Effingen

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Effingen
Effingen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Brugg
BFS no. : 4096i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5078
Coordinates : 650 168  /  260 135 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '24 "  N , 8 ° 6' 16"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifty thousand one hundred and sixty-eight  /  260,135
Height : 432  m above sea level M.
Height range : 415–652 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.85  km²
Residents: 620 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 91 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		17.1% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.effingen.ch
Effingen

Effingen
Location of the municipality
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Effingen ( Swiss German : ˈɛfigə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Brugg district and is located around seven kilometers west of the district capital in the upper Fricktal ; it is not to be confused with the neighboring municipality of Elfingen .

geography

The village lies on the western flank of the Bözberg and is surrounded on three sides by gently sloping hills of the Table Jura . These include the Rugen in the north-west ( 550  m above sea level ), the Bränngarten ( 651  m above sea level ) in the north, the Sennhütten in the north-east ( 634  m above sea level ), the Stelli in the east ( 589  m above sea level). M. ) as well as the Barnig and the Widräck in the southeast (both 575  m above sea level ). A short side valley leads to the northeast; in this is the hamlet of Chästel ( 520  m above sea level ), more than two kilometers from the village center. In between there is a vineyard on a sunny south-facing slope .

The area of ​​the municipality is 685 hectares , of which 326 hectares are covered with forest and 61 hectares are built over. The highest point is on the Bränngarten plateau at 651 meters, the lowest at 424 meters on the western border of the municipality. The municipality of Effingen is part of the Aargau Jura Park, a “Regional Nature Park of National Importance”. Neighboring communities are Mönthal in the north, Bözberg in the southeast, Zeihen in the south, Bözen in the west and Elfingen in the northwest.

history

During Roman times , the road from Vindonissa to Augusta Raurica led over the Bözberg (referred to by Tacitus as Mons Vocetius in the histories ) and through what is now the municipality. Remnants of this street can still be seen today. In a document from 1284 the village is first mentioned as Efingen . The place name comes from the Old High German Efingun and means "among the people of Efo". In the Middle Ages Effingen was part of the Dinghof Elfingen , which belonged to the Murbach Monastery in Alsace . The Dinghof had extensive rights in the surrounding area and was sold to the Habsburgs in 1291 . Queen Agnes of Hungary donated the property to the Königsfelden monastery in Windisch in 1322 .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

In 1460, Bern conquered the Schenkenberg rule , to which Effingen also belonged. With this, the Bernese secured the important pass crossing over the Bözberg on the border with Upper Austria . Effingen was now in the judicial district of Bözen and was therefore part of the Bernese Aargau . In 1514 the Bernese took over complete ownership of the former Dinghof, and in 1528 they introduced the Reformation . Agriculture with viticulture prevailed until the 19th century. The processing of cotton by hand and pre-tensioning services on the newly built Bözberg pass road in 1779 brought additional earnings .

In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Effingen has since been part of the canton of Aargau. On August 2, 1875, the Bözberg line, which was opened on that day, was connected to the railway network, but the station was around two kilometers from the village center. In the second half of the 19th century, the population decreased by almost a quarter and stagnated until around 1980. Then a brisk construction activity began, which intensified with the opening of the Bözberg motorway in 1996.

Investigations into the merger of the municipalities of Bözen , Effingen, Elfingen and Hornussen have been underway since June 2017 . The community assembly approved the project on June 27, 2019, and the referendum on November 24, 2019 confirmed this result with 167 votes in favor to 112 against. The merger to form the municipality of Böztal is planned for the beginning of 2022.

Attractions

Gasthaus zum Glocke
School home

On the western edge of the village is the former Herzog-Gut, ancestral seat of the important Herzog family. The group of houses was built at the end of the 18th century in a rural-classical style. In 1867 a children's home was set up here, the "Meyersche rescue facility". Over time, the institution changed into the Effingen school home, where normally gifted boys with behavioral problems are taught.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Divided by red with a white wing and by white with a five-pointed red star over a green three-mountain." The coat of arms has been in use in almost unchanged form since 1811. The eagle's wing indicates that it belonged to the Bernese office of Schenkenberg , while the meaning of Stern and Dreiberg is unknown.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 265 504 431 441 395 442 432 403 560 632 596

On December 31, 2019, 620 people lived in Effingen, the proportion of foreigners was 17.1%. In the 2015 census, 42.7% described themselves as Reformed and 24.8% as Roman Catholic ; 32.5% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 93.0% stated German as their main language, 1.4% Albanian and 0.9% each English and Serbo-Croatian .

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 . Effingen belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis VIII (Brugg).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Effingen has around 220 jobs, 21% of them in agriculture, 11% in industry and 68% in the service sector. Most of the employed are commuters and work in Brugg or in the larger communities in the Fricktal .

Viticulture has been practiced again since 1973 after it had largely disappeared in the second half of the 19th century. On the southern slope of the Bränngarten, an area of ​​3.6 hectares was planted with vines in 2018, with the Blauburgunder and Riesling × Silvaner varieties predominating.

traffic

Effingen station

Effingen is located on the main road 3 from Basel over the Bözbergpass to Zurich . From there, Kantonsstrasse 480 branches off to Zeihen . The A3 motorway passes southwest of the village, and the western portal of the Bözberg tunnel is in Effingen's municipal area. Effingen has a motorway connection, which can only be used from or in the direction of Zurich; the next full connection is at Frick . A post bus line runs between Frick station and Brugg station, and another line connects Effingen with Zeihen and Herznach . On weekends a night bus runs from Frick via Effingen and Zeihen to Densbüren . The Effingen train station on the Bözberg route , located around two kilometers south of the village, has been closed since 1993.

education

Effingen has a kindergarten and a school house in which primary school is taught up to the 5th grade. The 6th grade is attended in Hornussen. All upper levels ( Realschule , Secondary School and District School ) can be attended in Frick . The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Effingen  - 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. 136-137 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1069, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  6. ^ Martin Hartmann, Hans Weber: The Romans in Aargau . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2539-8 , p. 167 .
  7. ↑ Marco Fischer: Community merger Böztal receives a yes in all four communities. Aargauer Zeitung , November 24, 2019, accessed on November 25, 2019 .
  8. ^ School home Effingen
  9. ^ 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. 145 .
  10. ↑ 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 9, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  12. ↑ 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 9, 2019 .
  13. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Grape harvest control 2018 Canton Aargau. (PDF, 2.4 MB) Agricultural Center Liebegg, 2019, accessed on June 18, 2019 .