Fahrwangen

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Fahrwangen
Fahrwangen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Lenzburgw
BFS no. : 4196i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5615
UN / LOCODE : CH FWG
Coordinates : 660 781  /  238526 coordinates: 47 ° 17 '41 "  N , 8 ° 14' 32"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred eighty-one  /  238526
Height : 543  m above sea level M.
Height range : 449–661 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.01  km²
Residents: 2273 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 567 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		23.5% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.fahrwangen.ch
Fahrwangen

Fahrwangen
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Fahrwangen ( Swiss German : ˌfɑːrˈʋɑŋːə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Lenzburg district , is located in the Seetal not far from Lake Hallwil and borders the canton of Lucerne .

geography

The village lies in a hollow on the gently sloping, north-western slope of the Lindenberg . The Dorfbach drains the municipality towards Lake Hallwil , where it partly runs in a ravine . An extensive plain stretches north from the village center. On the Lucerne border, around two kilometers south of the village center, Fahrwangen has a 500-meter-long shoreline on Lake Hallwil. The village has fully merged with the neighboring community of Meisterschwanden .

The area of ​​the municipality is 401 hectares , of which 99 hectares are covered with forest and 71 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 660 meters on the eastern border of the municipality, the lowest at 449 meters on the shores of Lake Hallwil. Neighboring communities are Meisterschwanden in the west, Sarmenstorf in the north and Bettwil in the east and the Lucerne communities Aesch and Schongau in the south.

history

Various finds have shown that the area was inhabited during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Even Roman wall remains and Celtic and Alemanni graves have been discovered. Farnowanch was first mentioned in a document in 831. The place name comes from Old High German and means "slope with ferns". In the Middle Ages the village was under the rule of the Counts of Lenzburg , from 1173 on that of the Counts of Kyburg . After these had died out, the Habsburgs took over rule in 1273 . These had both blood jurisdiction and lower jurisdiction . Between 1354 and 1380 they ceded all rights to the Hallwyler . In Fahrwangen there was a gallows and several execution places .

Aerial view (1970)

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. Fahrwangen was now part of the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Berner Aargau , but the village remained an almost completely autonomous judicial rule of the Hallwyler. It was not until the 18th century that the Bernese were able to gradually expand their influence. The Reformation was introduced in 1528 . Until 1531 Fahrwangen was subordinate to the parish of Sarmenstorf in church matters . When Sarmenstorf became Catholic again after the Second Kappel War , Fahrwangen was assigned to the parish of Seengen and was only its own parish from 1817 (the church is in Meisterschwanden). In March 1798 the French took Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Fahrwangen has been part of the canton of Aargau ever since.

The first forms of industry found their way into the 18th century. The cotton mill and later the straw weaving solved gradually agriculture as a major source of income. The proportion of industrial workers remained consistently high and was over 60% by 1920. On December 18, 1916, Fahrwangen was connected to the railway network with the opening of the Wohlen-Meisterschwanden Railway. However, this electric standard-gauge railway stopped operating on May 31, 1997. The population stagnated in the first half of the 20th century. At the same time, the service industries played an increasingly important role at the expense of agriculture and industry. Due to the attractive residential area above Lake Hallwil, the number of residents has increased by more than half since 1980.

Attractions

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Divided by yellow with a striding red lion and by red." The coat of arms first appeared on the municipal seal in 1811. The lion is a reminder of the Counts of Kyburg who once owned goods here. The form that is valid today has existed since 1953.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1693 1798 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 260 529 782 1019 1067 1052 1052 1210 1200 1388 1653 1862

On December 31, 2019, 2,273 people lived in Fahrwangen, the proportion of foreigners was 23.5%. In the 2015 census, 32.9% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 30.3% as Reformed ; 36.8% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 89.2% stated German as their main language, 3.0% Italian , 2.0% Turkish , 1.6% Albanian and 0.7% Serbo-Croatian .

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 District Court of Lenzburg is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Fahrwangen belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis XII (Seon).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Fahrwangen has around 850 jobs, of which 5% in agriculture, 42% in industry and 53% in the service sector. In addition to numerous craft and service companies, the community also has some industry in the fields of mechanical engineering, metal processing, scaffolding and shoe manufacturing. More than half of those in employment are commuters and work outside of the country, for example in the Wohlen and Lenzburg regions .

traffic

Former station of the Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn

Kantonsstrasse 298 leads through Fahrwangen from the Bünztal into the Seetal . Kantonsstrasse 292 leads to Meisterschwanden , Kantonsstrasse 369 over the Lindenberg to Muri . Until 1997 Fahrwangen was the terminus of the Wohlen-Meisterschwanden railway . The former train station is now the hub of the Lenzburg – Fahrwangen – Bettwil ( Lenzburg regional bus ) and Wohlen – Fahrwangen – Meisterschwanden ( Limmat bus ) bus routes . On weekends there is a night bus from Lenzburg via Fahrwangen to Sarmenstorf .

education

The community has three kindergartens and three schoolhouses in which the primary school and the district school are taught. The Realschule and the Secondary School can be attended in Meisterschwanden or Sarmenstorf. The closest grammar school is the Cantonal School in Wohlen .

regional customs

During the Second Villmerger War of 1712 Fahrwangen was the deployment area of ​​the Reformed troops. When the Catholics launched a counterattack, legend has it that they were expelled by the women from Fahrwangen and Meisterschwanden. The Bernese were so impressed by the courage to fight that they gave the women a day on which they could take over command. Since then, «Meitlisunntig» (girls' Sunday) has been celebrated on the second Sunday in January. Women from both villages walk through the streets with nets, catch the men and only release them after paying a “ransom” (mostly in the form of alcoholic beverages).

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Fahrwangen  - 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. 150-151 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1110, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ 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. 154 .
  7. ↑ 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 May 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  9. ↑ 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 May 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Meitlisunntig. Meitlison Sunday associations Meisterschwanden and Fahrwangen, accessed on September 6, 2012 .