Feusisberg
| Feusisberg | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Schwyz (SZ)
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| District : | Yards |
| BFS no. : | 1321 |
| Postal code : | 8834 Schindellegi 8835 Feusisberg 8836 Biberbrugg |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH FSG (Feusisberg)
CH SGI (Schindellegi) |
| Coordinates : | 699 196 / 227079 |
| Height : | 685 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 509–1205 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 17.50 km² |
| Residents: | 5263 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 301 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
24.5% (December 31, 2,015) |
| Website: | www.feusisberg.ch |
 Feusisberg under the Etzel from Lake Zurich |
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Feusisberg is a municipality in the Höfe district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland . The villages of Schindellegi and Biberbrugg also belong to Feusisberg .
geography
The community Feusisberg is located on a mountain terrace on the Etzel . The village of Schindellegi lies at the cut that the Sihl has created between Etzel and Höhronen . A third of the community area is forested.
history
The strategic location of the village of Schindellegi at the north-eastern entrance to central Switzerland and the saddle had an impact on the history of the community from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The place is also on the Way of St. James and was in the past a transit point for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela .
The place Schindellegi is mentioned for the first time as a shingle camp site in 1220. In the 13th century Feusisberg is mentioned as "Uffenberge". The name of the place (written "Fessiskilch" in the 16th century) derives from the Feusi family.
In the old Zurich War between 1439 and 1450, Schindellegi was occupied twice by troops. The same thing happened during the two Kappel Wars in 1529 and 1531 by Schwyzer.
In 1620, the Schindellegi letter regulates the movement of goods through the transition to Sattel .
Schindellegi was further occupied in the First Villmerger War (1656) and the Second Villmerger War (1712). After the uprising of the Five Places against the Helvetic Republic (1798) and the occupation of Eastern Switzerland by the Austrians and Russians (1799), Schindellegi and Feusisberg were devastated by French troops.
The political community Feusisberg was founded in 1848 from the villages of Feusisberg and Schindellegi. In the 1860s, the village of Feusisberg received good road connections for the first time and developed into a popular health and whey health resort. In 1857 the Kurhaus Feusisgarten was built, in 1859 the "Hotel and Pension zur frohen Aussicht" (demolished in 2008), a little later the inn "Feusisberg" (Dorfstrasse 40) and in 1898 the Hotel Schönfels (demolished in 1986, today Hotel Panorama). In 1901 a restaurant with an observation tower was built on the Etzel.
With the construction of a cotton spinning mill in Schindellegi in 1869, the economy received a further boom, which was reinforced in 1877 by the connection of Schindellegi to the Wädenswil-Einsiedeln Railway , which today belongs to the Swiss Southeast Railway (SOB).
During the construction of the Reduit , from 1939 to 1945, strong fortifications with the Schindellegi locking point were built in the municipality. In 2004 the Höhron tower was blown up.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1743 | 649 |
| 1799 | 110 |
| 1833 | 1099 |
| 1850 | 991 |
| 1870 | 1121 |
| 1880 | 1241 |
| 1888 | 1348 |
| 1900 | 1276 |
| 1910 | 1348 |
| 1920 | 1534 |
| 1930 | 1573 |
| 1941 | 1627 |
| 1950 | 1654 |
| 1960 | 1761 |
| 1970 | 2173 |
| 1980 | 2829 |
| 1990 | 3178 |
| 2000 | 3843 |
| 2010 | 4800 |
| 2011 | 4848 |
| 2012 | 4993 |
| 2013 | 4972 |
| 2014 | 5031 |
| 2015 | 5203 |
| 2016 | 5292 |
| 2017 | 5299 |
Most of the population lives in Schindellegi. Thanks to the good transport connections to Zurich , Rapperswil and Schwyz , many commuters also live in the Feusisberg community.
Population status on December 31, 2017:
Feusisberg: 1678
Schindellegi: 3621
coat of arms
The two ravens in the coat of arms are reminiscent of the hermit legend of Meinrad von Einsiedeln ( Mönch , † 861). The white scallops symbolize the church patron , James the Elder .
Attractions
Landmarks that are striking in terms of landscape and valuable in art history are the neo-baroque St. Anna church (Schindellegi) and the late baroque church of St. Jakobus (Feusisberg) . The latter was consecrated in 1785 and has an unusual iconographic program directed against the Reformation and the Enlightenment .
economy
In the village of Schindellegi, a spinning mill and other companies dependent on the Sihl's hydropower settled down as early as the 19th century. A small industrial area was created along the course of the river, in which various businesses are now renting. For tax reasons, large companies have also moved their headquarters to Schindellegi. This is where the Kuehne + Nagel transport and logistics group and the Kuehne Foundation are based .
Personalities
- Alfred Vogel (1902–1996), Swiss naturopath and pharmaceutical entrepreneur, died in Feusisberg.
- Jakob Bürgi (* 1934), Swiss politician ( CVP ), born in Feusisberg.
- Maja Brunner (* 1951), Swiss singer, lives in Schindellegi.
- Carlo Brunner (* 1955), Swiss composer and conductor with a musical focus on Länders , lives in Schindellegi.
- Peter Marvey (* 1971), magician and illusionist, does magic in his Magic House in Feusisberg, First district.
- Martina Hingis (* 1980) tennis player, lives in Feusisberg.
literature
- Linus Birchler : The art monuments of the canton Schwyz, Volume I: The districts of Einsiedeln, Höfe and March. (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 1). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1927.
- Anja Buschow Oechslin: The art monuments of the canton Schwyz. Schwyz IV. District Höfe. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2010 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 118). ISBN 978-3-906131-93-1 .
- Hess, Georg: What makes the Feusisberg community so unique . In: Mitteilungen des Historische Verein des Kanton Schwyz, 100 (2008), pages 412–415 (PDF, accessed on December 2, 2019)
- Hans Roggwiler, Sandra Gregorin: Brava: the brave cow from Feusisberg . Zwillikon: Primus Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3952239003
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Feusisberg
- Paul Wyrsch: Feusisberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
photos
Postcard from Feusisberg, 1907
Feusisberg seen from the road to Pfäffikon
Interior view of the catholic church Feusisberg
Rectory with sundial in Feusisberg
The former Kurhaus Feusisgarten, now used as a restaurant
Parish hall
school
Retirement center
Kurhaus Feusisgarten, photograph between 1918 and 1937
Hotel Schönfels, photograph between 1918 and 1937
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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 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Buschow Oechslin, Anja: The art monuments of the canton Schwyz. Volume 4: The district of Höfe. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-906131-93-1 .
- ↑ Buschow Oechslin, Anja: The "tourist view" opens up the summit of the Etzel. Announcements of the historical association of the canton Schwyz, No. 100 (2008). PDF , accessed November 7, 2019
- ↑ a b c municipality Feusisberg, key figures [1] , accessed on June 23, 2018
- ↑ Municipality of Feusisberg, key figures, document "Population numbers by postcode" [2] , accessed on June 23, 2018
- ↑ Bundle of energy Maja Brunner is honored by the Feusisberg community. Southeastern Switzerland, July 23, 2014. Accessed February 17, 2020.
