Eich LU

LU is the abbreviation for the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Eich .

Calibration
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Sursee
BFS no. :	1084
Postal code :	6205
Coordinates :	655 300  /  222 463 coordinates: 47 ° 9 '3 "  N , 8 ° 10' 4"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifty-five thousand three hundred  /  two hundred twenty-two thousand four hundred sixty-three
Height :	514  m above sea level M.
Height range :	504–750 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.94  km²
Residents:	1626 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	274 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	6.5% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.eich.ch
Location of the municipality

Eich is a municipality in the Sursee constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The community is located on the east bank of the Sempachersee between Sempach and Sursee. Since the construction of the "Eich" motorway tunnel, the village has been divided into two parts: the lower village by the lake and the upper village by the church. The Dorfbach flows through the village . At the northern boundary of the municipality, the Brandbach flows from the Eichwald north of the hamlet of Oberhundgelle ( 714  m above sea level , 1.6 km northeast of the village) via the hamlet of Brand ( 711  m above sea level ; 1.6 km in north from the village) towards Schenkon . The hamlet of Buechmatt ( 548  m above sea level ) lies on the municipal border with Schenkon , and the hamlet of Voremwald ( 699  m above sea level ; 1.8 km north-northwest of the village) is on the slope above . The largest district outside the two-part village is Vogelsang ( 695  m above sea level ), a separate quarter further up on the slope; 1.3 km from the village center by the lake.

The municipal area is 922 ha - without the share of Lake Sempach, however, only 589 ha. 67.9% of the land area is used for agriculture, 19.5% is forest and wood and only 12.6% is settlement area.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	551
1900	434
1970	521
1980	754
1990	972
2000	1,256
2010	1,667

Despite the charming scenic location on Lake Sempach and on a sunny slope, the population shrank significantly until 1900 (1850–1900: -21.2%). After that, the population fluctuated between 470 and 520 people until 1970. Since then, it has been growing continuously because of the good access to traffic from the motorway and the beautiful location (1970–2004: +176.4%).

languages

The population speaks a highly Alemannic dialect. In the 2000 census, 97.69% gave German, 0.48% French and 0.40% English as their main / everyday language.

Religions - denominations

The population is traditionally Catholic. On the occasion of the last census, the following denominational picture emerged: 75.24% Roman Catholic, 15.21% Protestant Reformed and 0.48% Christian Catholic. There were also 6.29% non-denominational and 0.48% Muslim (as of 2000).

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, of the 1,707 inhabitants, 1,596 were Swiss and 111 (= 6.5%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 93.5% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (49.5%), Italy (12.6%), Portugal (6.3%), Spain (2.7%), Serbia including Kosovo (0.9%) and the Turkey (0.9%). 22.5% came from the rest of Europe and 4.5 % came from outside Europe.

history

Aerial photo (1964)

The area has been inhabited for thousands of years. At the Sempachersee stood around 1,700 BC. A bank settlement. Finds from the Hallstatt period , from Roman and Alemannic times also prove the permanent settlement.

The community is mentioned for the first time under the name Heiche in the letter of protection of the German King Heinrich III. as property of the Canons of Beromünster on January 23, 1045. It was nominally administered by Sempach under the rule of the Habsburgs . The local priest exercised the de facto rule over Twing and Bann. In 1415, Eich came under the rule of the city of Lucerne and became part of the Michelsamt . During the Peasants' War the Eicher besieged the city ​​of Sempach . From 1798 to 1803 it belonged to the Sempach district, since then to the then newly created Sursee office .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Eich LU

politics

Municipal council

The Eich municipal council consists of five members and is set up as follows:

• Adrian Bachmann: Mayor
• Hans Jörg Hauser: Finances
• Stefan Dettwiler: Environment
• Verena Schmid-Dahinden: Social
• Désirée Varrone-Bucher: Education

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the voting shares in Eich were: SVP 33.6%, CVP 31.0%, FDP 21.6%, glp 4.7%, GPS 3.9%, SP 3.6%.

National Council elections

In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Eich was: SVP 33.0%, CVP 25.2%, FDP 23.1%, SP 5.9%, glp 5.3%, Greens 5.1%, BDP 1, 6%.

traffic

Eich - Sempach – Sursee road

The community is not on any railway line, but has good access to the public transport network thanks to the Sempach-Neuenkirch-Sursee post bus line .

Eich is located on the Sempach – Sursee road, the right bank road along the Sempachersee. A tunnel on the A2 motorway crosses the municipality. The closest motorway connections are Sempach 3 km and Sursee 8 km away.

literature

• Adolf Reinle : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Lucerne, Volume IV: The Sursee Office. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 35). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1956, ISBN 978-3-906131-23-8 .

Web links

Commons : Eich  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Eich
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 110 kB)
• Waltraud Hörsch: Eich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ Permanent resident population according to nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento of the original from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Permanent resident population)  
3. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
4. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Eich ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Eich ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ National Council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality. In: Results of the National Council elections 2015. Federal Statistical Office, 2016, accessed on May 31, 2016 .