Emmetten

Emmetten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Nidwalden (NW)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	1504
Postal code :	6376
Coordinates :	682 161  /  201215 coordinates: 46 ° 57 '25 "  N , 8 ° 31' 5"  O ; CH1903:  682 161  /  201215
Height :	774  m above sea level M.
Height range :	433–2244 m above sea level M.
Area :	24.92  km²
Residents:	1429 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	18.9% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.emmetten.ch
Emmetten with Lake Lucerne and Mythen
Location of the municipality

Emmetten is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland .

geography

Emmetten is located on the Beckenried - Seelisberg cantonal road , in an elevated position on a pre-Alpine terrace above the southern shore of Lake Lucerne . The municipal area extends from 434  m above sea level. M. on the shore of the lake up to the summit of the Schwalmis , at 2246  m above sea level. M. highest point of the community. Other striking points are the Niderbauen Chulm at 1923  m above sea level. M. , which dominates the village, as well as the Oberbauenstock with 2117  m above sea level. M. in the southeast corner of the municipality.

In the south and east, the municipal boundary marked by the aforementioned peaks also forms the border with the canton of Uri with the municipalities of Isenthal in the south and Seelisberg in the east.

The community includes several farmsteads down by the lake, the village on the terrace with several districts (Schöneck, Gumprecht, Sagendorf, Sunnwil, Hattig) and the Choltal south of the village. The Cholbach crosses the municipality from south to north and then flows into Lake Lucerne.

Of the entire municipal area, only 2.6% is settlement area. Most of the community area is covered by bushes and forest with 45.8%. The largest of these is the Brennwald. In addition, 37.9% is used for agriculture - often the Alps. Another 13.7% are unproductive areas (mostly mountains and lakes).

history

Catholic Church

It is said that the first inhabitant of Emmetten set up his residence in the Ryters, a meadow surrounded by the burning forest. This man went to church every Sunday in St. Jakob , the first church in the area under the Kernwald. In the absence of a calendar, the man, a cooper by trade, made a “Mälchterli” every working day. If six were together, the next day he went to the service.

The name Emmetten appears for the first time in the urban area of ​​Engelberg Monastery from 1150. In 1275 a Cunrat von Emmetten appears as a witness in a dispute between Engelberg Abbey and the rural folk from Uri-Alpgebiet.

Since the establishment of the Buochs parish in 1120, Emmetten has been part of this church attendance. In 1307 a chapel was built in honor of St. Dedicated to James the Greater . In 1454 the abbot of Engelberg, the pastor and the church members of Buochs ​​gave the miners of Emmetten permission to set up a chaplaincy, which was made possible in 1457 by the establishment of a benefice. In 1474 Emmetten became a parish.

In 1601 a violent earthquake shook the chapel, so that a new church had to be built. The inauguration took place in 1616. In the fire of the rectory on January 9, 1741, almost all baptismal and death books were lost. As early as 1562 a street must have led "from Melbach to uf Emmetten to our March", which later country books confirm.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1956

Village center with parish church

In 1877 the municipality decided to build the Beckenried- Emmetten road, in 1885 the post office came to the village, in 1895 the first public telephone connection. In 1913 the first cable car ran on the Niederbauen, which was rebuilt in 1925, electrified in 1933 and expanded in 1960 to reflect the times.

In 1914 the village was electrified. On July 9, 1933, the new parish church of St. Jakob was consecrated. In 1968 the Emmetten-Stockhütte gondola lift was built, and in 2008 the lift was rebuilt so that it can transport more tourists to the Stockhütte faster. It was only with the construction of this gondola that tourism in Emmetten increased significantly. Today there are numerous holiday homes and also many condominiums in Emmetten.

coat of arms

The coat of arms created by Robert Durrer in 1901 shows " three silver (white) scallops in the red field ". The shells represent the Apostle Jacob the Elder, the main patron of the old Emmetter parish church.

population

Population development

The population grew rapidly between 1743 and 1850. The high birth surplus was the main reason for this. Between 1860 and 1930 the population - with fluctuations between 572 and 632 residents, mostly around 600 - then stopped growing. The excess of births was countered by emigration because of the remote location. The expansion of the road from Beckenried, the improvement of the public transport offer and, above all, the construction of the A2 led to a rapid increase in the number of inhabitants from 1970 (1970–2009: +94.6%). The community became attractive for commuters because of its altitude (often above the fog line) and the low building land prices.

Population development of Emmetten since 1743 Source: Population censuses (1850–2000 Federal), Federal Statistical Office (2010 and 2015)

languages

The population speaks a highly Alemannic dialect. Nidwalden German is still widely spoken. Almost the entire population speaks German as the everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 91.8% said German, 1.8% English and 1.5% Italian were their main languages.

Religions - denominations

The population used to be fully members of the Roman Catholic Church. The denominational relationships in 2000 still show the original structure despite the mixture. 835 people were Catholic (70.52%). There were also 16.47% Protestant and 1.01% other Christians, 0.68% Muslims, 0.42% members of other denominations and 8.7% non-denominationalists. 26 people (2.2%) did not provide any information about their creed. Until thirty years ago, almost the entire population was Catholic. The church removal from the church, the construction of a training center for the Pentecostal movement and the high level of immigration from other parishes led to a rapid increase in other confessional groups in Emmetten.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2017, 1,149 (82.01%) of the residents were Swiss nationals. The majority of the immigrants come from Central and Western Europe (Germany 122, Great Britain 18, Netherlands 8 and Austria 7 people) and Southern Europe (Portugal 28, Italy 24 and Spain 5 people). At the 2000 census, 1,040 people (87.84%) were Swiss citizens; 42 of these had dual citizenship.

age structure

The church has a high proportion of middle-aged people. While the proportion of people under the age of twenty makes up 15.49% of the local population, 27.19% are senior citizens (60 years and older). The largest age group is now between 45 and 59 years. In 2000 it was still in the 30 to 44 age group. The reason for this is the aging of the baby boomer generation (born up to 1965). For every 100 people of working age (20–64 years; 916 people) there are 24 young people (217 people) and 29 people (268 people) of retirement age.

The current age distribution is shown in the following table:

Age	0–6 years	7-15 years	16-19 years	20-29 years	30–44 years	45–59 years	60–79 years	80 years and more	Residents
number	96	83	38	137	270	396	331	50	1401
proportion of	6.85%	5.92%	2.71%	9.78%	19.27%	28.27%	23.63%	3.57%	100%
Source: Federal Statistical Office, population by age at the end of 2017

The aging increases. A comparison with the year 2000 proves this. The last census in 2000 showed the following age structure:

Age	0–6 years	7-15 years	16-19 years	20-29 years	30–44 years	45–59 years	60–79 years	80 years and more	Residents
number	74	168	54	117	307	267	171	26th	1184
proportion of	6.25%	14.19%	4.56%	9.88%	25.93%	22.55%	14.44%	2.20%	100%

economy

Emmetten NW

Agriculture, cheese making and wood processing were the main industries in Emmetten until well into the 20th century. In addition, there were few jobs in tourism from the interwar period.

In Emmetten there were (2005) 311 employees in 78 companies. 24.1% of the employees in Emmetten worked in agriculture / forestry / fishing (sector 1), 12.2% in industry and trade (sector 2) and 63.7% in service companies (sector 3). The unemployment rate in 2007 was 0.94%.

In 2017, 197 of the 376 employees were male and 179 female. The numbers for the 3 sectors are as follows:

	Companies 1st sector	Employees 1st sector	Full-time positions 1st sector	Companies 2nd sector	Employees 2nd sector	Full-time positions 2nd sector	Companies 3rd sector	Employees 3rd sector	Full-time positions 3rd sector	Operations total	employees Total	Total full-time positions
number	25th	61	33	24	65	53	81	250	158	130	376	244
proportion of	19.23%	16.22%	13.52%	18.46%	17.29%	21.72%	62.31%	66.49%	64.75%	100%	100%	100%
Source: Federal Statistical Office; Statistics of the company structure STATENT, workplaces and employees by municipality and economic sector

In 2000 there were 305 people in employment in Emmetten. Of these, 237 (77.70%) were locals and 68 were commuters. Half of the commuters came from the neighboring communities of Beckenried and Seelisberg. In the same year 643 people from Emmetten were gainfully employed. Thus 406 people worked in other communities. 104 people (= 25.6% of all commuters) commuted to the main town of Nidwalden, Stans, 41 people (10.1%) to Buochs, 40 people (9.9%) to the city of Lucerne and 33 people (8.1%) to Beckenried %).

traffic

The motorway connection to the A2 (Gotthard route) can be reached in five minutes by car from Emmetten. Emmetten is connected to the public transport network with the Postbus line Stans, Landespark - Stans, Bahnhof - Seelisberg, Bahnhof. Five cable cars open up the hiking and winter sports areas Emmetten-Stockhütte and Klewenalp .

Attractions

The Kreuzkapelle

The dance of death table in the Kreuzkapelle

See also : List of cultural assets in Emmetten

• The dance of death table from the former ossuary next to the old St. Jakob Church has been kept in the Kreuzkapelle on the road to Seelisberg since the church and ossuary were demolished. The arc-shaped dance of death table from around 1710 used to be fitted into the shield arch on the back wall of the charnel house chapel. The board is divided by painted red strips into 23 almost square individual pictures with two gusset fields on the edge of the sheet, all arranged in four rows, which are separated from each other by tapes with accompanying verses. Top row: Ossuary concert, Fall of Man, Pope, surrounded by symbols for eternity and transience. 2nd row: Emperor, Empress, Cardinal, Bishop, King, Queen. 3rd row: abbot, abbess, count, noblewoman, pastor, chaplain, forest brother. 4th row: Landammann, councilor, married couple, shoemaker, milker, mower, beggar.
• Votive pictures : Artistically valuable figures from the former parish church in Emmetten are in the Allweg Chapel in Ennetmoos and in the museum. The furnishings of the so-called Hammen Chapel have been lost.

• Emmetten wildlife observation trail (Niederbauen - Stockhütte - Heitliberg - Klewenalp)

Personalities

• Res Schmid (* 1958), test pilot in the Swiss Air Force, first Swiss F / A-18 pilot, politician (SVP), District Administrator / Government Councilor of the Canton of Nidwalden

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Emmetten
• Peter Steiner: Emmetten. 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. ↑ https://secure.i-web.ch/dweb/nw/de/onlinemain/publikationen/?pubid=8254&action=info  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ The Emmetter coat of arms at www.emmetten.ch; accessed on July 9, 2020.
4. ↑ PDF at fahrplanfelder.ch
5. ↑ Hans Georg Wehrens: The dance of death in the Alemannic language area. "I have to do it - and don't know what" . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2563-0 . P. 227ff.