Elfingen

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Elfingen
Elfingen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Brugg
BFS no. : 4097i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5077
Coordinates : 649 757  /  262 027 coordinates: 47 ° 30 '26 "  N , 8 ° 5' 57"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and forty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven  /  262,027
Height : 449  m above sea level M.
Height range : 423–659 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.22  km²
Residents: 295 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 70 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		9.2% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.elfingen.ch
Elfingen

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Location of the municipality
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Elfingen ( Swiss German : ˈɛlfigə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Brugg district , is located in the upper Fricktal and should not be confused with the neighboring municipality of Effingen .

geography

The village is located around three kilometers northwest of the Bözberg Pass in a trough-like side valley of the Sissle . It is surrounded on three sides by gently sloping hills of the Table Jura , which are forested in the upper areas. These include the Marchwald in the north ( 607  m above sea level ), the Sennhütten in the northeast ( 634  m above sea level ) and the Bränngarten in the east ( 659  m above sea level ). In front of the Marchwald is the Dachsel ( 565  m above sea level ).

The area of ​​the municipality is 422 hectares , of which 209 hectares are covered with forest and 17 hectares are built over. The highest point is the summit of the Bränngarten at 659 meters, the lowest is at 430 meters on the southern municipal boundary. The municipality of Elfingen is part of the Aargau Jura Park, a “Regional Nature Park of National Importance”. Neighboring communities are Laufenburg in the north, Mönthal in the northeast, Effingen in the southeast, Bözen in the southwest and Hornussen in the northwest.

history

Aerial photo from 600 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

Various litter finds indicate that the area was settled during the Neolithic Age . The village is likely to have originated in the 5th or 6th century during the first Alemannic settlement phase, as grave finds from 1978 suggest. Eolfingen was first mentioned in a document in 1245 when the sale of goods to the Wettingen monastery was confirmed. The place name comes from the Old High German Agiwolfingun and means "among the people of Agiwolf".

In the Middle Ages, Elfingen had an important position west of the Bözberg. The village was the seat of a dingyard of the Murbach monastery in Alsace and a parish of the surrounding communities Bözen , Effingen and parts of Zeihen and Linn . 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 . In 1460, Bern conquered the Schenkenberg rule , to which Elfingen also belonged. With this, the Bernese secured the important pass crossing over the Bözberg on the border with Upper Austria . Elfingen was now in the judicial district of Bözen of the office of Schenkenberg and was thus part of the Bernese Aargau .

After Bern had completely taken over the Dinghof in 1514, Elfingen lost its importance. In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . By 1720 at the latest, it had its own school. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Since then, Elfingen has belonged to the canton of Aargau. Between 1850 and 1980 the population decreased by over a third. Since then, it has increased slightly again, especially since the nearby Bözberg motorway opened 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 90 votes in favor to 40 against. The merger to form the municipality of Böztal is planned for the beginning of 2022.

Attractions

Elfingen

Most of the structure of the cross-shaped clustered village comes from the 17th century. The site is of national importance and has been included in the inventory of sites in Switzerland that are worthy of protection . The parish church, dating from the 9th century, fell apart after the Reformation and was finally demolished. Nevertheless, Elfingen remained the pastor's official residence until 1824, although he worked in Bözen . The rectory, which was rebuilt in 1624 and stands in an elevated position above the village, testifies to the former importance of the Dinghof.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "White double cross pawed in red on a green three-mountain." The double cross is very similar to the Hungarian coat of arms and indicates the fact that Queen Agnes of Hungary donated the Dinghof Elfingen to the Königsfelden monastery.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 144 265 217 203 199 194 171 165 217 240 259

On December 31, 2019, 295 people lived in Elfingen, the proportion of foreigners was 9.2%. In the 2015 census, 38.0% described themselves as Reformed and 21.5% as Roman Catholic ; 40.5% were non-denominational or of other faiths. 94.2% stated German as their main language in the 2000 census .

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 . Elfingen belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis VIII (Brugg).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 80 jobs in Elfingen, 31% of them in agriculture, 19% in industry and 50% in the service sector. Most of the employed are commuters and work in Brugg or in the larger communities in the Fricktal .

Viticulture continues to be of great importance . On the southern slope of the Dachsels and on the southwest slope of a foothills of the Bränngarten, an area of ​​10.9 hectares was planted with vines in 2018, whereby the varieties Blauburgunder and Riesling × Silvaner predominate.

traffic

In Bözen , the narrow cantonal road 460 branches off, which leads via Elfingen and an unnamed pass east of the Marchwald to the vicinity of Sulz in the High Rhine Valley. Elfingen is connected to the public transport network by a post bus line from Frick over the Bözbergpass to Brugg train station . The closest motorway connections to the A3 motorway are at Frick and Zeihen , both around five kilometers away. On weekends there is a night bus from Frick via Elfingen and Zeihen to Densbüren .

education

Elfingen has not had a primary school since mid-2012 . The school (1st to 6th grade) and the kindergarten are both run in Bözen . 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 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Elfingen  - 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. 141-142 .
  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. ↑ Marco Fischer: Community merger Böztal receives a yes in all four communities. Aargauer Zeitung , November 24, 2019, accessed on November 25, 2019 .
  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. 149 .
  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 June 9, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 9, 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 June 9, 2019 .
  11. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Grape harvest control 2018 Canton Aargau. (PDF, 2.4 MB) Agricultural Center Liebegg, 2019, accessed on June 18, 2019 .