Hunzenschwil

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Hunzenschwil
Coat of arms of Hunzenschwil
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Lenzburgw
BFS no. : 4200i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5502
UN / LOCODE : CH HZW
Coordinates : 651 766  /  248 620 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '11 "  N , 8 ° 7' 27"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifty-one thousand seven hundred sixty-six  /  248 620
Height : 402  m above sea level M.
Height range : 390-544 m above sea level M.
Area : 3.26  km²
Residents: 4042 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 1240 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		29.1% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.hunzenschwil.ch
Hunzenschwil, seen from the Staufberg

, Hunzenschwil from Staufberg seen from
Location of the municipality
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Hunzenschwil ( Swiss German : ˌhʊntsəˈʃʋiːʊ ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the district of Lenzburg and is located between Lenzburg and the canton capital Aarau .

geography

The community lies for the most part in the plain between the Suhrental in the west and the Seetal in the east. To the north, the terrain slopes gently towards the Aare valley . The once separate districts of Unterdorf and Oberdorf have now grown together seamlessly. In the south-east rises the Lotten ( 545  m above sea level ), a molasse hill that forms the northern end of the thirty-kilometer-long ridge between the Wynental and the Seetal.

The area of ​​the municipality is 326 hectares , of which 79 hectares are forested and 146 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 545 meters on the summit of the Lotten, the lowest at 395 meters on the northwestern municipal boundary. Neighboring communities are Rupperswil in the north, Schafisheim in the east, Gränichen in the south and Suhr in the west.

history

The existence of a brick factory from Roman times was known as early as the 19th century . Numerous brick and pottery kilns appeared by 2002. However, the finds made in March 2005 are unique for Switzerland. Two halls and other infrastructure buildings from the second half of the 1st century were discovered, in which brick production was carried out on an industrial scale; the complex also included a sophisticated water supply system. The main buyer of the bricks was the legion camp in Vindonissa .

After the Romans had withdrawn at the beginning of the 5th century, the area was uninhabited for about four hundred years and was then settled by the Alemanni , probably initially as an outlying settlement of Suhr . Hintziswil was first mentioned in a document in 1101. The place name comes from the Old High German Hunzilineswilari and means "Hofgut des Hunzilin". In the Middle Ages the village was under the rule of the Counts of Lenzburg , from 1173 on that of the Counts of Kyburg . After these died out, the Habsburgs took over sovereignty and blood jurisdiction in 1273 . The lower jurisdiction was owned by the Lords of Hunzenschwil, who died out at the beginning of the 14th century. The Habsburgs also succeeded in gaining the lower rulership rights. The property was divided between different parties, including the Lords of Hallwyl , the city of Aarau and the Beromünster Abbey .

Aerial view (1962)

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. Hunzenschwil now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Bernese Aargau . It formed part of the judicial district of Rupperswil in the Lenzburg office . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . The first school opened in 1618. Although a well-developed road led through the village, agriculture dominated in the early modern period until various textile processing companies were added in the 18th and 19th centuries. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Since then, Hunzenschwil has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

On September 6, 1877 Hunzenschwil was connected to the railway network, as the Swiss National Railway , the railway line Zofingen-Wettingen opened. The bankruptcy of this company in the following year put a strain on the municipality's financial budget for decades. After the Second World War, an economic boom began, which intensified with the opening of the nearby motorway. Since the early 1950s, the population has more than quadrupled. Hunzenschwil has had its own church since 1960, but is still part of the Suhr parish today.

Attractions

reformed Church

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Yellow greyhound soaring in blue with a yellow collar." This is a talking coat of arms that goes back to a folk etymological misinterpretation of the place name. The coat of arms first appeared on the municipal seal in 1811. In 1977 the coat of arms was changed: Until then, the dog was standing on a green mountain of three and its tongue was red instead of yellow.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1798 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 301 570 747 670 809 925 1312 1902 2219 2400 2575 3212

On December 31, 2019, 4042 people lived in Hunzenschwil, the proportion of foreigners was 29.1%. In the 2015 census, 29.0% described themselves as Reformed and 24.6% as Roman Catholic ; 46.4% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 86.3% stated German as their main language, 5.6% Italian , 2.6% Albanian and 1.4% each Serbo-Croatian and Turkish .

Politics and law

Parish hall

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 . Hunzenschwil belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis XII (Seon).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 1,750 jobs in Hunzenschwil, of which 2% are in agriculture, 39% in industry and 59% in the service sector. The main entrepreneurs are a rubber spring factory and a manufacturer of coffee machines in the catering sector. The construction industry and the transport industry are represented above average. Möbel Märki, one of the most important furniture retail chains in Switzerland, is headquartered in Hunzenschwil. Many employed people are commuters and work in the local area, for example in Lenzburg or Aarau .

traffic

Hunzenschwil is extremely conveniently located. Hauptstrasse 1 runs through the village from Zurich to Bern . The Aarau-Ost connection to the A1 motorway is located on the north-eastern edge of the village . The motorway-like expressway T5 leads from there to Aarau . Side streets lead to Rupperswil and Schafisheim . The Hunzenschwil station is on the SBB - Zofingen – Lenzburg line ; A bus line operated by Regionalbus Lenzburg runs to Lenzburg train station or to Rupperswil. On weekends there is a night bus from Aarau via Hunzenschwil to Lenzburg.

education

The community has two double kindergartens and a school center in which the primary school is taught. The Realschule and the secondary school can be attended in the Lotten district school in the communities of Hunzenschwil, Rupperswil and Schafisheim. The district school is located in Suhr . The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

Personalities

literature

Web links

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

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. ↑ a b 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. 207-208 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1089, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Switzerland: remains of an ancient industrial company discovered. derStandard.at , June 2, 2005, accessed October 3, 2012 .
  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. 182 .
  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 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 21, 2019 .