Honau LU
| LU is the abbreviation for the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Honau . |
| Honau | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Lucerne (LU)
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| Constituency : | Lucerne Country |
| BFS no. : | 1057 |
| Postal code : | 6038 |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH HNU |
| Coordinates : | 673 399 / 220712 |
| Height : | 445 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 403–653 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 1.25 km² |
| Residents: | 395 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 316 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
6.1% (December 31, 2,015) |
| Website: | www.honau.ch |
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Honau is a municipality in the Lucerne-Land constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .
geography
The community is located between the Reuss and Rooterberg between Lucerne and Zug . Of the area of only 124.86 hectares, 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, 19.2% is forest and wood and only 9.6% is used as settlement area.
The highest point in the municipality is on the Rooterberg at 652 m above sea level. M. , the deepest on the Reuss at 403 m above sea level. M.
Neighboring communities are Gisikon and Root in the canton of Lucerne , Risch in the canton of Zug and Dietwil in the canton of Aargau .
population
Population development
In 1798 Honau only had 81 residents. This number grew to 155 people by 1880. Thereafter, the number of inhabitants fell to 127 by 1900. Between 1930 and 1970 there was a sharp decline in population (1930–1970: −42.9%) to only 84 inhabitants. Since the opening of highway connection Gisikon in 1986 there has been a striking increase in population. There are now 380 people living in Honau (as of December 31, 2015), including 192 men and 188 women.
Sources: 1798–1837: Helvetic and cantonal censuses; Federal Office for statistics; 1850 to 2000 census results, 2010 ESPOP, since 2011 STATPOP
languages
Almost the entire population (as of 2000) states German as their main language, namely 94.06% of the residents. Smaller language minorities are the Albanian speakers with 3.75% and the 0.94% of the population, who communicate mainly in Portuguese.
Religions - denominations
The population was originally purely Catholic. Religious minorities were added through migration. In 2000, only a narrow majority of 60.31% of the population was Roman Catholic; 20.63% were Protestant. Non-Christian minorities were the 10% non-denominational and 5.31% Muslim.
Origin - nationality
At the end of 2016, 342 of the 363 inhabitants were Swiss and 21 (5.79%) were foreigners. At the end of 2016, the migration groups came from Germany and Italy (5 people each; 1.37% each), Austria (3 people; 0.83%), Kosovo and Portugal (2 people each; 0.55% each) and Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Poland and the United States (1 person each; 0.28% each), as well as. At the end of 2016, a total of 4.8% of immigrants were of non-European origin.
politics
Municipal council
The part-time municipal council is composed as follows in the 2017-2020 legislative period:
- Beatrice Barnikol: Mayor (since July 1, 2018) / Amadé Koller: Mayor (until June 30, 2018)
- Samuel Wicki: Finances
- Sandra Linguanti-Hurter: Social
The parish clerk is Thomas Bucher.
Cantonal elections
In the 2015 canton council elections for the canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Honau was: CVP 31.7%, SVP 28.9%, FDP 15.3%, glp 11.3%, SP 7.2%, GPS 5.6%.
National Council elections
In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2015, the proportion of voters in Honau was: SVP 40.5%, CVP 20.5%, SP 12.9%, FDP 10.5%, GPS 6.4%, glp 5.6%, SD 1, 7%.
economy
Thirty years ago, the population made their living almost exclusively in agriculture . Today (as of 2001) 23.6% of the workforce still work in agriculture. Industry and commerce are hardly present (1.1% of employees), while 75.3% find work in service occupations. At least 51 commuters are compared to 134 commuters (mainly in the direction of Zug, Lucerne, Root and Zurich). A packaging company and a company from the automotive industry are the largest employers. Other employers are GlasOne AG and the Aldi Suisse branch, which was built in 2010 .
traffic
The Gisikon motorway junction is just 1 km away. There is a connection to public transport from the SBB stations Gisikon-Root and Rotkreuz or with the 110 bus from “Honau Hirschen” to Hochdorf or Rotkreuz.
From the 2015/2016 timetable change, Honau received additional bus routes to Gisikon-Root and Rotkreuz.
history
Honau is mentioned for the first time indirectly in a document in 1344, where an "Ulrico de Honowa" appears as a witness. Together with Gisikon , Honau shared the fate of the neighbor. Various rulers as feudal lords of the Habsburgs and in 1422 Lucerne took over as part of the Habsburg bailiff. In the Sonderbund War of 1847, Honau suffered considerable damage from the skirmishes between the troops of the Sonderbund and the federal soldiers.
schools
In 1747 Honau received a school house. In the 2015/2016 school year, 24 students from Honau belonged to the comprehensive school Gisikon-Honau, while 7 secondary students went to school in Root. Honau's delegate in the Gisikon-Honau school maintenance department is Peter Meier.
Apprentices with the school location Honau
| School year (2016/2017) |
kindergarten | Primary school | Secondary school, all levels |
Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
from the community and neighboring communities; Source LUSTAT
Apprentices living in Honau
| School year (2015/2016) |
kindergarten | Basic level | Primary school | Secondary school, level A / B |
Secondary school, level C |
Integrated secondary school |
Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learners | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6th | 1 | 0 | 31 |
resident in the municipality; Source LUSTAT
Attractions
The St. Eligius Chapel , built in 1647, has late Renaissance altars from the workshop of N. Geissler. Another attraction is the Gasthof Zum Hirschen .
literature
- Barbara Hennig, André Meyer: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Lucerne, Volume II: The Office of Lucerne. The rural communities. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2009 (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 116). ISBN 978-3-906131-90-0 . Pp. 144-151.
Web links
- Official website of the community of Honau
- Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (web archive) (PDF, 120 kB)
- Waltraud Hörsch: Honau. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Source: Robert Gubler, Population Development and Economic Changes in the Canton of Lucerne, Conclusion Table 1
- ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure and nationality (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
- ^ LUSTAT: Community profile Honau
- ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Honau ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 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.
- ↑ 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 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Number of classes and learners
- ^ LUSTAT, page 239
