Kallern

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Kallern
Kallern coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Muriw
BFS no. : 4233i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5625
Coordinates : 664 628  /  240594 coordinates: 47 ° 18 '47 "  N , 8 ° 17' 36"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-four thousand six hundred twenty-eight  /  240594
Height : 568  m above sea level M.
Height range : 445–677 m above sea level M.
Area : 2.68  km²
Residents: 387 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 144 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		10.6% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.kallern.ch
Location of the municipality
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Kallern ( Swiss German : ˈχɑlːərə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Muri district and lies on the edge of the central Bünztal .

geography

The municipality extends north-south on the eastern slope of the Niesenberg, an offshoot of the Lindenberg chain. The terrain initially rises evenly from the Bünztal , then turns into undulating terrain and then climbs again in the very south. The community is a scattered settlement and consists of the seven hamlets Unterhöll ( 481  m above sea level ), Oberhöll ( 525  m above sea level ), Kallern ( 513  m above sea level ), Hinterbühl ( 568  m above sea level). ), Unteriesenberg ( 597  m above sea level ), Hinterniesenberg ( 630  m above sea level ) and Oberniesenberg ( 647  m above sea level ) together. Recently, Hinterbühl, where almost half of the population lives, has established itself as the center of the community; here are the council and the school.

The area of ​​the municipality is 268 hectares , of which 38 hectares are forested and 30 hectares are built over. The highest point is 675  m above sea level. M. on the ridge of the Lindenberg, the deepest point at 455  m above sea level. M. north of Unterhöll. Neighboring communities are Waltenschwil in the north, Boswil in the east, Bettwil in the south, Sarmenstorf in the southwest and Uezwil in the west.

  • Unteriesenberg

  • Oberniesenberg

  • Our Lady Chapel in Oberniesenberg

history

Various finds suggest that Kallern was settled during the Neolithic Age (3000 to 1800 BC). Presumably, the hamlets in the area of ​​today's municipality were created in the 9th century through clearing. In the early and high Middle Ages, most of Kallern belonged to the catchment area of ​​the Kellerhof in Boswil . This royal possession of the Carolingians passed to the Canons' Monastery of the City of Zurich in 853 and to the Fraumünster Monastery in Zurich around 900 . The abbesses also exercised minor jurisdiction . The rulership was with the Habsburgs .

The first written mention of Kaltherren took place in 1306 in the Habsburg land register . The place name goes back to the Latin calcatura ( treading grapes ) and the Swabian wine press or Kalter (wine press). This suggests that viticulture was once practiced here. The current name Kallern developed from Kaltherren via Kalchern , Kalchren and Kalleren . Johans I von Hallwyl acquired the cellar yard in 1341.

In 1415 the Confederates conquered Aargau and the area around Kallern from then on belonged to the Free Offices , a common rule . The Hallwylers had to sell a large part of their property for financial reasons, between 1433 and 1483 the Muri monastery acquired the Boswiler Kellerhof in four steps. The monks built a guest house in Unteriesenberg in 1594, which was mainly used during the hunting season. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Today's municipality was in the canton of Baden . Unter-, Ober- and Hinterniesenberg belonged to the municipality of Bettwil , the other hamlets to the municipality of Uezwil . Both communities belonged to the Sarmenstorf district .

When the canton of Aargau was founded in 1803, the municipality of Kallern emerged from the scattered hamlets. However, due to the sparse forest cover, the new community was quite poor. In order to get money, the Kallerer sold the local citizenship quite often. More than 2000 people have received the citizenship of Kallern to date, including a great many Poles, Russians and stateless Jews. With the proceeds from the naturalization fees, a school building could be built in 1846 (replaced by a new building in 1975).

In 1912, Kallern was connected to the electricity network. During the Second World War , some British, American and Polish soldiers were interned in Oberniesenberg. In the mid-1970s, the religious community Lectorium Rosicrucianum planned to build a conference center in Kallern, but the building application was rejected in March 1977 at the municipal assembly. In 1986 the local community dissolved. From 1869 to 2002 there was a post office in Hinterbühl. Since the Middle Ages, the population has always been around 200. Since the 1980s, however, it has increased by two thirds, with growth being almost exclusively limited to Hinterbühl. Nevertheless, Kallern has been able to retain its originally rural character to this day.

Attractions

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In blue two crossed white keys, in the head of the shield accompanied by a white nail." The oldest representation comes from the municipal seal from 1811. The keys point to the cellar courtyard in Unteriesenberg, which belonged to the Muri monastery in the Middle Ages . The importance of the nail is not certain.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 329 225 234 229 220 217 206 275 264 318

On December 31, 2019, 387 people lived in Kallern, the proportion of foreigners was 10.6%. In the 2015 census, 57.3% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 17.0% as Reformed ; 25.7% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 95.5% said their main language was German and 1.9% English .

Politics and law

Farmhouse in Unteriesenberg
Jägerstübli restaurant

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 Muri is primarily responsible for legal disputes . Kallern belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis XIII (Muri).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 100 jobs in Kallern, 45% of them in agriculture, 7% in industry and 48% in the service sector. When the weather is nice, many weekenders are drawn to the Niesenberg, the local excursion restaurant is the municipality's largest employer. Many people in employment are commuters and work in Boswil or in other surrounding communities in the Bünztal.

traffic

The hamlets are away from through traffic and are connected to Boswil by a side street . Kallern is the only municipality in the canton without a connection to a public transport line. Instead, there is a call taxi to and from the Wohlen and Boswil stations ; A reduced rate applies to residents upon presentation of ID.

education

The community has a kindergarten and a primary school , which are housed in the community school building in Hinterbühl, which was built in 1975. The Realschule and the secondary school can be attended in Boswil , the district school in Muri . The closest grammar school is the Cantonal School in Wohlen .

Sports

Since 1997 the Concours Oberniesenberg has been held at the end of May , a show jumping competition with around 400 participants and 1000 spectators. The Waltenschwil-Kallern rope pulling club, founded in 1977, is multiple Swiss champions in tug of war .

literature

Web links

Commons : Kallern  - Collection of pictures, 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. 221-224 .
  4. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2019 .
  5. ^ 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. 189 .
  6. ↑ 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 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 10, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 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 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 8, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Call taxi / public transport. Municipality of Kallern, 2019, accessed on May 8, 2019 .