Oberägeri

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Oberägeri
Coat of arms of Oberägeri
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ZugCanton of Zug Train (ZG)
District : No district divisionw
BFS no. : 1706i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6315
UN / LOCODE : CH OGI
Coordinates : 689 156  /  221 236 coordinates: 47 ° 8 '10 "  N , 8 ° 36' 50"  O ; CH1903:  689156  /  two hundred and twenty-one thousand two hundred thirty-six
Height : 737  m above sea level M.
Height range : 724–1423 m above sea level M.
Area : 30.04  km²
Residents: 6081 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 202 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		26.6% (December 31, 2,015)
Mayor : Pius Meier ( FDP )
Website: www.oberaegeri.ch
Oberägeri, Ägerisee

Oberägeri, Ägerisee
Location of the municipality
Ägerisee Vierwaldstättersee Wilersee Türlersee Sihlsee Zugersee Zürichsee Zürichsee Kanton Aargau Kanton Luzern Kanton Schwyz Kanton Zürich Baar ZG Cham ZG Hünenberg ZG Menzingen ZG Neuheim ZG Oberägeri Risch Steinhausen ZG Unterägeri Walchwil Zug (Stadt) Zug (Stadt)Map of Oberägeri
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Oberägeri is a municipality in the canton of Zug in central Switzerland .

geography

The high valley is located on the north bank of m 724 located Aegeri . The neighboring communities of Oberägeris are Rothenthurm SZ , Unterägeri , Sattel and Menzingen and the city ​​of Wädenswil . The towns of Alosen , Böschi and Morgarten , whose name is associated with the Battle of Morgarten (1315) , also belong to Oberägeri .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1947

traffic

Oberägeri is on Hauptstrasse 381 . Today you can reach Oberägeri with the bus line 1 (Zug – Oberägeri) of the Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe . Two further bus lines lead into the surrounding area: Line 10 leads to Alosen and the excursion destination Raten. Line 9 can be used to get to Sattel, which connects to the Pfäffikon SZ – Arth-Goldau SOB route .

From 1912 to 1954 a tram line ran from Zug to Oberägeri.

Attractions

  • The three - aisled neo - Gothic Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul was built from 1905 to 1908 according to plans by August Hardegger and replaces the late-Gothic country church whose bell tower was integrated.
  • The St. Michael ossuary, consecrated in 1496, contains the largest late Gothic fresco cycle that has survived in the canton of Zug.
  • The log house from the years 1610/1611 served first as a rectory, then as the residence of the chaplains.
  • The chapel of the St. Jost hermitage , built around 1701, is located on a hilltop on the pilgrimage route to Einsiedeln .

photos

  • Oberägeri, historical aerial photo from 1923, taken from a height of 500 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

  • Parish Church of Saints Peter and Paul

  • Beneficiary

  • Zurlaubenhaus

  • Jost Ribary memorial stone

  • Alosen

  • Morgarten

Personalities

  • Alois Betschart (1926–1978), folk musician
  • Jakob Billeter (1630–1712), pastor and chronicler of the 17th century
  • Johann Christian Iten, war captain of the 16th century, leader of the Catholics in the Battle of the Gubel in 1531
  • Henry van de Velde (1863–1957), Flemish-Belgian artist, originally a painter, then also an architect and designer of Art Nouveau and the early modern age
  • Kaspar Heinrich (approx. 1585– approx. 1620), councilor and diplomat, 1595–97 Landvogt in Baden AG , 1610–1612 Ammann of the Zug estate
  • Johann Jakob Heinrich (1661–1720), parish clerk and councilor
  • Josef Anton Heinrich (1702–1784), son of Johann Jakob Heinrich, politician and captain
  • Rudolf Henggeler (1890–1971), Benedictine monk in the Einsiedeln monastery and historian
  • Jakob Nussbaumer (1602–1668), pastor
  • Gerhard Pfister (* 1962), politician (CVP), lives in Oberägeri
  • Wilhelm Pfister (1879–1963), founder and director of the Institute Dr. Pfister, Oberägeri
  • Jost Ribary (1910–1971), composer, conductor, clarinet and saxophone player
  • Eduard Rogenmoser (1885–1948), photographer and postman in Alosen, Oberägeri
  • Jakob Vetsch (1879–1942), Swiss dialect researcher and writer, Dr. phil. I and Dr. iur., lived in Oberägeri from 1934 until his death in 1942 and still held the office of mayor.
  • René Wicky (* 1941), music producer, music publisher and accordion player
  • Peter Schorowsky (* 1964 in Hösbach; pseudonym: Pe), drummer in the band Böhse Onkelz
  • Marco Rima (* 1961 in Winterthur, Canton of Zurich), actor and cabaret artist, lives here
  • Luca Sbisa (* 1990 in Ozieri, Italy), Swiss ice hockey player

literature

  • Linus Birchler : The art monuments of the canton of Zug, Volume I: Introduction and Zug-Land. (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 5). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1934.
  • Josef Grünenfelder: Oberägeri parish church, ossuary, benefice house. (Swiss Art Guide, Volume 512). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1992, ISBN 3-85782-512-X .

Web links

Commons : Oberägeri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Latest annual results ( Memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Josef Grünenfelder: Oberägeri. Parish church, charnel house, benefice house. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 512). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1992, ISBN 978-3-85782-512-5 .
  4. ↑ Hermitage / Chapel of St. Jost (Oberägeri). Archived from the original on April 19, 2016 ; Retrieved March 29, 2009 .
  5. ^ A b c Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 1: Aa - Emmengruppe . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1902, p. 20, keyword Oberägeri   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  6. ^ Hans Stadler: Billeter, Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  7. ^ Renato Morosoli: Heinrich, Kaspar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  8. ^ Renato Morosoli: Heinrich, Johann Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  9. ^ Renato Morosoli: Heinrich, Josef Anton. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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The Ägerital in winter (photo above Oberägeri on December 11, 2005)