Neuenkirch

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Neuenkirch
Neuenkirch coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne (LU)
Constituency : Sursee
BFS no. : 1093i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6016 (Hellbühl)
6203 (Sempach Station)
6206 (Neuenkirch)
Coordinates : 657 988  /  216 836 coordinates: 47 ° 6 '0 "  N , 8 ° 12' 9"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred fifty-seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight  /  216 836
Height : 552  m above sea level M.
Height range : 503–761 m above sea level M.
Area : 25.48  km²
Residents: 7065 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 277 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		10.4% (December 31, 2,015)
Website: www.neuenkirch.ch
Location of the municipality
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Neuenkirch is a municipality in the Sursee constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

Neuenkirch is located south of Lake Sempach and consists of the districts Neuenkirch , Sempach Station and Hellbühl , with Hellbühl comprising the southern part, Neuenkirch the center and Sempach Station the north of the municipality.

The largest settlement in the municipality is Neuenkirch Dorf , which has grown together with the hamlets of Nellen , Werligen , Klosterhöfli , Klösterli and Liprüti to form a long street village on the Emmenbrücke-Sursee road. The Voramstegbach flows south of the village and joins the Grosse Aa further east from the left .

To the west of Neuenkirch Dorf lies the large Neuenkircherwald , to the southwest of Lipsrüti the Lipsrüti Forest . In the square Hellbühl-Geisselermoos (southeast of the village; municipality of Emmen) -Lippenrüti-Windblosen (2.3 km southwest of the village; 759  m above sea level ) are the largest forest areas south of the Olten-Lucerne railway line . Another large forest area is the Adelwilerwald southeast of the hamlet of Adelwil (1.8 km northeast of the village; 518  m above sea level ). The railway line runs through the middle of the forest. The largest contiguous forest in the community is the Chüsenrainwald east of Trutigen (2.8 km northeast of the village; 557  m above sea level ). In total, however, only 19.6% of the municipal area is covered by forest and wood.

Large parts of the municipality are agricultural land (71.1%). This has been increased significantly over the past 150 years through the drainage of moors.

In addition to the village, Neuenkirch has numerous hamlets, groups of houses and individual farms. To the northeast of the village are the hamlets of Sellenboden (500 m northeast; 538  m above sea level ), through which the Sellenbodenbach flows, and Neuhus (1.1 km northeast; 552  m above sea level ). Weiherhüsli is on the road towards Emmenbrücke (1.5 km southeast; 548  m above sea level ). Rippertschwand ( 553  m above sea level ) is just north of it .

Further south, west of the road to Hellbühl, is the hamlet of Helfenstegen (1.7 km south; 586  m above sea level ). The hamlet of Moosschür is located where the Neuenkirch-Hellbühl road joins the Emmenbrücke-Ruswil road (2.8 km south; 570  m above sea level ). To the southwest of it is the district of Hellbühl (3.2 km south of the village; 648  m above sea level ). The Hellbühler Rotbach flows in an easterly direction south of this past.

The hamlet of Wartensee (3 km northwest of the village; 559  m above sea level ) with the castle of the same name is located on a hill southwest of Lake Sempach .

At the Sempach-Neuenkirch train station, the hamlet of Sempach Station has emerged from various hamlets over the last few decades. It is 1.8 km north of the village on the road to Sempach, but despite its name it belongs to the Neuenkirch community. Adelwil, the most important district in the Middle Ages, grew together with it (1.8 km northeast of the village; 518  m above sea level ). Here the forest stream flows from the right into the Grosse Aa. The hamlet of Gottsmännigen to the north of it has also grown together with Sempach Station . This hamlet lies between the already mentioned Grosse Aa and the Kleine Aa flowing north of it , which also flows into the Sempachersee. The third important stream that flows into the lake is the lip rütibach , which comes from the hamlet lip rüti.

North of the A2 motorway are the hamlets of Mettenwil (3.9 km northeast of the village; 568  m above sea level ) and Brämenstall (4.7 km north; 587  m above sea level ). This is the northernmost point of the municipality and is closer to Sempach and Hildisrieden than to Neuenkirch-Dorf.

Despite the numerous districts and hamlets, only 9.6% of the municipal area is settlement area.

Neuenkirch borders on Emmen LU , Hildisrieden , the city ​​of Lucerne , Malters , Nottwil , Rain , Rothenburg , Ruswil and Sempach .

population

Population development
year Residents
1850 2,413
1888 2,026
1900 2'121
1950 2,856
1960 3,018
1970 3,273
1980 3,621
1990 4,507
2000 5,517
2004 5'717
2014 6'426

The population was 2,413 in 1850 and fell massively by 1888 due to emigration to the industrial areas (1850–1888: −16.0%). Neuenkirch grew steadily but slowly until 1970. Rapid growth since then (1970–2014: +96.3%). At the end of 2014 the community had 6,426 inhabitants. The different districts counted: Neuenkirch 4,271, Sempach Station 1,274 and Hellbühl 881 inhabitants.

languages

The residents use a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. In the last census in 2000, 95.03% gave German, 1.52% Albanian and 1.00% Serbo-Croatian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

Neuenkirch village center
Fountain in front of the Hellbühl church
Pilgrimage chapel St. Gallus and Eindeth Adelwil Neuenkirch
Roman bridge near Hellbühl

The entire population used to be members of the Roman Catholic Church. This has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad. Today (as of 2000) the religious situation looks like this. There are 78.90% Roman Catholic, 9.19% Evangelical Reformed and 1.02% Orthodox Christians. In addition, there are 4.66% non-denominational and 3.15% Muslim. Most of the Muslims are of Albanian origin. According to the update, at the end of 2004 4,507 (78.84%) were Roman Catholic and 487 (8.52%) Evangelical Reformed Christians. The number of people with no religion has risen to 365 (6.38%). Hellbühl is the district with the highest proportion of Catholics; Sempach Station has the highest proportion of Reformed, non-denominational and Muslims.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 5,824 of the 6,484 inhabitants were Swiss and 660 (= 10.2%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 89.8% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Serbia including Kosovo (25.9%), Germany (23.8%), Italy (7.4%), Portugal (6.5%), Spain (2.4%) and the Turkey (0.2%). 22.7% came from the rest of Europe and 11.1 % came from outside Europe.

history

Wartensee Castle in Neuenkirch
Aerial photo (1957)

Because of the numerous typical Alemannic word endings, settlement during the Alemannic conquest in Switzerland (from the late 6th century) is almost certain. In a letter of protection and confirmation from Emperor Friedrich I , the Adelwile (Adelwil), Cotsmaningen (Gottsmännigen) and Loupenrouti (lip ruti) located in Neuenkircher area are mentioned for the first time in 1173. The settlement of Neuenkirch probably existed as early as the 12th century, but the place is only mentioned in 1228 in connection with a women's monastery ( Nova Ecclesia ). In 1259 a citizen of Sempach is mentioned, whose name was Burkhard and originally came from Neuenkirch (de Nuwenkilch). The monastery was originally associated with the Cistercian order and consisted of so-called Maria Magdalene sisters (or repentants) who joined the Dominican order in 1287. The monastery existed until 1588. The Habsburgs took over rule around 1300 and built Wartensee Castle to monitor traffic on the west bank and on Lake Sempach. After the battle of Sempach , the city of Lucerne took over control. Part of today's community was administered from Sempach. Most of it, however, belonged to the Rothenburg office . Neuenkirch in its current form was created in 1798, at the time of the Helvetic Republic . The community belonged to the Sempach district from 1798 to 1803 and since then to the Sursee office .

Attractions

Surname

Emergence

The name is due to the building of its own church. The residents had to go to worship in the distant Oberkirch beforehand. This fact was changed by the construction of the nüwen Kilch = new church in the village.

Possible confusion

See also: Neuenkirchen , Neunkirch , Neunkirchen , Neukirch (each disambiguation pages for different cities / locations)

politics

Municipal council

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

  • Kari Huber-Heini ( CVP ): Mayor
  • Markus Wespi-Bucheli (CVP): Mayor
  • Jim Wolanin-Stämpfli ( FDP ): Social Director
  • Benjamin Emmenegger (FDP): property management, agriculture, environmental protection
  • Xaver Widmer-Krummenacher (CVP): fire brigade, civil defense, music school, culture, district heating

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 cantonal elections in the canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Neuenkirch was: CVP 33.7%, FDP 28.8%, SVP 20.3%, SP 8.6%, GPS 3.5%, glp 3.0%.

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections 2015, the voter share in Neuenkirch was: SVP 29.1%, CVP 25.5%, FDP 22.2%, SP 9.9%, glp 5.5%, Greens 4.6%, BDP 2, 1 %.

traffic

Neuenkirch is very well developed in terms of transport. The Neuenkirch district has a PostBus connection to the city of Lucerne , the Hellbühl district is on the Lucerne-Willisau bus route and Sempach Station is connected to the Lucerne-Olten railway line through the Sempach-Neuenkirch train station .

Neuenkirch is on the Lucerne-Sursee road. The next motorway connections are in Sempach, Rothenburg and Emmen-Nord, 5 and 7 km away respectively.

Personalities

literature

  • Adolf Reinle : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Lucerne, Volume IV: The Sursee Office. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 35). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1956, ISBN 978-3-906131-23-8 .

Web links

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

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 according to nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento of the original from January 1, 2015 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. (Permanent resident population) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfs.admin.ch
  3. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
  4. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Neuenkirch ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lustat.ch
  5. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Neuenkirch ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lustat.ch
  6. ↑ 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 .