Boniswil

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Boniswil
Boniswil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Lenzburgw
BFS no. : 4192i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5706
Coordinates : 656 449  /  240856 coordinates: 47 ° 18 '58 "  N , 8 ° 11' 7"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifty-six thousand four hundred forty-nine  /  240856
Height : 477  m above sea level M.
Height range : 448-580 m above sea level M.
Area : 2.41  km²
Residents: 1479 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 614 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		14.5% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.boniswil.ch
Boniswil

Boniswil
Location of the municipality
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Boniswil ( Swiss German [ ˌbɔniʃˈʋiːʊ ]) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Lenzburg district and is around eight kilometers south of the district capital in the Seetal , at the northwest end of Lake Hallwil . In 1898 Alliswil was incorporated.

geography

The village is located about one kilometer west of Lake Hallwil on the edge of the Seetal on an elevated terrace. Extensive swamp areas with reed belts , which are under nature protection , extend along the lake shore . The Aabach forms the eastern boundary of the municipality. To the west of the village center, the terrain rises steeply up to the Leutwil plateau . Alliswil is located one kilometer south of the village .

The area of ​​the municipality is 241 hectares , of which 21 hectares are forested and 58 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 578  m above sea level. M. on the southwestern boundary of the municipality, the deepest at 448  m above sea level. M. am Aabach. Neighboring communities are Hallwil in the north, Seengen in the northeast, Meisterschwanden in the southeast, Birrwil in the south, Leutwil in the west and Dürrenäsch in the northwest.

history

Neolithic pile dwelling settlements are suspected on the Risi peninsula . The first documentary mention of Bonoltswile took place in 1220 in the land register of Einsiedeln Abbey , which maintained a farm for the administration of its extensive goods in the area. The place name comes from the Old High German Banwalteswilari and means "Hofsiedlung des Banwalt". 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 were extinct, the Habsburgs took over sovereignty and blood jurisdiction in 1273 . Since the 13th century, the lords of Trostburg had held the lower jurisdiction . This right fell to the Lords of Reinach through inheritance in the mid-14th century .

Aerial view (1962)

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. Boniswil now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Bernese Aargau . The village was part of the Trostburg judicial district in the Lenzburg district . This district was owned by the Hallwyler from 1486 to 1616 and then also came to Bern. In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Boniswil has been part of the canton of Aargau since then.

At the end of the 18th century, the village developed into an important trading center for the cotton industry. At that time, several hundred spinners and weavers were working from home making colored cloths. In the middle of the 19th century, straw weaving emerged and replaced cloth weaving. On October 15, 1883, the community was connected to the railway network when the Seetalbahn opened the Lenzburg– Beinwil am See section . In the same year the first cigar factory was opened, soon followed by a candy factory and three box factories . The neighboring village of Alliswil was incorporated in 1898 by order of the cantonal government. The population remained largely constant until the early 1960s; since then it has doubled due to increased construction activity. Boniswil developed into a residential community.

Attractions

Villa Gautschi
Entrance to the village from Boniswil, Kantonsstrasse coming from Birrwil

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "White swamp snipe standing on a green hill in red with a yellow beak and black legs." The community seal of 1811 already showed a snipe, but on level ground with marsh grass. Later there was a version in which the snipe was shown washed by blue waves. The current variant was introduced in 1953.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1798 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 253 398 695 580 665 653 688 809 944 1087 1316 1421

On December 31, 2019, 1479 people lived in Boniswil, the proportion of foreigners was 14.5%. In the 2015 census, 43.7% described themselves as Reformed and 19.0% as Roman Catholic ; 37.3% were non-denominational or of other faiths. 92.0% said German as their main language in the 2000 census , 1.7% Italian , 1.4% Albanian , 1.1% Turkish and 0.8% 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 District Court of Lenzburg is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Boniswil belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis XII (Seon).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Boniswil has around 240 jobs, 3% of them in agriculture, 35% in industry and 62% in the service sector. Most of the employed are commuters and work in the local area (mainly in Seon and Lenzburg ).

traffic

The main road 26 runs through the village from Lenzburg via Hochdorf to Lucerne . Other important connections are Kantonsstrasse 291 along the east bank of Lake Hallwil to Meisterschwanden and Kantonsstrasse 341/340 via Leutwil into Wynental . Boniswil has a stop on the Seetalbahn of the SBB . A bus line operated by Regionalbus Lenzburg runs from Lenzburg train station via Boniswil to Teufenthal . There is a landing stage for the Hallwilersee shipping company on the lakeshore .

education

The community has a kindergarten and a school house where primary school is taught. All upper levels of the compulsory elementary school ( junior high school , secondary school , district school ) can be attended in Seengen . The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

literature

Web links

Commons : Boniswil  - 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 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 100 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1991, ISBN 3-7941-3122-3 , p. 97-98 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1110, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 20, 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. 125 .
  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 May 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 20, 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 May 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 20, 2019 .