Kägiswil

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Kägiswil airfield, behind the runway (runway 03) the Kreuzstrasse area with industrial buildings, further back the village of Kägiswil

Kägiswil is a district of the municipality of Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden with 1253 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013).

geography

Kägiswil is located north of the Sarnen village center and west of the Sarner Aa at 486  m above sea level. M. in the valley floor of the Sarneraatals on the Brünigstrasse, the traffic route over the Brünig . In a narrower sense, Kägiswil consists of the actual village of Kägiswil and the largely closed development in the Kreuzstrasse area. However, these two developments are continued in individual buildings, mostly farms, which are located in the valley floor and on the western slopes up to the scattered settlement of Schwarzenberg at 700  m above sea level. M. and beyond range. In the north, the Kleine Schliere forms the border with Alpnach and Schoried .

history

The place was mentioned in 1257 as Kegenswile . In the middle of the 13th century the area was part of the Habsburg family , in the early 14th century it belonged to the Engelberg estate and in the 15th century it became the property of the Beromünster Abbey and the Lucerne magistrate family Gundoldingen .

The Bartholomäus chapel was enlarged in 1455 and consecrated in 1459, after a fire in 1800 it was rebuilt. In 1665 the chaplaincy benefice was created in Kägiswil . Since then, services have been celebrated in the Bartholomäus chapel and another chapel. The Bartholomäus chapel was demolished and the modern Church of the Assumption of Mary and a parish center were built on the same site from 1966 . The church was consecrated on September 14, 1968, and in 1971 Kägiswil became a parish.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Teilame Kägiswil gained in importance, a corporation that administered the common property (Bürgergut). In 1879 the district community was founded, where the Teiler (corporation citizens) and Beisassen (settled people) came together. The district communities independently regulated the areas of building police, roads, sewerage, lighting, water supply and garbage disposal. On January 1, 2004, the Sarnen district communities were dissolved and merged to form the entire community of Sarnen.

In 1868 Josef Durrer and Franz Josef Bucher founded a parquet factory with a siding in Kägiswil. Josef Durrer later expanded it into a construction business, and in 1970 the parquet factory was shut down.

Attractions

Since 1954, the St. Niklaus entry into Kägiswil has taken place annually on the Saturday before the 1st Advent. In doing so, St. Niklaus solemnly enters the village, accompanied by numerous groups of drinkers and over 70 colorful Infuln (pronounced "Iffele"). With around 1500 participants, it is one of the largest and best-known Niklaus entrances in Central Switzerland.

The Dunschtigchäppeli (Thursday chapel) is on the Kägiswiler Allmend between Kägiswil and the Wichelsee . It was built in 1779 after a major cattle epidemic, 60 head of cattle fell ill with lung and spleen disease in the summer. The Kägiswilers had vowed to build a chapel if the misfortune stopped. Tradition has it that the last head of cattle died of the disease on a Thursday, and the chapel was built and that is how it got its name. Another explanation of the name says that prayers were held in the chapel on Thursdays. The chapel was renovated in 1987/88. In the chapel, the oldest statue of the Virgin Mary known in Sarnen with baby Jesus from around 1330 was rediscovered. The original is on loan at the Historisches Museum Obwalden in Sarnen, and a copy is in the chapel.

economy

In the village itself, but especially in the Kreuzstrasse area, there are numerous industrial and commercial enterprises. The largest of these is Leister Technologies , a manufacturer of hot air and plastic welding equipment. The company was founded in Solingen in 1949 and has been in Kägiswil since 1963.

Transport links

Kägiswil is located on Brünigstrasse between Alpnach and Sarnen. The place is approached by the Postbus line 342 Alpnach – Schoried – Kägiswil – Sarnen.

Kerns-Kägiswil station was demolished in the 1980s. It stood at the level of Kreuzstrasse by the Brünigbahn and was rarely used due to its location far outside the village. However, it served as a stop for tourists who wanted to go to the Melchsee-Frutt ski area . A post bus drove from the station via Kerns to Frutt.

The airfield Kägiswil is a former military airfield in the Swiss Air Force. It is used by motor and glider groups.

literature

  • Edy von Wyl: Kägiswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de géographie (editors): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 2: Emmenholz - Kraialppass . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1904, p. 712, keyword Kägiswil   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  • Paul von Wyl-Egli: Kägiswil - Das Dörfli in the 19th & 20th centuries. Kägiswil 2018, ISBN 978-3-033-07001-1 .
  • Werner Lussi: 100 years of the Älplergesellschaft Kägiswil, anniversary 23 October 2011. Älplergesellschaft Kägiswil (publisher), 2011.
  • 100 years of district congregations in Kägiswil and consecration of the coat of arms. from Ah, Sarnen 1979.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sarnen in numbers , information page of the municipality of Sarnen, accessed on May 15, 2014
  2. ^ Parish church Kägiswil , information page of the municipality of Sarnen, accessed on May 15, 2014
  3. ^ The last districts are disappearing , in: Obwaldner Brattig 2005 , p. 168.
  4. ↑ Origin and development of the St. Nicholas collection , chapter in Viktoria Ruckstuhl's Matura thesis
  5. ↑ St. Niklauseinzug Kägiswil , information page on the website of the municipality of Sarnen
  6. ^ Website of the St. Niklaus Committee Kägiswi
  7. ↑ Video of the St. Niklaus move in Kägiswil on December 1, 2007 ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 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. , 7:57 minutes, on obwalden.net @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / obwalden.net
  8. ↑ Interesting facts about the Infuln , on the website of the Klausengesellschaft Rotkreuz and the surrounding area
  9. ↑ Kägiswil's great love for the Infuln , article in the Neue Obwaldner Zeitung of November 27, 2011, with photo series
  10. ↑ Dunschtigchäppeli, Kägiswil , information page on the website of the municipality of Sarnen
  11. ↑ Where the “Sywli-Toni” listens to the farmers , article in the Neue Obwaldner Zeitung of July 30, 2010, p. 23
  12. ↑ PostBus route network Obwalden (PDF; 659 kB) ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 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. Status 2014, accessed on May 16, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.postauto.ch

Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '19.5 "  N , 8 ° 15' 42"  E ; CH1903:  662,688  /  197,105