Uzwil

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Uzwil
Coat of arms of Uzwil
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen (SG)
Constituency : Wilw
BFS no. : 3408i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9240
UN / LOCODE : CH UZW (Uzwil)
CH HNA (Henau)
CH NRL (Niederuzwil)
Coordinates : 727 813  /  255427 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '14 "  N , 9 ° 7' 59"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-seven thousand eight hundred thirteen  /  255427
Height : 564  m above sea level M.
Height range : 489–702 m above sea level M.
Area : 14.49  km²
Residents: i12,892 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 890 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.uzwil.ch
Location of the municipality
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Uzwil [ˈutsʋɪl] , officially Henau until 1964 , is a political municipality in the constituency of Wil in the eastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen .

geography

The largest municipality in Toggenburg in terms of population lies on the Thur River and consists of the villages Niederuzwil, Uzwil, Henau, Algetshausen, Niederstetten, Oberstetten and Stolzenberg.

The highest point is on the Vogelsberg at 700  m above sea level. M. , the deepest at the mouth of the river Glatt in the Thur with 490  m above sea level. M. There was the historical border between the Fürstenland and the Toggenburg. The station is at 564  m above sea level. M.

The community area is 14.5 km². 9.6 km² of this is fields and meadows, 2.4 km² is forest and 0.2 km² is water.

Population development
Village Residents
(January 1, 2015)
Niederuzwil 5826
Uzwil 4355
Henau 1483
Algetshausen 542
Niederstetten 147
Oberstetten 130
Stolzenberg 61

Districts

Uzwil

Uzwil is the main town in the municipality of Uzwil. The town, which is characterized by industry, has 4698 inhabitants and serves the population primarily as a place of work and business, it is considered the economic center of the community. In addition to Migros , which opened in 1978 at the “Steinacker”, which was located next to the then Schmid department store, and the Coop , which was newly built in 1999 and with which the “Allgemeine Konsumverein Uzwil und Umgebung” merged in 1971, there are various retail stores on Wattstrasse in Uzwil.

In Uzwil is the Villa Waldbühl , built by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement , a cultural asset of national importance .

Niederuzwil

Birthplace of Oswald Heer

With 5826 inhabitants, the largest village in the municipality in terms of population is mainly used as a residential area. The landmark of the village through which the Uze flows is the granary built in the 17th century. In Niederuzwil there are various leisure facilities, such as a tennis hall or swimming pool, branches of Coop, Denner (since 1974), Aldi Suisse (since 2008) and Lidl (since 2009). A Migros existed from 1957 to 2001 at the ox crossing. Niederuzwil has had a post office since 1872. The birth house of the botanist Oswald Heer, who was born in 1809, is in Oswald-Heer-Gasse .

Henau

Henau Church

Henau is the oldest village in the municipality and was named after the municipality until 1964. It has 1483 inhabitants and is located on the Thur plain. The oldest building in the community is located in Henau, the church tower, which was built before 1463. The Hauser & Wirth Collection is located on Felseggstrasse . The community sports facility "Rüti" is also located in Henau.

Algetshausen

Algetshausen is located above Henau. The residential village with 542 inhabitants has had its own train station since 1927, which was served by the St. Gallen S-Bahn trains until December 2013 . Algetshausen has an annual Chilbi .

Niederstetten

Niederstetten with its 147 inhabitants is located on the municipal road between Henau and Schwarzenbach. The headquarters and regional distribution center of Aldi Suisse are located at the western end of Niederstetten on the municipality border with Jonschwil . Before that, gravel had been mined there for decades.

Oberstetten

Oberstetten is located on the road between Algetshausen and Schwarzenbach, above Niederstetten. The street leading through this village was officially named Oklahoma Street in 2001 , as the residents call the village of 130 inhabitants " Oklahoma " in the vernacular .

Ober- and Niederstetten are rural.

Stolzenberg

The smallest village in the municipality with 61 inhabitants is located on a hill between Uzwil and the Oberuzwil-Flawil road. The Stolzenbergerweiher is located near the village . From Uzwil or Niederuzwil, the Pappel-Allee, which is located above the railway line in front of Stolzenberg, is clearly visible.

Neighboring communities

population

Population development
year Residents
1850 2264
1900 4898
1950 6885
1980 9724
1990 10980
2000 11957
2010 12655

Uzwil has 12,892 inhabitants (December 31, 2018) and is the fifth largest municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in terms of population, the proportion of foreigners is 26.6%.

Age group proportion of
0-19 years 23.4%
20–39 years 26.3%
40–59 years 29.5%
60–79 years 17.0%
Over 80 years 3.9%

41% of the community residents describe themselves as Catholic, 24% as Evangelical Reformed (2012). The mother tongues are distributed as follows: 86.2% German, 4.3% Serbo-Croatian, 3.0% Albanian, 2.6% Italian. The remaining languages ​​are underrepresented (2000).

economy

Uzwil, located in the economic area of ​​Wil-Uzwil-Flawil, is shaped by industry (see also the history section ).

The largest employer is Bühler AG ( technology company in the food and die casting sector) with around 2500 employees at its headquarters in Uzwil and 10,000 employees worldwide. Their turnover in 2011 was around 2.1 billion francs. The next largest employers are the Buecherwäldli workshops for the disabled with 200 employees, the retirement and nursing homes with 190 employees, Benninger AG with 145 employees and Benninger Guss AG, Cleanfix Reinigungssysteme AG and SwissPrimePack AG with 110 employees each. Two thirds of the community area is farmed.

Altogether there are 6544 jobs in Uzwil, of which 4082 places in 104 companies in the secondary sector and 2341 places in 301 companies in the tertiary sector. In agriculture, forestry and horticulture there are 121 jobs in 44 companies (2008). Uzwil has a total of 6,069 employees, 2,833 of whom work in the municipality of Uzwil (2000). The community has 3,698 inbound and 3,236 outbound commuters (as of 2000).

tourism

With regard to the length of stay in hotels by tourists, Uzwil ranks first among Swiss cities: The guests stay an average of 4.2 days, followed by Arosa (3.5 days). Uzwil recorded a total of 10,897 arrivals, 4,762 of which were from foreign guests. There are 3609 overnight stays for every 1000 inhabitants (all figures as of 2014). Most of the guests are in the community on business.

traffic

Street

Maillart Bridge on Felsegg
Motorway construction in 1967 at Felsegg, above the old expressway

Uzwil is located on the A1 / E 60 Zurich - St. Margrethen motorway (Oberbüren-Uzwil exit) and on Hauptstrasse 7 . The former expressway between Gossau and Wil, built in 1935, was completely demolished in the municipality except for a remnant piece and the 72-meter-long Thur bridge built by Robert Maillart on Felsegg near Henau and replaced by the motorway that was built on it and opened in 1969.

The canton road No. 38 ( Hauptstrasse 444) from the canton border between Bischofszell and Niederbüren to Oberuzwil runs as the Bahnhofstrasse through Niederuzwil and Uzwil. The cantonal road No. 54 connects Niederuzwil with Flawil and the cantonal road No. 119 leads from Henau over the Maillart bridge to Zuzwil.

With the construction of the autobahn in 1968, a four-lane road with separate lanes was built as a feeder road between Oberbüren and Lindenplatz in Uzwil. Originally a continuation to Oberuzwil was planned, but this has been rejected several times by the people. Since the late 1990s, the road has gradually been reduced to two lanes.

railroad

Uzwil is located at the SBB -Bahnlinie railway St. Gallen-Winterthur . The Uzwil train station, which opened in 1855 and is supported by the municipalities of Uzwil and Oberuzwil, and the Algetshausen-Henau stop, which opened in 1927 and closed in 2013, are located in the municipality. The Bühler Werkbahn branches off the railway line at Uzwil station and leads to the industrial site of the Bühler AG company.

Uzwil station is served hourly by long-distance trains. To keep Regio Expresse and suburban trains of the S-Bahn St. Gallen Uzwil.

Slow traffic

Politics and community organization

The highest body is the citizens' assembly, which takes place in April and November.

The municipal council consists of seven members, two of whom are full-time. The municipal council is organized in a departmental system. In the current period (until the end of 2012), three members of the CVP , as well as two each of the SP and the FDP, belong to the municipal councils . The mayor is Lucas Keel (CVP).

In the 2019 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Uzwil was: SVP 33.3%, CVP 20.7%, FDP 14.1%, SP 12.4%, Greens 8.9%, glp 6.2%, EPP 1, 4%, EDU 1.0%, BDP 0.9%.

history

Early history

Alemannic grave finds in Niederuzwil from the 3rd century indicate a settlement at that time.

Pre-industrial history of today's settlement

Henau was first mentioned in 754 as Villa Aninauva in the so-called Henau document ; the place name means "Au des Anno". Henau is considered to be the origin of the community. In the document mentioned, neighboring villages were also mentioned for the first time, such as Wil SG or Wilen bei Wil (not clarified), Rickenbach , Züberwangen , Weieren or Dussnang . In the document mentioned, a red phalan bequeathed his possessions to the St. Gallen monastery . He wanted to make sure that his soul goes to heaven. At that time there was most likely already a church in Henau. There is evidence of a new building from around 800 and a document from 893.

Uzwil is first mentioned in 819 as Uzzinwilare , which means "courtyard of the Uzo". At that time, Uzzinwilare comprised the wide area from today's Niederuzwil to Oberuzwil.

Algetshausen was first mentioned in a document in 854. The earliest mention of Niederuzwil dates from 1277, that of Oberstetten from 1322 and Niederstetten from 1324. Ober- and Niederstetten were devastated by the Appenzell during the Appenzell Wars in 1403.

The current Henau Church was built around the 15th century. During the Reformation period, the Catholic pastors in Henau were no longer allowed to hold church services between 1527 and 1541 after the peasants resisted the tithe. Subsequently, both denominations were allowed to use the church until their own Reformed church in Niederuzwil was built in 1871. Nevertheless, several conflicts between the Catholics and Reformed are known, some of which became violent. In 1707 there was one death and two seriously injured people in disputes at a church festival. In 1709 the Protestant schoolmaster was killed, in return the Catholic pastor was arrested, the rectory was plundered and the Catholic schoolmaster was murdered. Two other men lost their lives. During the Toggenburg War in 1712, Henau was looted and burned.

Niederuzwil received village rights in 1556, Niederstetten in 1559 and Algetshausen in 1571.

The plague claimed many victims in 1611 and 1629. Due to bad harvests there was emigration, so it is known to emigrate to Pomerania in 1771 . Around 1820, after several bad harvests, part of the population died of hunger, while others emigrated to America.

When the Helvetic Republic was founded in 1798, the municipality of Henau was created. In 1803, with the founding of the canton of St. Gallen, today's political municipality of Henau was created, which included the almost uninhabited area of ​​today's Uzwil. At that time, agriculture was almost the only source of income.

Industrialization and Modern History

Iron foundry Adolf Bühler, ca.1860
Weberei Zweifel AG (Felsegg, Henau), 1931
Bühler site in Uzwil, 2010

The Niederuzwil industrialist Mathias Naef (1792–1846) opened a mechanical weaving mill in 1821, the Mathias Naef & Cie. This is considered to be the cornerstone for the industrialization of Uzwils.

On December 25, 1855, the railway line of the Sankt Gallisch-Appenzellische Eisenbahn Wil – Flawil with the station “Uzwil” was inaugurated. Originally a railway route from Schwarzenbach over the Bettenauerweiher and Oberuzwil to Flawil was planned. However, Matthias Naef was able to enforce his plans for a different route, so that the line now runs via Algetshausen and between Niederuzwil and Oberuzwil, thus boosting Niederuzwil's industry.

The newly built railway line and the hydropower of the river Uze moved the Benninger brothers to settle there in 1859. In 1860 Adolf Bühler sen. From the Hombrechtic industrial family Bühler von Benninger a piece of land and opened an iron foundry there. The Naefsche weaving mill, the railway line, as well as the industries of Benninger and Bühler caused a surge of residents in Uzwil.

The Bahnhofstrasse as a connection between the Uzwil train station and the Bad Buchenthal water treatment facility near Oberbüren, which existed from 1843 to 1907, was upgraded and restaurants and hotels were built to accommodate guests there, which « … not at all from Swiss, all of them from the area Buchenthal go, but were visited in sufficient numbers by foreigners from further afield »( Dr. Schildbach :). As the postcards show, the Bahnhofstrasse was also referred to as the Kaiserstrasse through visits by noblemen.

The three big Uzwil companies went different ways over the years. The Naefsche weaving mill still had around 1000 employees around the turn of the century, but was taken over by Peter Zweifel in 1914. The Peter Zweifel AG, Felsegg weaving mill was closed in 1971. In contrast, Benninger and Bühler are two global companies today.

Today's Catholic Church in Niederuzwil was founded in 1934 on the former company premises of Mathias Naef & Cie. erected after the Catholic parish office was able to buy the property from Peter Zweifel in 1932.

Names

Before the construction of the railway line, Uzwil did not exist. From 1850 to around 1880, only the station was initially referred to as Uzwil . It was the first mention of Uzwil , because previously only Niederuzwil and Oberuzwil were mentioned. Until now, the settlements were named after the hamlets Gupfen , Hub , Zahnershub or Vogelsberg .

Over the decades, Uzwil with its export-oriented machine industry has become a common place name. Finally, around 1880–1885, there was talk of a village called «Uzwil» for the first time. With the further expansion of the village of Uzwil, the community finally changed its name from Henau to Uzwil in 1962.

Attractions

education

In addition to kindergarten , primary schools and secondary schools , Uzwil has a vocational training center . The focus of this center is on commercial-industrial, commercial and sales professions.

In addition, the central training center of the Swiss Association for Wall and Roof Schools is located in Uzwil.

Sports

ice Hockey

The elite team of the local club EHC Uzwil currently plays in the Regio League . The club, founded in 1941, qualified for the promotion round to the National League A in 1971/72 . In the 1980s they took part in national league B games for several years , but then had to relegate for financial reasons. At the turn of the millennium, they became Swiss amateur champions, but decided not to advance to the NLB.

The youth department of the EHC Uzwil is one of the best in Switzerland and national players have repeatedly emerged from it ( Sven and Lars Leuenberger , Mathias Seger , Andy Ton , Vjeran Ivanković ). Uzwil is represented in the top division in two age categories.

The game is played in the artificial ice rink “Uzehalle”, which was built in 1961 and covered in 1984 . The ice rink also has a curling hall . It was there that Ralph Stöckli began his career.

Other sports

In addition to ice hockey, Uzwil is also shaped by its badminton club Uzwil , which was founded in 1966 and is represented in the NLA and became Swiss champions in 2013/14 and 2014/15. There is also a ski club and a cycling club.

In Henau there is an athletics field , the Rüti , where, among other things, FC Uzwil plays interregional football in the 2nd league . There are several lawn sports facilities in the municipality.

In addition, there is a boccia hall , a tennis hall and tennis courts in the municipality .

Leisure and clubs

The Uzwil swimming pool was built in the 1930s as part of an employment program. This was completely renovated in the 1980s. In 2006 a replica of the Uzwil swimming pool was opened in the Pishina-Europark in Zllakuqan , Kosovo .

The Kino City with two halls is located in the center. The leisure workshop and library are also close to the center . The gallery of the old bank is located in Niederuzwil. There are two scout departments and two music clubs.

Social

The Sonnmatt and Marienfried retirement and nursing homes exist for provision . The Buecherwäldli workshops employ people with various disabilities or impairments. The Thur Clinic (formerly Marienfried Clinic), founded by the Pallottine Sisters ( missionary sisters of the Catholic Apostolate ), which specializes primarily in gynecology, is active in Niederuzwil.

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Panorama picture Uzwil-Oberuzwil from Eppenberg. In the foreground from left to right: Bichwil, Riggenschwil; in the background: Oberuzwil, Uzwil, Industrie Uzwil, Niederuzwil.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Uzwil  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Uzwil  - travel guide

Individual evidence

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