Rotkreuz ZG
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 Train (ZG)
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| District : | No district division |
| Residential municipality : | Risch |
| Postal code : | 6343 |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH RTZ |
| Coordinates : | 675 324 / 221626 |
| Height : | 430 m above sea level M. |
| Residents: | 8518 (June 30, 2015) |
| Website: | www.rischrotkreuz.ch |
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Rotkreuz ( Swiss German : ˈrot.χryʦ ) is the capital of the political municipality of Risch in the canton of Zug in Switzerland . The origin of Rotkreuz goes back to the construction of the Rotkreuz train station near the customs house for the red cross around 1860. Rotkreuz has been an independent place since the local planning in 1970 at the latest . With 8,163 inhabitants (December 31, 2012), Rotkreuz is the largest town in the municipality of Risch, and since 1986 the construction of the town hall has made it the main town and an important traffic junction. With the headquarters and training centers of important pharmaceutical companies such as Roche Diagnostics and Novartis , Rotkreuz is an important pharmaceutical location.
The place
Rotkreuz is located in the southwestern part of the municipality of Risch, on the hill between Lake Zug and Reuss on the slope of the Rooterberg . Rotkreuz is traversed by smaller streams, mainly the Scharelen , Küntwiler , Steintobel and Mühlebach . The Binzmühleweiher and the nature reserve as well as the Küntwil dam exist as standing water . Bordered to the east of the Red Cross to Sijentalwald of, west forest reserve on.
The town of Rotkreuz has grown together from various hamlets and farms since 1860. Due to the local planning in 1970 and local protection, only the wooden houses, which were characterized as a village, could remain independent. Rotkreuz is bounded in the northwest, north and east by the motorway. The contiguous Rotkreuz settlement can be divided into the following districts:
- Rotkreuz (town center)
The center of Rotkreuz is divided by the Rotkreuz train station and the Lucerne - Zurich or Lenzburg - Gotthard railway line. In the southern part of the village, the eponymous red sandstone cross stands next to the Rotkreuzhof and the former customs house on Kreuzplatz. The Evangelical Church , the Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and the Rotkreuz school complex are located on the moraine hill to the south of the town center, to the north of them at the train station the old people's center and the town hall in the center of Dorfmatt. The most important streets, squares and buildings are:
- Arcaded courtyard
- Bahnhofsplatz
- Buonaserstrasse
- Dorfmatt
- Village square
- Gössimatt
- Kirchenstrasse
- Kreuzplatz
- Lindenplatz
- Luzernerstrasse
- Sonnhaldenstrasse
- Suurstoffi
The former milk processing cooperative, the former post office and the Hotel Bauernhof are located in the northern town center. The former station building of the train station was also located here. This district is to be upgraded with the construction of a new northern station building. Important streets and buildings are:
- Old Chamerstrasse
- Birch matt
- Chamerstrasse
- Mattenstrasse
- Mühlematt
- Schöngrund
- Sonnweid
- Küntwil, Waldegg, Waldeten and Weid (southern districts)
Waldeten connects to the south of the town center. This district extends from the Waldhof to the school grounds. The name Waldeten comes from the Old High German personal name Waltrat , which was mentioned in the Acta Murensia around 1100. Important roads are:
- Küntwilerstrasse (northern part)
- Kirchenweg
- Meierskappelerstrasse (northern part)
- Waldeggstrasse
Küntwil adjoins Waldeten southwest and lies at 450 to 500 meters above sea level. M. The natural borders of Küntwil are the Steintobelbach and the Küntwilerbach. Küntwil is mainly characterized by residential use. The name Küntwil was mentioned in a document as early as 1410 and goes back to an Alemannic homestead . The Sagi , an old sawmill, is located at the confluence of the Küntwiler and Steintobelbach rivers . There are also some farms in the area. Important streets and neighborhoods are:
- Eichmatt
- Küntwilerstrasse (southern part)
- Ringstrasse
- Weihermatt
To the east of Küntwil is the Weid district, which was built in the 1960s. The most important roads are:
- Weidstrasse
- Upper Weidstrasse
- Lower Weidstrasse
To the north of Weid is Waldegg, which is characterized by the largest school complex in the community, gyms and residential areas. The most important streets and neighborhoods are:
- Föhrenweg
- Lerchenfeld
- Lerchenweg
- Waldeggstrasse
- Allrüti, Binzmühle, Blegi, Forren and Langweid (northern districts)
To the northwest of the town center and (north of the railway line) are the districts of Binzmühle and Allrüti, which are mainly characterized by residential use. The most important streets and neighborhoods are:
- Allrüti
- Berchtwilerstrasse
- Binzmuehlestrasse
To the east of this are the Rotkreuz-West industrial park (originally Forren) and the Rotkreuz Ost industrial park, near the hamlet of Blegi. The commercial area is divided by Chamerstrasse. The headquarters of Roche Diagnostics with the Roche Tower and the fire department are located here. The main roads in the area are:
- Birkenstrasse
- Blegistrasse
- Chamerstrasse
- Erlenstrasse / Erlenring
- Forrenstrasse
- Grundstrasse
- Industriestrasse
- Lettenstrasse
- Riedstrasse
South of the Blegi, between the town center, the railway line and the commercial area, the new Langweid district is emerging. Currently (2013) the following quarter is located here:
- Suurstoffi
Statistically, the surrounding farms and hamlets in the municipality of Risch are counted as Rotkreuz.
history
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1817 | 57 |
| 1850 | 92 |
| 1900 | 303 |
| 1960 | 858 |
| 1999 | 5,842 |
| 2010 | 7,580 |
| 2015 | 8'518 |
| 2016 | 8'570 |
→ This section deals with the history of Rotkreuz. For a more general history, see the history of the municipality of Risch .
In 1808 the inn at the red cross is mentioned for the first time. In 1864 a stop was built next to this inn on the Zug – Lucerne railway line of the Zurich-Zug-Lucerne Railway , against the will of Risch, who preferred a stop in the Unterrüti. With the construction of the Aargau Southern Railway (1881/1882), which crossed the Zurich-Zug-Lucerne Railway in Rotkreuz and merged with the Gotthard Railway in Immensee , the Rothkreuz stop developed into an important train station in traffic between Germany and Italy .
In addition to the inn at the red cross , a school was built on the Rotkreuzhof from 1879, which in 1883 moved to the newly built schoolhouse on the country road to Meierskappel. On July 2, 1926, the purchase contract between the widow Anna Gügler-Frey and the cath. Kultusverein Rothkreuz concluded, in which the Kultusverein buys the “buildings and land in Walderten, Forren in the Allrüti and Wald in Honauerwald-Risch”. At the point in the middle of the village next to the new school, an artificial hill was heaped up on which the Catholic. Rotkreuz Church was built. The groundbreaking was on September 10, 1937, the opening of the church with the arrival of the bells on July 15, 1938. The murals created by Lothar Albert depicted Christ hanging on the cross and suffering in the choir; The patroness of the church, the Rosary Queen, was enthroned above the left side altar, while on the right the secondary patrons Josef and Burkhard embodied the male love of God. In 1981 the church was restored and the wall paintings were replaced by pictures by Franz Bucher .
As early as the Second World War , IPSA (Industrie petrolifère SA) opened the first Swiss oil refinery in Rotkreuz, as well as an extraction plant that made oil and heating material from coffee grounds. In 1959 the Buonas parish office was relocated to the former school building on Meierskappelerstrasse. With the construction of the Dorfmatt center in 1986 near the train station, Rotkreuz finally became the main town of the Risch community and this construction gave it a small-town character. The structure plan from 1970 set the boundaries of Rotkreuz. With the construction of the motorway junction of the A4 and A14 and the settlement of important international companies such as Roche Diagnostics , the town experienced rapid population and economic growth between 1960 and 2010, which increased the population almost tenfold. By 2012, large parts of the town center had been redesigned and rebuilt, including the new Arkadenhof buildings . In 2010, construction began on the Suurstoffi district in der Langweid, which has been the centralized headquarters of Novartis Switzerland as well as Novartis Pharma, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Alcon and Consumer Health since 2013 .
In 2000, the construction of Legoland Switzerland in Rotkreuz was rejected. At Pentecost 2002, heavy rains caused flooding in the whole community.
Attractions
The adventure tree opened in 2000 in the Sijentalwald in Rotkreuz is well worth seeing. The adventure tree is a frame made of wood, which is built around a 150-year-old and 30 m high oak. On each floor of the adventure tree there are information boards about the respective tree floor. On the top floor you have a very good view of the landscape and Lake Zug. It is a destination for families with children and schools. At the moment the adventure tree is no longer there. It was torn down because the wood was rotten. A renewal of the adventure tree is planned. The Roche Tower , which opened in 2011, is a new attraction .
economy
The first company in Rotkreuz was the Swiss animal feed manufacturer Utro, whose building was one of the first in Rotkreuz and which owes its growth to Rotkreuz. The production facility has not been in Rotkreuz since 2000. The Utro building was demolished in 2008. In the 1980s, 3M and Roche Diagnostics set up shop in Rotkreuz, and Novartis in 2013 .
Today Rotkreuz is an important business and business location in the Zug-West economic region. In addition to many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) , Rotkreuz is the headquarters of many companies, e.g. Roche Diagnostics AG, the Swiss sales company of Hoffmann-La Roche , AMC International and the German drugstore company Müller .
Other large companies are z. B. Novartis (location centralization ), Komax Holding , SFS Holding , Garaventa AG and the American company 3M .
traffic
Road traffic
The Rotkreuz motorway exit at the Rütihof junction , where the A14 joins the A4 , is between Rotkreuz and Holzhäusern. Exit 35 Rotkreuz is connected by Hauptstrasse 4 .
Hauptstrasse 4 runs through Rotkreuz . Coming from Cham and Holzhäusern , it crosses the A4 and becomes a bypass road in which it relieves the town center and crosses the railway line over a bridge. It continues to Honau and Lucerne . A second bypass along the Langweid is planned to relieve the town center again.
Rail transport
→ See more under Rotkreuz station
The municipality's only train station is in Rotkreuz. The station is located in the center of Rotkreuz and serves the routes to Zurich , Lucerne , Aarau and Milan . You can take buses from the train station to the Küntwil district, the neighboring towns of Hünenberg ZG , Küssnacht am Rigi , Risch and Meierskappel , but also to more distant places such as Lucerne, Hochdorf and Baar ZG . Rotkreuz is located at the intersection of the Zug tariff network (TVZG) (part of the Zurich Economic Area Roof Tariff (TVWZ) of the expanded Zurich transport network ) and the Passepartout tariff network (TVLU) .
Infrastructure
education
The more recent history of the school system in Rotkreuz begins on October 27, 1879, when Josef Anton Nier started school with 51 children in the Rotkreuzhof. In 1883, four years later, the first school building was opened in Rotkreuz. This building was used from 1959 to 1986 as the parish chancellery, later until 2005 as the rectorate of the Rischer schools and today as a toy library . In Rotkreuz school system Waldegg today includes ten buildings with primary school , secondary , real and music school , which students of the communities Risch and Meier Kappel visit. There is also a kindergarten, several single and triple gyms and the rectorate . There are two triple gyms in Rotkreuz, a gymnastics hall, a normal gymnasium and the sports park with grass fields and gymnastics rooms. A lunch menu has existed since 2007.
There are other kindergartens in Binzmühle and Langmatt. Since summer 2012, the Suurstoffi in the Langweid quarter has housed the SIS Swiss International School .
Social and health
In 1998 the new Risch-Rotkreuz fire station was opened in Birkenstrasse. The Zug police station has been in operation in Gössimatt since 2000 .
There are several general and dentists in Rotkreuz. The closest hospitals are the St. Andreas Clinic , the Zug Cantonal Hospital and the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital . There is a drugstore and a pharmacy in Rotkreuz .
Radio and television
Radio Sunshine , one of the most important radio stations in Central Switzerland, is broadcast from Rotkreuz. It can be received in Rotkreuz and the surrounding area on 88.0 MHz. In addition, until September 2013 there was also Radio Looping, a youth web radio. In Rotkreuz, as in the entire community, you can receive all channels from the Zug waterworks, regardless of whether they are via cable or satellite. The central Swiss broadcaster Tele 1 was founded in Rotkreuz in 1992, then still Tele Tell , but has been held in Lucerne since 1994.
Culture, art and leisure
Culture and art
The cultural facilities include the Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and the Reformed Church . In Dorfmatt hall in the village center Matt repeatedly national and international personalities occur, such. For example the American gospel group Golden Gate Quartet , the Swiss pop band Plüsch and the Swiss rapper Stress.
The carnival , which takes place every year in February, is considered to be the biggest festival of Rotkreuz. Every year on Shrove Monday there is a parade. After the move, it is customary to blaspheme and pillory about all sorts of things in village life. School classes and clubs usually take part in the move. The symbol of the carnival - as on the coat of arms - is the lynx. During the carnival season, the Rotkreuz city center is adorned with the four community colors yellow, red, light and dark green as well as with dolls sponsored by the community that are placed in front of restaurants, on porches and in gardens.
There is also the Chnöpflifasnacht for children .
In autumn there is the Chilbi Rotkreuz, at which stands and attractions are distributed throughout the city center.
On St. Martin's Day there is a Räbeliechtliumzug , during which all school classes with their hollowed out and candle-filled sugar beets run through the streets of Rotkreuz in the evening as darkness falls.
It is a custom that Geislechlöpfer and Trychler are out and about in advance - from November 1st - and during the Chlausenzeit - until the Chlausen parade . They drive away the evil spirits with their hostages. This custom is partly continued until Carnival.
The so-called Chlausenumzug takes place during Advent .
leisure
The Rotkreuz Sports Park is defined by a large playing field in a central position, around which a track for athletics disciplines is laid out in the form of an oval . The facility is supplemented by throwing and jumping facilities. There are also several soccer fields , sprinter facilities and gymnastics rooms. In Rotkreuz there are two double gyms, a gymnastics hall and a normal gym. There is a swimming pool in the immediate vicinity of the sports park . There are seaside resorts in Buonas and Zweijern. The golf park Rotkreuz-Holzhäusern of the Ennetsee golf club is located between the wooden houses and Rotkreuz . The golf park has 6-, 9- and 18-hole courses. It is the largest golf course in Switzerland . There is a mini golf course in the hamlet of Breitfeld . A Vitaparcours has been set up in the Sijentalwald . Most sports have a sports club, such as football (FCR), tennis , table tennis , badminton , floorball or basketball . In 2012 there were 17 sports clubs in the municipality. Another association is the Risch-Rotkreuz music association .
For the youth there is the “Red-X Action House” in Rotkreuz, as well as the Catholic children and youth clubs Jungwacht (boys) and Blauring (girls).
Personalities
- Anton Scherer (* 1925), Member of the National Council of the CVP from 1979 to 1983
- Joe Miller († 2000), Piano World Champion, “World Champion of Improvisation”, lived in Rotkreuz
- Danny Kurmann (born January 10, 1966), ice hockey referee
See also
literature
- Eugen Gruber: Historical facts from the medieval records and documents from the city and country of Zug . Zürcher, Zug 1951.
- Eugen Gruber: Basic questions of Zuger history . Dossenbach, Baar 1952.
- Eugen Gruber: History of the Canton of Zug . Francke, Bern 1968.
- Rudolf Barmettler, Richard Hediger, Karl Zenklusen: Risch community . Risch 1992.
- Directorate for Education and Culture of the Canton of Zug (Ed.): ZG - Ein Heimatbuch . Balmer, Zug 1999, ISBN 3-85548-052-4 .
- Sibylle Omlin, Christian Raschle, Sonja Stauffer, Josef Wüest: Zug - city and canton . Balmer, Zug 2002, ISBN 3-85548-048-6 .
Web links
- Renato Morosoli: Red Cross. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ zg.ch: data and facts
- ^ Municipality of Risch (ed.): Data and facts about the municipality of Risch as of December 31, 2012 . Risch 2012, accessed May 2013
- ↑ Summary of the history of the municipality of Risch on the official municipality website .
- ↑ Renato Morosoli: Red Cross. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ Data and facts. Retrieved April 4, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Richard Hediger: Risch - history of the community . Prestel, Rotkreuz 1986, published by the Risch-Rotkreuz municipal council.
- ↑ Novartis bundles business units in Rotkreuz , Neue Luzerner Zeitung, June 14, 2013
- ↑ http://www.seetal-plus.ch/Tourismus/RotkreuzRoot.html RotkreuzRoot
- ↑ According to the website of the company Utro (accessed on October 8, 2011)
- ↑ Risch Rotkreuz: Agile living and working at the hub. Information brochure. Published by the municipality of Risch. 2012
