Langnau near Reiden

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Lucerne (LU)

Constituency :

Willisau

Residential municipality :

Reiden

Postal code :

6262

former BFS no. :

1134

Coordinates :

639 610 / 231171 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '49 " N , 7 ° 57' 42" O ; CH1903: 639610 / 231171

Height :

464 m above sea level M.

Area :

8.62 km²

Residents:

1199 (December 31, 2004)

Population density :

139 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.reiden.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2006

Langnau was from 1846 to December 31, 2005 a political municipality in the Willisau district of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

On January 1, 2006, Langnau merged with Reiden and Richenthal to form the new Reiden community.

geography

The village is located on the Richenthalerbach west of the Wigger . Immediately to the west of the village, the partially wooded Buchberg rises to a height of 571 m. ü. M. on. Various hamlets belonged to the former municipality of Langnau: Lupfen (1.1 km southwest; 491 m above sea level) is located at the southern foot of the Buchberg, Gishalden west of the village, Altental 1.5 km west, Am Berg 1.1 km northwest at Foot of the heavily wooded Brettschellenberg (636 m. Above sea level).

The only earlier part of the municipality is An der Wigerten on the right bank of the Wigger (700 m east of the village). On both sides of the river is the most distant and after the village largest district Mehlsecken (1.7 km north of the village, only 1 km away from Reiden ). Almost half of the former municipality area (47.6%) is used for agriculture. But an unusually high proportion of the local area (41.4%) is covered by forest and wood. Almost the entire west of the former municipality belongs to the Langnauerwald . The remainder of 10.1% is settlement area.

Langnau bei Reiden bordered on Dagmersellen , Pfaffnau , Reiden , Richenthal and Wikon in the canton of Lucerne, as well as on Brittnau in the canton of Aargau.

population

Population development

The population grew massively between 1798 and 1837 (1798–1837: +54.0%). The population of 1837 is the highest value ever recorded. By 1900 there was a huge emigration towards industrial centers (1837–1900: −33.6%). The population growth almost made up for these losses by 1930 (1900–1930: +33.8%). Thereafter, the number of residents remained stable until 1960, before a second emigration phase followed until 1980 (1960–1980: −11.0%). There was significant growth up to the turn of the millennium (1980–2000: +21.1%). Since then the population has stagnated.

Population development
year	Residents
1798	808
1837	1,244
1850	1,168
1900	826
1930	1,105
1960	1,119
1970	1,084
1980	996
1990	1,127
2000	1,206
2004	1,199

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 93.62% said German, 2.57% Albanian and 0.83% Macedonian were the main language.

Religions - denominations

The entire population used to be members of 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) the religious situation is as follows. There are 69.90% Roman Catholic, 18.08% Evangelical Reformed and 0.66% Orthodox Christians. In addition, there are 4.64% non-denominational and 3.90% Muslim. The Orthodox are Slavs, the Muslims are Albanians from the former Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia).

Origin - nationality

Of the 1,199 inhabitants at the end of 2004, 1,103 were Swiss and 96 (= 8.0%) were foreigners. At the last census, 88.31% (90.38% including dual citizens) were Swiss citizens. The largest groups of immigrants come from Serbia-Montenegro (mostly Albanians), Macedonia (Albanians and Macedonians), Italy, Portugal and Austria.

traffic

Langnau is not on any railway line. The Zofingen – Reiden – Richenthal bus line operated by Limmat Bus provides the connection to the public transport network . The village is on the road Reiden-Fischbach LU and Dagmersellen-Brittnau AG. The next motorway connection to the A2 in Reiden is only 3 km away - Mehlsecken to the north and Dagmersellen to the south.

history

First mentioned the place Langunouva in a document of the Fraumünster Abbey Zurich whose ownership rights have been confirmed in it. Langnau bei Reiden only became an independent municipality in 1846 when it was separated from Richenthal. Before that, it shared its fate. On January 1, 2006, the community ceased to exist through the merger with Reiden and Richenthal.

Attractions

village street
Former cheese dairy
fire Department
school
Catholic Marienkirche

Web links

Max Huber: Langnau near Reiden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .