Buchs AG

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AG is the abbreviation for the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Buchf .
Box
Buchs coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Aarauw
BFS no. : 4003i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5033
UN / LOCODE : CH BCS
Coordinates : 648 025  /  248 867 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '20 "  N , 8 ° 4' 29"  O ; CH1903:  648,025  /  248 867
Height : 386  m above sea level M.
Height range : 363–396 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.32  km²
Residents: 7965 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 1497 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		35.2% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.buchs-aargau.ch
Chocolat Frey

Chocolat Frey
Location of the municipality
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Buchs ( Swiss German [ bʊχs ]) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Aarau district , lies in the lower Suhrental and is part of the agglomeration of the canton capital Aarau .

geography

The center of the village is on both sides of the Suhre , which flows two kilometers further north into the Aare . It consists of the upper village on the western side and the outer village on the eastern side. This is followed by newer residential areas in the east. The municipal area lies entirely in the completely flat plain of the Suhre. The eastern half is covered by the extensive Suret forest, otherwise there are no special geographical features.

The area of ​​the municipality is 532 hectares , of which 225 hectares are forested and 257 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 394  m above sea level. M. in Steinfeld on the southwestern boundary of the municipality, the deepest at 371  m above sea level. M. on the Suhre. Neighboring communities are Rupperswil in the east, Suhr in the south and Aarau in the west and north. The settlement area has completely merged with that of Aarau and Suhr, there is a narrow gap to the Aarau district of Rohr.

history

Numerous finds indicate settlement as early as the Neolithic and Bronze Ages . In 1933 and 1955, exploratory boreholes in Bühlrain uncovered the remains of a Roman estate . Brick stamps and coins are evidence of settlement activity in the 1st and 2nd centuries. In 1796 a gold coin from Emperor Hadrian was found on the road to Hunzenschwil (today in the Bern Historical Museum ). Buhse was first mentioned in a document in 1225. The spelling of Buchs appears for the first time in 1361. The place name is derived from the box tree ( Latin : buxus), which was brought to this area by the Romans.

In the Middle Ages, the village was under the rule of the Counts of Lenzburg , later the Counts of Kyburg . After these became extinct, the Habsburgs took over rule in 1273. In 1415 the Swiss conquered Aargau; Buchs now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Berner Aargau . Administratively, the village was assigned to the Lenzburg Office. Around 1500 Buchs was not particularly big, the authorities only counted 14 farms and one mill. 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 . Since then, Buchs has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

Together with Rohr , Buchs was once part of the municipality of Suhr , but this repeatedly led to disputes about land and forest use. Various legal cases and arbitration negotiations have been documented since the early 16th century. The residents of both villages demanded more autonomy through the creation of independent communities. The separation finally took place on January 30, 1810. The first industrial companies settled here around 1835. Although many impoverished residents emigrated overseas (especially Tauner ), Buchs gradually developed from an inconspicuous farming village to an industrial suburb of Aarau. In the 20th century in particular, the population grew significantly; Between 1940 and 1970 alone the population doubled.

Manufacturing plants and a shopping center were built in a spacious industrial zone east of the village. From the mid-1970s over 10% of the population moved away. Twenty years later, the population stabilized and has been rising slightly since then. On September 6, 1877, the Swiss National Railway opened the standard-gauge railway line from Aarau to Suhr, but the SBB closed it for passenger traffic on December 12, 2004. Almost six years later, on November 22nd, 2010, the Wynentalbahn took over the route.

Attractions

Old gym
Spycher at the village museum
Spycher on Fabrikweg

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In white over a blue river torn green beech." The earliest known variant of this coat of arms dates back to 1734 and shows a deciduous tree that cannot be identified. After a fir tree was temporarily depicted from 1915 due to an interpretation error, an approximation was made in 1955 to the seal image from 1811, which at that time already showed a beech.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 416 935 1,592 2,720 3,899 5,734 6,742 6,029 5,900 6,175 7,035

On December 31, 2019, 7,965 people lived in Buchs, the proportion of foreigners was 35.2%. In the 2015 census, 25.2% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 24.8% as Reformed ; 50.0% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 80.3% stated German as their main language, 6.0% Italian , 4.3% Serbo-Croatian , 2.6% Turkish , 1.2% Spanish , 0.7% Albanian , 0.6% French and 0.5% Portuguese .

Politics and law

The Political Municipality (called community of residents in the canton of Aargau) performs all municipal tasks that have not been declared to be the sphere of activity of another type of municipality (for example, the parishes of the regional churches ) by superordinate law .

legislative branch

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A total of 40 seats

Instead of a community meeting that is common in smaller communities, the community parliament elected by the Buchs voters, the residents' council , has represented the concerns of the population since 1970 . It consists of 40 members who are each elected for four years by proportional representation. He is responsible for approving the tax rate , the budget, the annual accounts, the annual report and the loans. He also issues regulations and controls the administration of the executive branch. The residents' councils can submit parliamentary proposals ( motion , postulate , small questions ).

The graphic on the right shows the distribution of seats after the election on November 26, 2017. In the last five elections, the parties achieved the following number of seats:

Political party 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
SVP 11 11 13 13 10
FDP 07th 08th 09 10 08th
SP 07th 08th 08th 06th 08th
EPP 04th 04th 03 04th 05
CVP 04th 05 05 04th 04th
Green 0- 0- 02 03 02
Non-party 0- 0- 0- 0- 02
GLP 0- 0- 0- 0- 01
Young liberal movement 04th 03 0- 0- 0-
Forum Buchs 03 01 0- 0- 0-

Various elements of direct democracy can also be found at the level of the resident community . The population is entitled to optional and compulsory referendums as well as the popular initiative .

executive

The executing authority is the five-member municipal council . He is elected by the people for four years in a majority process . The municipal council leads and represents the community of residents. To this end, it implements the resolutions of the residents' council and the tasks assigned to it by the canton.

Judiciary

The Aarau District Court is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Buchs belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis II (Oberentfelden).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Buchs has around 5,000 jobs, 0.1% of them in agriculture, 44.6% in industry and 55.3% in the service sector. The municipality is thus an important business location, even if economic life is strongly oriented towards the neighboring canton capital. There are numerous manufacturing plants and the Wyne-Center shopping center in two extensive industrial zones on the railway line and in the south-east. The most important industrial companies are Chocolat Frey , Jowa- Großbäckerei and Mibelle AG , all of which belong to the Migros retail group . The Buchs waste incineration plant incinerates waste from 82 communities. TNT Swiss Post (the Swiss branch of TNT Express ) and Swisslog Holding are active in the logistics sector.

traffic

Wynentalbahn station

Buchs is connected to the Aarau-Ost junction of the A1 motorway near Hunzenschwil by a four-lane T5 expressway , as well as to Aarau city center. A city bus run by the Aarau bus company connects Buchs with Aarau train station , and the Wynental from Aarau to Menziken also stops at a stop in the center of the village. On weekends there is a night bus from Aarau through the Wynental to Menziken.

education

reformed Church

The municipality has four kindergartens and four schoolhouses in which all levels of compulsory elementary school are taught ( primary school , secondary school , secondary school , district school ). Buchs and Aarau have jointly created a district school authority with joint administration. The closest grammar schools, the old canton school and the new canton school, are also located in the canton capital .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Buchs  - collection of pictures, 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. 115-116 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1089, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 18, 2019 .
  6. ^ Martin Hartmann, Hans Weber: The Romans in Aargau . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2539-8 , p. 167 .
  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. 134 .
  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 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 18, 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 18, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Minutes of the residents' council elections Buch's term of office 2018/2021. (PDF) Buchs municipality, November 26, 2017, accessed on November 26, 2017 .
  12. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 18, 2019 .