Ettiswil

Ettiswil

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton lucerne Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Willisau
BFS no. :	1128i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6217 Kottwil 6218 Ettiswil
Coordinates :	643 904 / 222152 coordinates: 47 ° 8 '56 " N , 8 ° 1' 3" O ; CH1903: 643 904 / 22215247.148883 8.017499 518
Height :	518 m above sea level M.
Height range :	497–691 m above sea level M.
Area :	12.58 km²
Residents:	2747 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	218 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	9.1% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.ettiswil.ch
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Ettiswil is a municipality in the Willisau constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

On January 1, 2006 Ettiswil merged with the former municipality of Kottwil to form the new municipality of Ettiswil .

geography

The community lies on a plain between Sursee and Willisau on the southern edge of the Wauwilermoos at the entrance to the Rottal and the Lucerne hinterland. The actual village lies between the Wigger and the (Grosswanger-) Rot - the district of Ausserdorf, which has grown together with the village, to the northeast of it on the right bank of the Rot. The municipality also includes the district of Kottwil and the hamlets of Zuswil and Seewagen .

The municipal area covers an area of 642 ha. 70.7% of this is used for agriculture and 11.4% as settlement area. The remaining 17.4% are covered with forest and wood.

Ettiswil borders in the north on Wauwil , in the north-east on Mauensee , in the south-east on Grosswangen , in the south-west on Willisau , in the west on Alberswil and in the north-west on Schötz .

population

year	1798	1850	1860	1900	1920	1970	1980	1990	2000	2004	2010	2014
population	622	1015	1007	707	753	1062	1282	1509	1735	1785	2409	2562

The population of Ettiswil grew rapidly in the first half of the 19th century (1798–1850: +63.2%). There was a sharp decline between 1860 and 1900 (1860–1900: -29.8%) because many people left the community. The population has been growing steadily since 1920 and will soon exceed the 1,800 mark. The merger with the neighboring municipality of Kottwil on January 1, 2006 increased the population by a further 400 residents.

languages

The population speaks a highly Alemannic dialect as everyday language. In the last census in 2000, 95.45% said German, 2.13% Albanian and 0.35% Serbo-Croatian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

All residents used to be Roman Catholic. The religious landscape has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration. In 2000, 87.20% were Roman Catholic, 3.80% Evangelical Reformed and 0.92% Orthodox Christians. In addition, there were 2.48% non-denominational, 2.07% Muslim and 0.81% Hindus. The Orthodox are Serbs and Montegrins, the Muslims Albanians and the Hindus come from Sri Lanka and are of Tamil origin.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, of the 2,562 inhabitants, 2,343 were Swiss and 219 (= 8.5%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 91.5% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Serbia including Kosovo (41.6%), Germany (32.9%), Portugal (4.6%), Italy (2.7%), Spain (0.9%) and the Turkey (0.5%). 14.2% came from the rest of Europe and 2.7 % came from outside Europe.

history

Aerial photo (1962)

The place was first mentioned under the name Ettiswile in 1076, when a Freiherr von Wolhusen (who later became Abbot Seliger) handed over a court, the church structure and various rights to his monastery in Einsiedeln . Later, various feudal lords exercised power on behalf of the Habsburgs . After the defeat of the Habsburgs in the Battle of Sempach , Lucerne had suzerainty from 1407. In 1571 a large village fire destroyed the rectory along with other buildings. The community belonged to the Landvogtei Willisau until 1798. In the Helvetic Republic it belonged to the Willisau district, from 1803 to the newly created office of Willisau. In Ettiswil on March 1, 1845, two detachments of the free troops gathered to march towards Lucerne.

politics

Municipal council

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

Peter Obi-Felber ( CVP ): Mayor
Urs Boog-Portmann ( FDP ): Mayor
Katharina Jauch (CVP): Construction manager
Beat Bisang-Heller (CVP): Social Director
Christa Marbach (FDP): school administrator

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Ettiswil was: CVP 42.8%, FDP 31.4%, SVP 17.5%, SP 3.7%, GPS 2.8%, glp 1.9%.

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections 2015, the share of the vote in Ettiswil was: CVP 32.4%, SVP 27.7%, FDP 26.7%, SP 6.1%, glp 3.2%, Greens 2.2%, BDP 0, 9%.

economy

Ettiswil used to be a small farming village whose residents were engaged in fruit growing, cattle breeding and dairy farming. In 2001 there were still 37 farms, and 20.8% of all employed people were still working in agriculture. A further 29.8% of workers found employment in small businesses and industry - while almost half (49.3%) worked in service occupations. Many people no longer work in the village itself. In 2000 there were 563 commuters (a third to the economic centers of Sursee, Willisau and Lucerne; the rest of the population is spread across the region), but there were also 212 inbound commuters (from the region).

education

From kindergarten to secondary school, the children can stay in their own village. The children from the neighboring villages of Kottwil and Alberswil join them in secondary school. In the 2003/2004 school year, 39 kindergarten students, 164 primary, 75 secondary and 46 junior high school students attended classes.

traffic

Ettiswil is not on any railway line. The closest stations are Willisau (4 km southwest; on the Wolhusen-Langenthal line) and Wauwil (4 km northeast; on the Lucerne-Olten line). Nevertheless, the community is well served by public transport. This through the bus routes Lucerne-Ruswil-Ettiswil, Ettiswil-Nebikon-Dagmersellen and Sursee-Ettiswil-Willisau. Ettiswil is thus a bus hub for three bus routes. The nearest motorway connections to the A2, Sursee and Dagmersellen, are both 9 km away.

tourism

Although tourism does not play a dominant role, it is more important than in most of the municipalities in the area. The Wyher Castle , the nature trail Buchenwald and the votes Festival (until 2004 Musikwochen Ettiswil) are the three largest visitor magnets.

Attractions

Wyher Castle is the municipality's biggest attraction. The castle, first mentioned in 1304, changed hands frequently until it was bought in 1588 by the “Swiss King ” Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen . It remained in the possession of the Pfyffer von Wyher line , a subsidiary line of the Pfyffer von Altishofen line, until 1837 . Until 1964, when a fire destroyed the manor house, it was owned by the middle-class Hüsler family. The preservation of the castle, however, exceeded the financial circumstances of the owners. After the fire, the Canton of Lucerne acquired the facility in 1965. The exterior renovation of the castle took place in 1981–1983, interior renovation and restoration of the moat 1992–1996.

Today's parish church Maria and Stefan was built in 1769–1771 by Jakob Purtschert according to plans by Jakob Singer. It contains a remarkable interior.

The sacrament chapel was built on the instructions of the Lucerne Council and inaugurated on August 6, 1452. The reason for the construction is the story of a host robbery. The chapel contains a cycle of images about this event, the ettiswil host robbery .

The entire town center has been under protection since 1980. Ettiswil is called (somewhat exaggerated) the “Florence of the Lucerne landscape” because of its many important buildings. Other attractions include:

The rectory from 1780
The ossuary, which was consecrated in 1684
the St. Anna Chapel from the 16th century
the Ludwig Chapel at Wyher Castle, consecrated in 1593.

"Chlösterli" museum

The Chlösterli Museum has existed in Wyher Castle since 1996 . It houses the Josef Zihlmann Collection , which mainly consists of religious folk art from the Canton of Lucerne.

Buchwald nature reserve

Prof. Josef Steiner from Ettiswil initiated the Buchwald nature reserve, which was opened in 1971. A pond landscape with many amphibious inhabitants was created in a former gravel pit.

photos

Einsiedlerhof and church
Parish church
Ossuary Chapel
Storage
Einsiedlerhof
Gasthaus "Zur Ilge"
Sacrament chapel
Wyher Castle Chapel
Wyher moated castle
Storks near Wauwilermoos

Arts and Culture

Voices Ettiswil Festival

Ettiswil has been home to the Ettiswil Music Weeks since 1974 , which were renamed the Ettiswil Voices Festival in 2004 because there is a lot of (choral) singing at the event. The event usually takes place in June.

Personalities

Friedrich Stirnimann (1841–1901), painter
Eduard Kaufmann (1917–1985), organist and priest
Heinrich Koller (* 1941), lawyer, director of the Federal Office of Justice
Gerda Steiner (* 1967), installation artist
Christian Schwegler (* 1984), football player
Pirmin Schwegler (* 1987), soccer player

literature

The art monuments of Switzerland. Canton lucerne. Volume V. Basel 1959, pp. 64-98.
E. Meyer / F. Strinimann, J. Brun-Hodel: Ettiswil nature education area. Ettiswil 1979.
B. Bieri, A. Häfliger: Wyher Castle. 2001.

Web links

Commons : Ettiswil - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Ettiswil
Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 118 kB)
Waltraud Hörsch: Ettiswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Buchwald nature reserve
Ettiswil on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ Permanent resident population by nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (permanent resident population)
↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
↑ ^a ^b LUSTAT: Community profile Ettiswil ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 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 June 3, 2016 .

[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 by nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (permanent resident population)

[3] Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)

[lustat.ch-4] LUSTAT: Community profile Ettiswil ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[5] 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 June 3, 2016 .