Nottwil

Nottwil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Sursee
BFS no. :	1094
Postal code :	6207
Coordinates :	652 998  /  220681 coordinates: 47 ° 8 '6 "  N , 8 ° 8' 14"  O ; CH1903:  652998  /  220681
Height :	526  m above sea level M.
Height range :	502–771 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.33  km²
Residents:	3858 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	373 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	11.2% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.nottwil.ch
Location of the municipality

Nottwil ( Swiss German Nottu ) is a municipality in the Sursee constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The community is located on the west bank of the Sempachersee between Sempach and Sursee . In addition to the main settlement, which consists of the upper village and the lower village on Lake Sempach, it includes numerous widely scattered hamlets and groups of houses. The hamlets of Oberei ( 549  m above sea level ) and Ei ( 528  m above sea level ) have grown together with the village . To the west of the village is Büel (also spelled Bühl ; 587  m above sea level ). The districts of Meienbach ( 508  m above sea level ) and Eggerswil ( 517  m above sea level ) are located on Lake Sempach, southeast of Nottwil-Dorf .

Nottwil borders on Buttisholz , Neuenkirch , Oberkirch and Ruswil .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	1,212
1900	928
1910	1,072
1930	1'115
1950	1,185
1970	1,340
1980	1'538
1990	2,078
2000	2,682
2010	3,439

In the second half of the 19th century, the population fell massively due to emigration to the industrial centers (1850–1900: −23.4%). It grew significantly in the first decade of the 20th century (1900–1910: +15.5%) and then slowly but steadily until 1970. Since then the population has increased rapidly.

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 92.77% said German, 1.45% Italian and 1.30% Albanian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

In the past, all residents were 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 composition is as follows. There are 76.40% Roman Catholic, 11.52% Evangelical Reformed and 0.86% Orthodox Christians. In addition, one finds 5.56% non-religious and 2.05% Muslim. The Muslims are of Albanian, Turkish and Kurdish nationality.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, of the 3,476 inhabitants, 3,092 were Swiss and 384 (= 11.0%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 89.0% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (33.3%), Portugal (15.6%), Serbia including Kosovo (13.8%), Italy (3.6%), Turkey (1.8%) and Spain (1.3%). 20.1% came from the rest of Europe and 10.4 % came from outside Europe.

history

Aerial photo (1959)

The area was populated early on. Neolithic pile dwellings , remains of Roman buildings and a Roman bronze tripod found near Iflikon bear witness to this .

Notewile was first mentioned historically in the land register of the Einsiedeln monastery in 1217/22. First a noble family, the Lords of Nottwil, ruled the community on behalf of the Lords of Gösgen in what is now the Canton of Solothurn . Soon afterwards, the Lords of Tannenfels took over the office of the Meier on behalf of the Beromünster monastery . Until 1798 the community was part of the Eiamt, which was part of the Michelsamt . In 1348 Catarina von Wessenberg, the widow of Burkhard II von Sursee and Tannenfels, sold her rights to the Teutonic Knights . Because the order took sides with the Habsburgs , Tannenfels Castle was destroyed by the Lucerne people in 1386. As part of the Michelsamt, the municipality came under the rule of the city of Lucerne in 1415 . In 1799 she took part in the short-term uprising against the new French masters, the so-called Beetle War. From 1798 to 1803 it belonged to the Sempach district, since then to the Sursee office .

Nottwil has been twinned with the German city of Schwaigern ( Baden-Württemberg ) since 2009 .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Nottwil

photos

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  Local government

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  Swiss Paraplegic Center

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  Sport Arena SPZ

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  Parish Church of St. Mary

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  Kirchmatte sports hall

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  School complex and block of flats

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  school

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  Seebadi (Sempachersee)

politics

Municipal council

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

• Walter Steffen ( FDP ): Mayor
• Kaspar Käslin ( CVP ): Finances
• Marcel Morf (FDP): Construction
• Edith Schwander-Arnold (CVP): Education and Culture
• Renée Sigrist Disler (FDP): Social

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Nottwil was: SVP 33.2%, CVP 29.9%, FDP 16.2%, SP 6.9%, glp 6.6%, GPS 5.2%.

National Council elections

In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Nottwil was: SVP 30.4%, CVP 27.0%, FDP 18.0%, SP 9.3%, glp 6.5%, Greens 5.5%, BDP 1, 8th %.

Economy and Infrastructure

Healthcare

In Nottwil, the Swiss Paraplegic Center and the training center of the Swiss Red Cross are located in a separate settlement built in 1990 . In addition, on October 1, 2005, the " Guido A. Zäch Institute for Clinical Research" was opened. The Swiss Paraplegic Association is also located in Nottwil.

traffic

Nottwil is on the Olten – Lucerne railway line and has its own stop. In addition, bus routes 62: Sursee-Nottwil-Buttisholz-Ruswil Rottalcenter and bus route 65: Sursee-Oberkirch-Nottwil Oberdorf connect the community with the surrounding area. Nottwil is on the Lucerne- (Neuenkirch-) Sursee road. The next motorway connections are Sursee in the north and Sempach in the south. Both are on the A2 and are each 8 km away.

Sports

The successful women's handball club Spono Eagles comes from Nottwil . The club was three times Swiss champion and three times Swiss cup winner.

Town twinning

A partnership has existed with the German city of Schwaigern near Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg since 2009 .

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 : Nottwil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Nottwil community
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 120 kB)
• Waltraud Hörsch: Nottwil. 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. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
4. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Nottwil ( Memento of the original from 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. 
5. ↑ Foundation of the town twinning ( Memento of the original of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. nottwil.ch 
6. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Nottwil ( Memento of the original from 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 . 
8. ↑ paranet.ch: Swiss Paraplegic Center , accessed on January 18, 2010