Birrhard

Birrhard
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Aargau (AG)
District :	Brugg
BFS no. :	4093
Postal code :	5244
Coordinates :	660889  /  253891 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '59 "  N , 8 ° 14' 45"  O ; CH1903:  660889  /  253891
Height :	390  m above sea level M.
Height range :	338–421 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.00  km²
Residents:	759 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	253 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	15.7% (December 31, 2019)
Website:	www.birrhard.ch
Birrhard
Location of the municipality

Birrhard (in the local dialect: Birret, ˈpɪrːət ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Brugg district and is located around five kilometers southeast of the district capital in the lower Reuss valley .

geography

The elongated street village is located on the eastern edge of the extensive and agriculturally intensively used Birrfeld . The village consists of the districts Oberdorf in the south, Unterdorf in the center and Inlauf in the north. Immediately to the east of the development, the plain drops steeply to the banks of the Reuss , the difference in altitude is around fifty meters. The Reuss forms the eastern boundary of the municipality and flows here through a gorge around a hundred meters wide.

The area of ​​the municipality is 300 hectares , 101 hectares of which are forested and 41 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 412 meters, the lowest at 340 meters on the Reuss. Neighboring communities are Mülligen in the north, Birmenstorf in the east, Wohlenschwil and Mägenwil in the south, Brunegg in the southeast and Birr and Lupfig in the west.

history

Aerial view (1954)

Birharth was first mentioned in a document in 1254. The place name comes from the Old High German Birichahard and means "birch forest". The village was probably already inhabited by the Alamanni in the 8th century , because in 1925 a grave with grave goods from that time came to light. In the Middle Ages, Birrhard belonged to the Eigenamt , the oldest possession of the Habsburgs , whose headquarters are only a few kilometers away on the Wülpelsberg. In 1397 they transferred the land and judicial rule to the Königsfelden monastery in Windisch .

After the conquest of Aargau by the Confederates in 1415, the city of Bern took over the rule, the self-office was now part of the subject areas in the Bernese Aargau . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation and dissolved the Königsfelden monastery. They converted their own office to the Landvogtei Königsfelden and then exercised all rights. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Since then, Birrhard has belonged to the canton of Aargau. The eastern and southern neighboring communities have also been part of it since 1803, after the canton of Baden was dissolved and the French withdrew.

Birrhard remained an agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . From 1850 to 1960 the population fell by over a third. The upswing began when numerous industrial companies settled in the neighboring communities of Birr and Mägenwil and in the 1970s a new zoning system in Birrhard led to the creation of two single-family house quarters. Since then, the population has more than doubled.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In red over a wavy silver shield base, torn green pear tree with yellow fruits." The coat of arms first appeared in a similar form on the municipal seal in 1872. Today's revised design came about as a result of a school competition in 1965.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Birrhard

Birrhard parish hall

The Reuss at Birrhard

population

The population developed as follows:

year	1850	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Residents	365	236	267	316	281	304	447	553	681	637

On December 31, 2019, 759 people lived in Birrhard, the proportion of foreigners was 15.7%. In the 2015 census, 38.6% described themselves as Reformed and 28.1% as Roman Catholic ; 33.3% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 95.0% said their main language was German , 1.3% Italian , 1.0% Albanian and 0.9% French .

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 Brugg District Court is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Birrhard belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis VIII (Brugg).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 280 jobs in Birrhard, 13% of them in agriculture, 38% in industry and 49% in the service sector. Most of the employed are commuters and work in Brugg or in the neighboring communities in Birrfeld.

traffic

The canton road 296 between Brugg and Mellingen runs through the village and meets a connecting road to Lupfig on the southern edge of the village . The Birrfeld motorway triangle is located in the municipality , where the A3 meets the A1 . The next motorway junction is around three kilometers northwest between Lupfig and Hausen . The village is connected to the public transport network by a post bus line from Brugg train station to Mellingen. A night bus runs from Brugg train station on weekends.

education

The community has a school house in which the kindergarten and primary school are housed. The Realschule and the secondary school can be attended in Birr , the district school in Windisch or Brugg . The closest grammar schools are the Baden Cantonal School and the Wettingen Cantonal School .

literature

• Andreas Steigmeier : Birrhard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Michael Stettler , Emil Maurer : The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): Art Monuments of Switzerland . Volume II: The districts of Lenzburg and Brugg. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1953, DNB  750561750 .

Web links

Commons : Birrhard  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Birrhard

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 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 100 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1991, ISBN 3-7941-3122-3 , p. 286-287 .
4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheets 1070 and 1090, Swisstopo.
5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on June 11, 2019 . 
6. ^ 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. 122 .
7. ↑ 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 June 11, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 11, 2019 . 
9. ↑ 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 June 11, 2019 . 
10. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 18, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 11, 2019 .