Hendschiken

Hendschiken
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Aargau (AG)
District :	Lenzburg
BFS no. :	4198
Postal code :	5604
Coordinates :	658 711  /  248 763 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '13 "  N , 8 ° 12' 58"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and eleven  /  248,763
Height :	411  m above sea level M.
Height range :	396-534 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.52  km²
Residents:	1308 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	372 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	18.3% (December 31, 2019)
Website:	www.hendschiken.ch
View of Hendschiken
Location of the municipality

Hendschiken ( Swiss German : ˈhænːtʃikχə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Lenzburg district and is located in the lower Bünztal , two kilometers east of the district capital ( Lenzburg ).

geography

The village is about two hundred meters west of the Bünz in a plain that was previously largely swampy and drained at the beginning of the 20th century. The Lütisbuech ( 538  m above sea level ) and the Rain ( 519  m above sea level ), two foothills of the Rietenberg, which forms the natural border with the Seetal , rise at the western boundary of the municipality . In addition to the actual village, there are three districts that have a completely different character. In the west, at the transition from Rain to the terminal moraine of Othmarsingen , is the Horner industrial area. Büel is an agricultural hamlet on a plateau on the eastern slope of the Lütisbuech. Steinacker on the east bank of the Bünz is a modern single-family housing estate.

The area of ​​the municipality is 352 hectares , of which 87 hectares are forested and 63 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 535 meters not far from the summit of the Lütisbuech, the lowest at 398 meters on the Bünz. Neighboring communities are Othmarsingen in the north, Dottikon in the east, Villmergen in the southeast, Dintikon and Ammerswil in the south and Lenzburg in the west.

history

In 1921 and 1933 remains of a Roman aqueduct were discovered that supplied the vicus Lindfeld near Lenzburg with water. Hentschikon was first mentioned in a document in 1160 in the Acta Murensia of the Muri monastery . The place name comes from the Old High German "Hanzinghofun" and means "at the farms of the Hanzo clan".

Aerial view (1970)

In the Middle Ages, the property was fragmented and belonged to numerous ecclesiastical and secular lords, including the monasteries Muri, Säckingen and St. Urban as well as the lords of Hallwyl , the counts of Lenzburg and the counts of Habsburg . Large parts of it passed to the Habsburg house monastery in Königsfelden in the 14th century . The Habsburgs were in 1273 after the extinction of the Counts of Kyburg the blood jurisdiction , while the lower courts for more than five hundred years went to the Hallwyler. In terms of church, Hendschiken belonged to the parish of Staufberg on the hill of the same name .

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. Hendschiken now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Berner Aargau . The village formed its own judicial district in the Lenzburg office and had the right to choose his successor after the death of the subordinate. In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Hendschiken has been part of the canton of Aargau since then.

The straw weaving and cotton weaving led in the 18th and 19th centuries, a first economic boom. On June 23, 1874 the railway line Rupperswil - Wohlen of the Aargau Southern Railway was opened, the branch line to Brugg followed on June 1, 1882. This favored the establishment of numerous small businesses. In the second half of the 20th century, an industrial area was built near the train station. The development of the population was always subject to strong cyclical fluctuations, but generally showed slight growth. It has almost doubled since the early 1980s.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In blue, left inside-sighted yellow glove." The coat of arms with the glove (Swiss German: Händsche) has existed since at least 1621 and belonged to the non-noble family von Hendschiken, who were in the service of Beromünster Abbey . The Hendschiken community seal created in 1811 shows a glove that is visible from the outside. In 1954 the municipality reintroduced the older variant.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Hendschiken

population

The population developed as follows:

year	1850	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Residents	571	594	657	612	678	767	695	729	896	971

On December 31, 2019, 1308 people lived in Hendschiken, the proportion of foreigners was 18.3%. In the 2015 census, 39.5% described themselves as Reformed and 26.8% as Roman Catholic ; 33.7% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 95.1% said their main language was German and 1.1% Italian .

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 . Hendschiken belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis XI (Lenzburg).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Hendschiken has around 450 jobs, 6% of them in agriculture, 17% in industry and 77% in the service sector. In addition to numerous small businesses, a machine and equipment factory in particular offers jobs. Most of the workers are commuters and work in the larger communities in the area such as Lenzburg , Villmergen or Wohlen .

traffic

Hendschiken is conveniently located. Hauptstrasse 25 ( Lenzburg - Zug ) runs about three hundred meters west of the village . The Lenzburg connection to the A1 motorway is two and a half kilometers away, and the Mägenwil connection is three kilometers away. Trains to Aarau , Brugg and Rotkreuz stations stop at the SBB train station, which is about one kilometer from the village center in the Horner industrial area . In the mornings and evenings, there are also direct connections to Zurich main station .

education

The community has a kindergarten and a school house where primary school is taught. The Realschule , the Secondary School and the District School can be attended in Dottikon . The closest grammar school is the Cantonal School in Wohlen .

literature

• Anton Wohler: Hendschiken. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Michael Stettler , Emil Maurer : The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume II: The districts of Lenzburg, Brugg. Wiese Verlag, Basel 1953, DNB  750561750 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the Hendschiken community

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. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1090, Swisstopo.
4. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2019 . 
5. ^ Martin Hartmann, Hans Weber: The Romans in Aargau . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2539-8 , p. 172 .
6. ^ 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. 73-74 .
7. ^ 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. 173 .
8. ↑ 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 21, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 21, 2019 . 
10. ↑ 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 21, 2019 . 
11. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 20, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 21, 2019 .