion and the festival of the Citizens' Brotherhood and for a while seemed to lose its importance in popular customs. It has gained in importance again through the activities of the Beggo Guild under the leadership of the Guild Council and the Guild Masters. Carnival hustle and bustle can be experienced at the enthronement of the guild master, on the Beggoball and on Carnival Saturday with a parade and a carnival night. The age-old custom of showing mid-fasting ( Laetare Sunday ) with huge sparks has been practiced again for several years.

Attractions

The pilgrimage chapel Maria im Ridli

The Catholic parish church of St. Heinrich was built in the 18th century by Niklaus Purtschert in a classical style and contains paintings by Melchior Paul von Deschwanden .

The Maria im Ridli chapel from 1700 is the pilgrimage chapel of the Lake Lucerne skippers. It is located above the lake as a guide and has stairs with seating for sermons.

Other notable chapels are St. Anna and a Lourdes grotto .

The ruins of the Isenringen and Retschrieden castles can also be seen.

One destination is the Klewenalp , which can be reached by cable car. When the weather is nice and the view is clear, you can see as far as Germany.

photos

  • Beckenried

  • Beckenried

  • Old, typical house

  • Old, typical house

  • Hotel Restaurant Rössli

  • Isabelle Kaiser monument

  • Valley station of the cable car to Klewenalp

  • Cable car to the Klewenalp

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Beckenried  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ https://secure.i-web.ch/dweb/nw/de/onlinemain/publikationen/?pubid=8254&action=info  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / secure.i-web.ch  
  3. ↑ Hansjakob Achermann: Article about Beckenried in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, June 10, 2004
  4. ^ 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. 178, keyword Beckenried   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  5. ↑ Timetable Landespark – Stans – Beckenried – Emmetten – Seelisberg (PDF; 185 kB) fahrplanfelder.ch. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ Timetable Beckenried – Flüelen (PDF; 91 kB) fahrplanfelder.ch. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ Timetable Lucerne – Brunnen – Flüelen (Vierwaldstättersee) (PDF; 255 kB) fahrplanfelder.ch. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  8. ↑ Flüelen – Brunnen – Vitznau – Alpnachstad (Vierwaldstättersee) (PDF; 93 kB) fahrplanfelder.ch. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  9. ^ Contributions to the history of Nidwalden, issues 25-27, 1958, page 5