Islisberg

Islisberg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Aargau (AG)
District :	Bremgarten
BFS no. :	4084
Postal code :	8905
Coordinates :	675 654  /  241844 coordinates: 47 ° 19 '23 "  N , 8 ° 26' 22"  O ; CH1903:  675,654  /  241844
Height :	680  m above sea level M.
Height range :	579–680 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.66  km²
Residents:	630 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	380 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	12.5% (December 31, 2019)
Website:	www.islisberg.ch
Islisberg
Location of the municipality

Islisberg ( Swiss German : ˈiʓliʃˌpærɡ ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It is the easternmost municipality in the Bremgarten district , lies on the border with the canton of Zurich and was only created in 1983 when the former municipality of Arni-Islisberg was separated .

geography

The village is at the top of a hill that is a continuation of the Holzbirrliberg ridge . The hill bears the same name as the village, but is also often called "heaven". The terrain slopes steeply towards the south, west and north-west. To the northeast, on the other hand, extends a plateau around two kilometers long, which extends far into the area of ​​the canton of Zurich . For this reason, the municipality is surrounded on three sides by Zurich area; Islisberg borders the Aargau only in the west.

The area of ​​the municipality is 166 hectares , of which 34 hectares are covered with forest and 18 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 680 meters in the middle of the village center, the lowest at 580 meters on the northwestern municipal boundary. Neighboring communities are Aesch in the north, Bonstetten in the east, Hedingen in the south and Arni in the west.

history

It is believed that the Alemanni settled on the exposed hill as early as the 5th century . The first written mention of Nidolperhc took place in 1185. The place name comes from the Old High German Nidoltesberg and means «mountain (settlement) des Nidolt». This form of name abraded quickly, the name Isbolzberg was already documented in 1305 .

The village was part of the Kelnhof Lunkhofen, which had been donated to the St. Leodegar Monastery in Lucerne in 694 and, in addition to Islisberg, also included Arni , Jonen , Oberlunkhofen and Unterlunkhofen . In 1291 Rudolf I bought the Kelnhof, and the city of Lucerne and 15 other villages came into the possession of the Habsburgs for 2000 silver marks. This transaction was one of the reasons that the three original cantons founded the Swiss Confederation . After the Kelnhof initially belonged to the Freiamt Affoltern for administrative purposes , twenty years later it formed its own office, the so-called cellar office . In 1415 Islisberg was conquered by the city of Zurich . While the people of Zurich took on blood jurisdiction , the lower jurisdiction had been owned by the city of Bremgarten since 1410 . In 1529 the population of Islisberg was reformed , but had to convert to Catholicism again in 1531 after the Second Kappel War . In 1797, a year before the old rule structure collapsed, Bremgarten sold its rights to the village communities.

After the conquest of Switzerland by the French and the proclamation of the Helvetic Republic in March 1798, the cellar office was dissolved and the communities of Ober- and Unterlunkhofen, Jonen, Arni and Islisberg emerged. These initially belonged to the short-lived liberal canton of Baden and in 1803 came to the liberal canton of Aargau; however, the residents initially preferred a connection to Zug or Zurich . When Islisberg and Arni joined the new canton, they became the municipality of Arni-Islisberg . Islisberg remained dominated by agriculture until well into the 20th century .

When the Aargau was founded, the already inadequate form of the municipality was not shaken: Already at that time, the usage of the language emerged, according to which Arni spoke of a municipality, and Islisberg just a "farm". So Islisberg had neither a community nor a poor property. Due to the lack of local citizenship status, Islisberg was unable to accept local citizens. When Konrad Ribary from Grenoble settled in Islisberg in 1816 and wanted to acquire citizenship of the municipality and the canton, the situation came to a head. Thereupon the local council of Arni-Islisberg, who lived in Islsiberg, called a meeting at which the Islisbergers received Ribary in their supposed community. However, two rich farmers who were not present at the meeting lodged a complaint against the decision with the government council .

Aerial view (1950)

A commission was called in and came to the conclusion that, in addition to the non-existent community and poor property, Islisberg also does not belong to Arni in terms of local citizenship. So Islisberg does not belong to anything or anyone. Despite the debate, the Aargau government rejected the concerns of the Arner and Islisbegers; the state has no interest in a small municipality that is dependent on financial equalization. In spite of all this, Islisberg's citizenship was confirmed in 1817.

In the second half of the 20th century, the residents of Islisberg felt more and more marginalized by the rapidly growing Arni, although they were able to make independent decisions about tax matters, the school system and the construction industry. In 1974 they called for the formation of an independent community in a consultative vote . The Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau initially rejected this in 1978 because there was no legal basis for it yet. In 1981 the separation was decided, which a year later was confirmed without opposition by the Grand Council and carried out on January 1, 1983. Shortly after becoming independent, due to the proximity to Zurich and the attractive residential area, a striking construction boom set in, which more than tripled the population.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Diagonally divided by yellow with a striding red lion and by blue with a white key." After the dissolution of the municipality of Arni-Islisberg, Arni kept the existing coat of arms. Islisberg uses the same figures and colors, but with a diagonal division. The lion stands for the city of Bremgarten , which once exercised the lower jurisdiction, the key to the cellar office .

population

The population developed as follows (until 1970 including Arni ) :

year	1850	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Residents	432	434	430	397	401	650	157	259	405	548

On December 31, 2019, 630 people lived in Islisberg, the proportion of foreigners was 12.5%. In the 2015 census, 37.0% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 23.1% as Reformed ; 39.9% were non-denominational or of another faith. 94.1% said German as their main language in the 2000 census and 2.7% English .

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 Bremgarten District Court is primarily responsible for legal disputes . Islisberg belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis VII (Bremgarten).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Islisberg has around 70 jobs, 31% of them in agriculture, 8% in industry and 61% in the service sector. The vast majority of those in work are commuters and work in the Zurich agglomeration .

traffic

Islisberg is away from the busy thoroughfares, but is connected to them by local roads. A post bus line runs from Arni via Islisberg to Bonstetten - Wettswil train station , where there is a connection to the Zurich S-Bahn . The A4 motorway , which opened on November 13, 2009, runs through the 4.65 kilometer long Islisberg tunnel just outside the limits of the Islisberg community.

education

The community has a kindergarten and a school house where primary school is taught. Due to the close ties with the canton of Zurich and the poor accessibility of the school locations in Aargau, teaching is based on the curriculum of the neighboring canton. That is why the Islisberg children attend upper school in the Zurich community of Bonstetten . The closest grammar school is the Limmattal Cantonal School in Urdorf , plus various grammar schools in the city of Zurich.

Personalities

• Nicolas Gygax (* 1996), freestyle ski jumper

literature

• Anton Wohler: Islisberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Peter Felder: The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume IV: Bremgarten district. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1967, ISBN 3-906131-07-6 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the Islisberg municipality

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. 208-209 .
4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheets 1091 and 1111, Swisstopo.
5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 14, 2019 . 
6. ^ ^{A b} Walter Rütimann: Village chronicle Arni . Ed .: Municipality of Arni. Arni 1991, p. 338-341 .
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. 183 .
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 14, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2019 .