Hochdorf Office

The Hochdorf office was one of five offices in the Swiss canton of Lucerne . The District Hochdorf was in the reorganization of 1798 created and initially comprised only the former for Foreign Affairs Office of the County Rothenburg belonging Seetaler communities north of Emmen . In 1803 the Hochdorf office was expanded to include the entire area of the former Rothenburg office and also to include the municipalities of the Hitzkirch office as well as Schongau and Ermensee , then again reduced to Hildisrieden , Neudorf , Buchrain and Dierikon in 1814 . It now includes the Lucerne Seetal from Hallwilersee in the north, around the Baldeggersee to the Reuss . The new Lucerne cantonal constitution of 2007 no longer has any offices, but they still exist as statistical units and as constituencies , as they have been officially designated since the beginning of 2013 (see Hochdorf constituency ).

Municipalities of the Hochdorf office

The following communities belonged to the Hochdorf district since 1803:

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²	Remarks
	Aesch	1009	4.62
	Altwis	411	2.92
	Ballwil	2577	8.75
-	Berghof	-	33.11	Repealed in 1836.
	Buchrain	(6242)	4.80	Since 1814 to the office of Lucerne .
	Dierikon	(1475)	2.78	Since 1814 to the office of Lucerne
	Emmen	28,701	20.33
	Ermensee	874	5.67
	Eschenbach	3547	13.23
	Gelfingen	?	3.86	With Hitzkirch since 2009.
	Hemicon	?	4.62	With Hitzkirch since 2009.
	Herlisberg	?	2.62	With Römerswil since 2005.
	Hildisrieden	(2334)	7.04	Since 1814 to the office of Sursee .
	Hitzkirch	4832	24.69
	Hochdorf	8877	9.63
	Hohenrain	2418	23.26
	Inwil	2306	10.31
	Lieli	?	3.69	With Hohenrain since 2007.
	Mosen	?	1.73	With Hitzkirch since 2009.
	Müswangen	?	4.50	With Hitzkirch since 2009.
	Neudorf	(1233)	12.83	Since 1814 to the Sursee office ; Merged with Beromünster in 2013 .
	Rain	2494	9.39
	Retschwil	?	2.55	With Hitzkirch since 2009.
	Römerswil	1632	16.58
	Rothenburg	7227	15.57
	Sulz	?	3.84	With Hitzkirch since 2009.
	Schongau	913	12.45
	Total (14)	67,818	204.85

1814: Change of district Buchrain and Dierikon from the Hochdorf office to the Lucerne office
1814: Neudorf and Hildisrieden district change from Hochdorf → Sursee office
1836/38: Division Berghof → Hildisrieden , Rain and Römerswil divided
1897: Merger of Hitzkirch and Richensee → Hitzkirch
2005: Herlisberg and Römerswil → Römerswil merge
2007: Hohenrain and Lieli → Hohenrain merged
2009: Merger of Gelfingen , Hämikon , Hitzkirch , Mosen , Müswangen , Retschwil and Sulz → Hitzkirch
2013: District change of all municipalities from the Hochdorf office → Hochdorf constituency

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