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 Lucerne (LU)
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| Constituency : | Hochdorf | |
| Residential municipality : | Hohenrain | |
| Postal code : | 6277 | |
| Coordinates : | 664 825 / 227482 | |
| Height : | 500 m above sea level M. | |
| Website: | www.kleinwangen.ch | |
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Kleinwangen is a place in the municipality of Hohenrain in the constituency of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .
geography
The village lies on a south-west facing slope of the Lindenberg . The Spittlisbach flows through the village to the Baldeggersee . To the west is the hamlet of Ferren. In the middle of the village is the district of Dorf , in the east is the district of Oberdorf . Two other streams flow north of Kleinwangen and Ferren in a south-westerly direction towards the Baldeggersee: the Höhebach and the Scheidbach. Part of the course of the latter forms the municipality boundary with Gelfingen . To the north-east of Kleinwangen-Oberdorf lie the Buchwald and Wanger Tannwald , in which both the Spittlis and the Höhebach arise.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 2010 | 800 |
| 2013 | 900 |
languages
The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as colloquial language. At the last census in 2000, 95.98% said German, 1.12% Albanian and 0.49% Portuguese were their main languages.
Religions - denominations
In earlier times all residents belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. This has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad. Today (as of 2000) there are 83.21% Roman Catholic and 7.63% Evangelical Reformed Christians. In addition, there are 3.75% non-religious, 1.29% Muslim and 0.67% members of other non-Christian religions (mostly Hindus of Tamil origin). The Muslims are of Albanian, Kurdish and Turkish descent.
Origin - nationality
At the end of 2006, 5.7% were foreigners. At the last census, 92.05% (including dual citizens 94.42%) were Swiss citizens. The largest groups of immigrants come from Serbia-Montenegro (mostly Albanians), Italy, Germany, Sri Lanka, Portugal and Turkey.
traffic
The community is connected to the public transport network by the Hochdorf-Kleinwangen-Hochdorf bus line. The nearest train station is in Baldegg (on the Lucerne-Lenzburg line).
history
In the tax codes of the Fraumünster in Zurich there is an entry from the year 893, in which the place "Farihcin" is mentioned. It must clearly be today's Ferren. Various finds from Roman times (foundation walls of a villa in Muracker and various remains of bricks and coin finds in several places) and Alemannic times (graves on the Weidlihöhe) show that this area was inhabited and built on much earlier.
Wangen (Kleinwangen) appears for the first time through the knights at the castle of Wangen (from 1236 to 1306). A castle chapel with parish rights belonged to this castle, which must have been located on the Rütihubel , but these were lost again.
Attractions
Web links
- Website by Kleinwangen
- Waltraud Hörsch: Kleinwangen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .