Entlebuch (region)
The Entlebuch is the 397 km² main valley of the Kleine Emme in the canton of Lucerne between Bern and Lucerne in Switzerland .
Today, the region is primarily associated with the UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere (UBE), but the Entlebuch Mountain Dog , which is widespread worldwide today, is also known .
geography
The Entlebuch is made up of the seven Lucerne municipalities of Doppleschwand , Entlebuch , Escholzmatt-Marbach , Flühli , Hasle , Romoos and Schüpfheim .
The total area is divided into 43% forest, 30% agriculturally used areas (meadows, pastures, fens), 18% alpine meadows, 3% settlements and 7% unproductive land (raised bogs and rocky land).
Culture
The region has 17,000 inhabitants and has an extremely rural character for Switzerland and therefore a pronounced, historically grown and well-preserved regional and cultural awareness, which is expressed, among other things, by an active and intact club life.
Since 2004, project groups have been discussing various planning and political development options for the Entlebuch as part of the “Bird's Eye” project. In particular, the status quo variants with deeper cooperation, small and overall mergers were put to the test. This resulted in the merger negotiations between the municipalities of Entlebuch, Hasle, Schüpfheim and Flühli, which had the working title of “G4”. The two municipalities of Marbach and Escholzmatt merged on January 1, 2013 and became the municipality of Escholzmatt-Marbach.
UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch
The Entlebuch since 2001 next to the Swiss National Park , the second UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve in Switzerland, however, the sole remaining after the Seville criteria of UNESCO in 1995. It is the first biosphere reserve in the world that by popular vote and participatory and cooperative participation of the local population was established. Since 2008, UBE has also been a regional nature park of national importance in accordance with the Swiss Parks Ordinance.
Emergence
In Entlebuch, around a third of employees work in the first sector (agriculture and forestry), a quarter in the second and only around 40% in the third sector. Compared to the Swiss average, the low-income first sector is heavily overrepresented, and as a decidedly rural region, the Entlebuch is under acute economic pressure. Since the implementation of the Rothenthurm initiative in the early 1990s, legal usage requirements have restricted free cultivation to around half of the total area of the Entlebuch, mainly in flat and raised bogs. These restrictions were the origin of the biosphere concept, which envisaged that the restrictions should be valued as tourism potential. This background makes it possible to understand the strong regional economic and tourist orientation of the biosphere reserve.
Natural landscape
Outstanding natural characteristics of the Entlebuch are the extensive moors and the Schrattenflueh karst landscape. More than 20% of all intact raised bogs in Switzerland are located in the perimeter of the UBE; they are often a short distance from dry habitats, which leads to an extremely diverse flora and fauna in a very small space. A total of 135 flat and raised bogs and four bog landscapes of national importance are listed in the biosphere reserve. There are also four floodplain landscapes, some amphibian spawning areas and dry meadows, as well as three landscapes of national importance. Overall, more than 50% of the UBE's total area is under protection. In addition to some mountain pine and spruce raised bog forests, beech, fir, fir, spruce and spruce forests dominate in Entlebuch.
education
UBE is committed to the implementation of the “UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development” 2005–2014 in the region. UBE offers a multi-day biosphere school for children and young people from outside Germany. Local children and young people are made aware of the sustainable development of their living space once a year at all primary and secondary levels with a special regional offer, the "Äntlibuecher Schuelschätz", Swiss German for "Entlebucher Schulschätze". Special teaching and learning centers as well as a large number of organized excursions complete the offer. In another project, adult education and educational tourism are to be further expanded.
Regional economy
The UBE is committed to sustainable development at the regional level by taking regional products and partners into account and closing regional cycles. The marketing of regional products, services and tourist offers is promoted by the origin and quality brand “Echt Entlebuch”. More than 50 companies with more than 200 products are currently certified.
literature
- Fritz Glauser: Entlebuch (Vogtei, office). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Entlebucher Anzeiger No. 42 (special supplement Vogelschau ), 81, 85, 86 (2007) and No. 7, 18, 19 (2008)
- Entlebuch SWI02. unesco.org → Biosphere Reserve Information
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordinance of 7 November 2007 on parks of national importance (Park Ordinance, PäV)
- ↑ Pirmin Schilliger: The biosphere gives wings to a region. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. July 20, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 54 ' N , 8 ° 0' E ; CH1903: 643,382 / 195405