Knutwil

Knutwil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Sursee
BFS no. :	1089
Postal code :	6212 (St. Erhard) 6213 (Knutwil)
Coordinates :	648 009  /  227866 coordinates: 47 ° 12 '0 "  N , 8 ° 4' 20"  O ; CH1903:  648 009  /  227866
Height :	554  m above sea level M.
Height range :	483–632 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.74  km²
Residents:	2229 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	229 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	9.8% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.knutwil.ch
, Knutwil of Büron seen from
Location of the municipality

Knutwil is a municipality in the Sursee constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The community is located at the junction of the Hürn and Surental valleys 5 km northwest of Sursee . In the north-west of the village lies the hamlet of Eriswil ( 574  m above sea level ), north of the main settlement Bad Knutwil ( 488  m above sea level ), a former, internationally known spa from the 15th century and now a well-known mineral water spring. About 2 km south of Knutwil-Dorf is the district of St. Erhard ( 525  m above sea level ).

Knutwil with the two districts (in regional dialect) Chnutu (Knutwil) and Teret (St. Erhard) borders on Dagmersellen , Büron , Geuensee , Mauensee , Sursee and Triengen .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1574	304
1798	1,033
1816	1,357
1837	1,302
1850	1,316
1920	905
1930	906
1950	986
1960	985
2004	1,618
2007	1,662
2010	1,974

The population grew from 1574-1816 more than fourfold. This was followed by a slight population decline until 1837 and a brief period of stagnation from 1837-1850. The rural exodus also affected Knutwil and led to a large emigration from 1850–1920 (1850–1920: −31.2%). The number of residents was lower in 1920 than in 1798. There was a slight increase from 1930–1950 (1930–1950: + 8.8%). The population has grown rapidly since 1960 (1960–2004: +64.3%). The proximity to the regional center of Sursee and the A2 motorway were the two most important elements for this population surge.

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. In the last census in 2000, 97.16% said German, 0.88% Serbo-Croatian and 0.38% French as their main language.

Religions - denominations

The entire population used to be members of the Roman Catholic Church. Today the religious situation is as follows. There are 81.55% Roman Catholic, 8.78% Evangelical Reformed and 0.88% Orthodox Christians. In addition, there are 3.10% non-denominational, 1.58% Muslim and 0.57% followers of other non-Christian religions. The Muslims are of Albanian, Turkish, Kurdish and Bosniak origin. The followers of other non-Christian religions are Hindus of Tamil origin (as of 2000).

The Catholic parish of Knutwil belongs to the dean's office Sursee of the Roman Catholic regional church of the canton of Lucerne, which in turn belongs to the diocese region of St. Viktor of the diocese of Basel . The parish church of St. Bartholomew is in Knutwil, and a chapel in St. Erhard.

The Reformed Knutwils belong to the Sursee parish, which belongs to the Reformed Church of the Canton of Lucerne . The church in Sursee is about five kilometers southeast of Knutwil.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, 1,923 of the 2,126 inhabitants were Swiss and 203 (= 9.5%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 90.5% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (35.5%), Serbia including Kosovo (20.2%), Italy (9.9%), Portugal (8.9%) and Spain (1.0%). 17.7% came from the rest of Europe and 6.9% were of non-European origin.

history

Aerial photo (1953)

Stilt houses from the Neolithic Age, burial mounds from the Hallstatt period and Roman coins found in the ground indicate that the community was settled by people very early on. Gnuthwilare was first mentioned in an exchange document in 1050. The previous owner of the settlement, Count Eberhard VI. von Nellenburg , gives Knutwil to the Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen and receives two Württemberg villages from Count Vollmar von Frohburg . The lower rights were exercised by the Frohburgers until 1280. Count Hartmann von Frohburg sells them to Markwart von Ifenthal, who donates them to the Zofingen Canons in the same year . The Habsburgs exercise high jurisdiction . In 1407 the city of Lucerne took over the rule. In 1579, as a result of an exchange of land between the Canton of Bern and St. Urban Monastery, the lower jurisdiction also passed to Lucerne. This is created by the District Bailiwick of Knutwil, which also comprised today's municipality of Mauensee. It existed until 1798. For the next five years Knutwil belonged to the Sursee district, then from 1803 to the newly created Sursee Office .

politics

Municipal council

The Knutwil municipal council consists of five members and is set up as follows:

• Priska Galliker: Mayor
• Peter Boog: Mayor
• Martha Roos-Hodel: Social Director
• Ursula Sommerhalder: school administrator
• Roland Zürcher: Site Manager

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Knutwil was: CVP 41.8%, FDP 21.8%, SVP 21.3%, SP 6.4%, GPS 4.6%, glp 3.4%.

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2015, the share of the vote in Knutwil was: SVP 28.8%, CVP 28.2%, FDP 21.2%, SP 9.1%, Greens 5.8%, glp 4.5%, BDP 1, 5%.

traffic

Mauensee, view towards St. Erhard

There is a stop called St. Erhard-Knutwil on the Lucerne – Olten railway line . But this is between Mauensee and the district of St. Erhard - far from Knutwil. The Büron-Bad Knutwil station is on the Sursee-Triengen-Bahn . Regular passenger traffic ended here around 1971. Most of the community is accessible during the day by the Sursee-Buchs-Uffikon bus line. In the evening and at night there is an on- call bus called Publicar .

St. Erhard is on the Sursee-Dagmersellen road; Knutwil on side streets to Büron, Triengen and (St. Erhard-) Sursee. The next motorway connection to the A2 in Sursee is 9 km away.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Knutwil

literature

• Adolf Reinle : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Lucerne, Volume IV: The Sursee Office. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 35). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1956, ISBN 978-3-906131-23-8 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Knutwil
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF; 114 kB)
• Walter Frey: Knutwil (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Walter Frey: Knutwil (rule, bailiwick). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Permanent resident population according to nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento of the original from January 1, 2015 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. (Permanent resident population) 
3. ↑ Parish Knutwil-St. Erhard
4. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
5. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Knutwil ( Memento of the original dated May 8, 2016 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. 
6. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Knutwil ( Memento of the original dated May 8, 2016 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. ↑ National Council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality. In: Results of the National Council elections 2015. Federal Statistical Office, 2016, accessed on May 31, 2016 .