Gettnau

Gettnau
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Willisau
BFS no. :	1130
Postal code :	6142
Coordinates :	640 266  /  221200 coordinates: 47 ° 8 '26 "  N , 7 ° 58' 10"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and forty thousand two hundred and sixty-six  /  221200
Height :	545  m above sea level M.
Height range :	529–728 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.05  km²
Residents:	1170 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	193 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	21.1% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.gettnau.ch
Gettnau
Location of the municipality

Gettnau (in the Lucerne German local dialect Gättnou [ˈkætnɔːu̯] ) is a political municipality in the Swiss canton of Lucerne . It belongs to the constituency of Willisau .

geography

The place is a few kilometers northwest of Willisau on a plain. It is surrounded by hills to the south and north. In the southeast is the Ruossgraben with the stream of the same name. The ditch lies between the Wellberg and the Kühberg (645–729 m. Above sea level). The western part of the Kühberg is covered by high forest, the rest cleared. The range of hills north of the village is called Guggi and rises to a maximum height of 713 m. ü. M. at. Part of the hill is forested ( Schonauwald ). Coming from the west, the Luthern River flows north of the village and turns there to the north. Apart from the village itself, there are only smaller groups of houses and individual farms in the community. Of the area of ​​606 hectares, 52.6% are used for agriculture. The forests mentioned above cover another 37.1% of the municipality. And only 9.7% is settlement area.

Gettnau borders in the northeast on Schötz , in the east on Alberswil , in the south on Willisau and in the west on Zell .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1798	459
1850	671
1888	555
1910	652
1930	660
1950	772
1960	717
1970	710
1990	973
2000	990
2004	978

The population grew rapidly from 1798 to 1850 (1798-1850: +46.2%). From 1860 to 1888 it fell by 17.7% as a result of emigration to industrial centers. The second wave of emigration from 1950 to 1960 contrasted with three growth phases (1888–1910: +17.5%; 1930–1950: +17.0% and 1970–1990: +37.0%). Just over 1,000 people have lived in Gettnau since 2009.

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 89.99% said German, 5.15% Albanian and 1.41% Portuguese were their main languages.

Religions - denominations

In the past, all residents of the parish were members of the Roman Catholic Church. This has changed due to immigration from other regions of Switzerland and abroad. Today (as of 2000) the religious landscape looks like this: There are 80.20% Roman Catholic and 11.52% Evangelical Reformed Christians. In addition, there are 1.72% Muslims, 1.21% non-denominational and 0.81% members of other non-Christian denominations. The majority of the Muslims are of Albanian origin, the other non-Christians are Hindus of Tamil origin.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 879 of the 1,088 inhabitants were Swiss and 209 (= 19.2%) foreigners. The population consisted of 80.8% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Serbia including Kosovo (34.4%), Germany (20.6%), Portugal (16.7%), Italy (3.3%), Spain (1.9%) and the Turkey (0.5%). 16.7% came from the rest of Europe and 5.7% were of non-European origin.

history

The community was settled in Alemannic times. The first historical mention can be found under the name Kepinhouva in a property register of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zurich from the year 893 (according to other information 924). In the foreground of the place name is the Old High German male personal name Geppo, Keppo, and the basic word is Old High German ouwa , terrain on the water, marshy area, Au '; Gettnau originally meant 'Au des Geppo'.

Gettnau later belonged to the Habsburgs until 1386 - nominally even until 1407. In the first year, numerous Gettnauers had accepted citizenship of the city of Lucerne , but were still officially subjects of the Habsburg County of Willisau. In 1407 the city of Lucerne bought the entire county and made it the Landvogtei Willisau until 1798. From 1798 to 1803 the place belonged to the Helvetic district of Willisau, since then to the then newly created office Willisau .

On March 29, 2020, the people of Gettnau decided in a referendum with a majority of 81.8 percent to join the neighboring community of Willisau at the beginning of 2021 .

politics

Municipal council

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

• Urs Vollenwyder-Büchler ( CVP ): Mayor
• Edith Kurmann (FDP): municipal office woman
• Heinrich Arnet (CVP): Education
• Hans-Rudolf Gloor ( FDP ): Community development, construction, security
• Doris Kreienbühl (CVP): Social Director

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Gettnau was: CVP 50.0%, FDP 23.5%, SVP 22.5%, SP 2.7%, GPS 0.7%, glp 0.6%.

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2015, the share of the vote in Gettnau was: CVP 39.1%, SVP 33.9%, FDP 21.0%, SP 3.1%, glp 1.3%, Greens 1.0%, BDP 0, 3%.

traffic

The community has its own stop on the Lucerne-Langenthal railway line. Gettnau is located on the main road between Wolhusen and Huttwil. The nearest motorway connections, on the A2 , are Dagmersellen 12 km and Sursee 13 km away.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Gettnau

photos

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  Catholic Church of Gettnau

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  Interior of the church

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  Gettnau Chapel

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  Interior of the chapel

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  Gettnau train station

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  Parish hall

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  Gettnau from the east

Literature (selection)

• Waltraud Hörsch: Gettnau. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Josef Zihlmann: The field names of the community Gettnau. Murbacher, Lucerne 1968.

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Gettnau
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 117 kB)

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. ↑ Permanent resident population by nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (permanent resident population)
3. ↑ Original material from the Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland , Willisau point, question 1.2 ( online )
4. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
5. ^ Community profile Gettnau ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 385.
7. ^ Sda: Canton Lucerne: Community mergers between Gettnau and Willisau as well as Altwis and Hitzkirch. nzz.ch (accessed on March 29, 2020).
8. ^ LUSTAT: Community profile Gettnau ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ 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 .