Neuenhof AG

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AG is the abbreviation for the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Neuenhoff .
Neuenhof
Neuenhof coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : to bathew
BFS no. : 4034i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5432
Coordinates : 667 120  /  255303 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '42 "  N , 8 ° 19' 43"  O ; CH1903:  667.12 thousand  /  255303
Height : 412  m above sea level M.
Height range : 357–702 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.38  km²
Residents: 8915 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 1657 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		48.5% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.neuenhof.ch
View from Wettingen over the Limmat to Neuenhof

View from Wettingen over the Limmat to Neuenhof
Location of the municipality
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Neuenhof ( Swiss German : ˌnœi̯əˈhoːf ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Baden district and is located in the central Limmat Valley , around three kilometers southeast of the district capital of Baden .

geography

Aerial photo (1957)

The village is situated on a long-drawn level between the left bank of the Limmat River and the steep eastern slope of Clear Mountain , a range of hills between the Limmat and the Reuss Valley . The mostly forested Heitersberg chain rises steeply and consists of several hills lined up in the municipality. From northwest to southeast these are the Oberhau ( 617  m above sea level ), the Hinterhau ( 628  m above sea level ), the Rüslerhau ( 649  m above sea level ) and the Sennenberg ( 701  m above sea level ). The area around the Rüslerhau is a clearing island with the small hamlet of Rüsler ( 634  m above sea level ) and the pass crossing of the same name. In a bend in the river in the north-western corner of the municipality, opposite the Wettingen monastery , lies the modern Webermühle district , which is separated from the rest of the village by the motorway , a main road and the meandering river.

The area of ​​the municipality is 538 hectares , of which 267 hectares are forested and 151 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 701 meters on the Sennenberg, the lowest at 360 meters on the Limmat. Neighboring communities are Wettingen in the north, Würenlos in the northeast, Killwangen in the southeast, Oberrohrdorf in the southwest, Fislisbach in the west and Baden in the northwest.

history

In 1975 archaeologists excavated the remains of a Roman estate in the upper village . Various finds of coins, brick stamps and ceramics indicate that the building was inhabited from the later 1st to the middle 3rd century. The further history up to the Middle Ages has been little researched. In the 13th century, the "new courtyard", a self-sufficiency business of the Wettingen monastery on the other side of the Limmat, was built . The monks initially managed the farm themselves, but later leased it to serfs who built a small settlement. The mention of this farm in the feudal letter of October 13, 1393, which was issued by the Austrian bailiff Engelhart, Herr zu Winsperg in Baden , is also the oldest surviving documentary mention of Neuenhof (at that time still as Nuiwen Hof ).

In the Middle Ages the rulership was with the Habsburgs . In 1415 the Swiss conquered Aargau and Neuenhof was now part of the Wettingen office in the county of Baden , a common rule . The village remained largely dependent on the monastery. This close relationship prevented the emergence of other professions. In the 16th century Neuenhof was a purely farming village with only a dozen houses. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Neuenhof was initially a municipality in the short-lived canton of Baden , since 1803 it has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

On August 9, 1847, the Swiss Northern Railway opened Switzerland's first railway line between Zurich and Baden . Although the route ran through the municipality, it was only given its own train station in May 1990. Neuenhof gradually changed from a farming to an industrial village. Numerous factories were built that used the water power of the Limmat, including the Damsau weaving mill and the weaver mill . A rapid upswing set in from 1950, when Neuenhof was drawn more and more into the pull of the fast-growing Zurich agglomeration. In just twenty years, the population almost quadrupled. The autobahn, which opened in 1971, was both a blessing and a curse. Although it enabled excellent transport connections, the road cut the village in two and the steadily increasing traffic led to massive noise pollution. This bad planning could be corrected with an overfunding opened in May 2003.

The community of Neuenhof and the neighboring city of Baden aimed for a merger on January 1, 2012. On March 30, 2010, both the community assembly of Neuenhof and the residents' council of Baden approved the merger project. However, the project failed in the referendum on June 13, 2010 due to the negative attitude of the voters of Baden. A merger would have made Baden the largest municipality in the canton. Neuenhof cited the lack of development prospects and financial difficulties in going it alone as reasons for the merger.

coat of arms

Catholic Church of Neuenhof
The Limmat at the Webermühle development

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Divided by yellow and red, covered by two five-pointed stars in alternating tinctures." On the map of the canton of Zurich from 1667 a blue-red split coat of arms with two yellow stars was depicted. The blue color was replaced by yellow in 1953.

Attractions

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1780 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 179 394 872 1275 1986 4433 7164 7203 7707 7613 8178

On December 31, 2019, 8,915 people lived in Neuenhof; the proportion of foreigners, at 48.5%, is more than twice the cantonal average. In the 2015 census, 36.7% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 11.6% as Reformed ; 51.7% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 73.8% stated German as their main language, 8.7% Italian , 5.5% Serbo-Croatian , 2.0% Turkish , 1.9% Albanian , 1.3% Spanish , 0.9% French and 0.7% English .

Politics and law

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 Baden District Court is responsible for litigation in the first instance . Neuenhof belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis IV (Wettingen).

Neuenhof introduced the residents' council in 1966 , but abolished it in 1997 and returned to the "proper community organization" with community assembly.

Holzgerlingen in the Böblingen district has been Neuenhof's twin town since 1984 .

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 2,450 jobs in Neuenhof, of which 1% in agriculture, 25% in industry and 74% in the service sector. Most of the employed people living in Neuenhof are commuters. These work in the Baden agglomeration , in Spreitenbach and other Limmattal communities or in the city of Zurich .

traffic

The busy Hauptstrasse 3 runs right through the village between Baden and Zurich . It crosses on the northern edge of the village with the A1 motorway , there is also a junction. The train station, which opened in 1990, is served every half hour by a Zurich S-Bahn line. Neuenhof is also served by three RVBW bus routes; A bus runs every five to ten minutes during rush hour. On weekends there is a night S-Bahn ( Winterthur - Zurich HB - Baden - Brugg - Lenzburg - Aarau ) and a night bus from Baden to Dietikon .

education

In Neuenhof it is possible to complete primary school , secondary school and secondary school . The district school can be attended in Wettingen or Baden . The closest grammar schools are the Baden Cantonal School and the Wettingen Cantonal School .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Neuenhof AG  - Collection of images, 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. 261-262 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1070, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on June 19, 2019 .
  6. ^ Martin Hartmann, Hans Weber: The Romans in Aargau . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2539-8 , p. 187 .
  7. ↑ Voting result as a combination of distrust of Neuenhof, tax situation and politics. (PDF; 179 kB) City of Baden, GfS Bern, August 2010, archived from the original on May 2, 2016 ; accessed on June 19, 2019 .
  8. ^ 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. 226 .
  9. ↑ Neuenhof parish: localities ( Memento of February 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Isabella Meili-Rigert: Catholic parish church of St. Joseph in Neuenhof. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 740, Series 74). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2003, ISBN 978-3-85782-740-2 .
  11. ↑ 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 June 19, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 1, 2019 .
  13. ↑ 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 June 19, 2019 .
  14. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 19, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Urs Hofmann : The residents' council: loss of democracy or gain in democracy? (PDF, 62 kB) Department of Economics and Home Affairs, March 14, 2016, accessed on June 27, 2019 .
  16. ^ Rahel Bühler: Neuenhof and Holzgerlingen: They are friends. Limmatwelle, May 15, 2019, accessed on June 19, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 1, 2019 .