Ohmstal

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Ohmstal
Ohmstal coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne (LU)
Constituency : Willisauw
Residential municipality : Schötzi2
Postal code : 6143
former BFS no. : 1138
Coordinates : 638 566  /  223381 coordinates: 47 ° 9 '37 "  N , 7 ° 56' 50"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirty-eight thousand five hundred sixty-six  /  223381
Height : 627  m above sea level M.
Area : 4.48  km²
Residents: 307 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 69 inhabitants per km²
Ohmstal (Lörzigen) from the northeast

Ohmstal (Lörzigen) from the northeast

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Ohmstal , formerly Ohmstal-Niederwil , is a village in the municipality of Schötz in the Willisau constituency of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland . The scattered agricultural settlement with the districts Ohmstal and Niederwil consists of individual farms and a more closed group of village houses that was not built until the end of the 20th century. Until December 31, 2012 Ohmstal was a separate municipality ; On January 1, 2013, it merged with Schötz as the smallest municipality in the canton of Lucerne with 307 inhabitants. Sights in Ohmstal are the Marienkapelle of the former hermitage, a resurrection grotto and the former spa house.

geography

Ohmstal lies largely in the hilly area of ​​the lower Luthern valley, partly also in its valley floor, and to the west of the village of Schötz . The place consists of the two districts Ohmstal and Niederwil (535 m. Above sea ​​level) in the valley floor through which the Luthern flows. Niederwil lies between the Buttenberg (616 m above sea level) in the east, the Niederwilhöhe (714 m above sea level) in the west and the Kirchberg (598 m above sea level) in the north. Both districts consisted of individual farms until 1980 and did not form a closed village. A "village of Ohmstal" was only created through a new building area in the Ohmstal area of Lörzigen , which was intended to encourage young families to settle in Ohmstal, and in which 16 single-family houses were built by 2001. Only in the west are there larger patches of forest, so that only 26.6% of the former municipality area is covered by forest. The plain near Niederwil and the clearing in the hilly area offer farmers cultivation opportunities. Thus, 67.9% of the former municipal area is agricultural land. Another 4.9% is settlement area. As a municipality, Ohmstal bordered on Ebersecken , Gettnau , Grossdietwil , Schötz and Zell LU .

population

development
year Residents
1850 416
1860 366
1880 388
1900 283
1920 290
1941 326
1960 294
1980 257
1990 287
2000 317
2010 312
Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

The population decreased massively in the second half of the 19th century (1850–1900: −32.0%). The reason for this was the migration from the rural communities to the industrial centers. The only exception is the 1870s, when the population increased for a short time. With the exception of the years 1941 and 1980, it then commuted between 280 and 297 people until 1990. The year 1980 was the lowest point with 257 inhabitants. Due to the new building area in the Lörzigen area , in which newcomers also settled, the population rose again to 317 by the year 2000. Since then, the population has stagnated. Before the merger with Schötz, Ohmstal was the smallest municipality in the canton of Lucerne.

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language . At the last census in 2000, 313 out of 317 inhabitants stated German as their main language, one person French and three people other languages. At the end of 2010 the proportion of foreigners in Ohmstal was 5.1%. Citizens of Portugal , Germany and Spain were most strongly represented among the foreigners .

education

In 1845 a school house was built in Ohmstal , whereby the children from Ohmstal and Niederwil had been taught in a "school room" since the beginning of the 19th century. The schoolhouse also served as a poor house . In 2000, the schoolhouse, which had been rebuilt several times since then, was replaced by a new building, which was in poor condition. Since 1971, the students leave after the sixth year of primary school , the school of Ohmstal and visit secondary schools in Schötz and Willisau . In 2001 the first all-day school in the Canton of Lucerne was opened at the Ohmstal School . It was merged with that of the Schötz school in the 2008/09 school year. The day school in Ohmstal will continue and, in addition to the lessons, offers voluntary school-based care, which can also be attended by children from around three years of age who are not yet of school age.

Religions

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. In 2000, the religious composition was as follows: 249 residents were Roman Catholic, 46 Protestant, 20 non-denominational and two gave no information. Ohmstal belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Schötz-Ohmstal , which was created in 1867 from a split from parts of the parishes of Ettiswil and Altishofen , and to the Willisau district of the Protestant-Reformed parish of Willisau - Hüswil .

politics

Party strength in Ohmstal in the Grand Council elections / Cantonal council elections
Political party 2007 2011
CVP , JCVP 44.3% 44.3%
SVP , Active Seniors Lucerne 22.4% 27.9%
FDP , 60+ 18.4% 16.2%
Green , young green 6.5% 5.6%
SP , Juso , SP-Second @ s Plus Lucerne (SPSE) 6.6% 4.3%
Green liberals - 1.8%
Rest 1.8% -

Before the merger with Schötz, Ohmstal had a three-person council (executive). The last mayor was Christoph Freihofer. The municipal assembly , a direct democratic organ in most of the small political communities in Switzerland, served as the legislature . Schötz as a merged congregation also held on to the congregation meeting.

Economy and Transport

The structures of Ohmstal are characterized by agriculture . In 2004 there were 22 farms, in 2008 there were still 21. 61.8% of the employees in Ohmstal were active in the primary sector as of 2008 , 15.5% in the secondary sector and 22.7% in the tertiary sector . In 2000, 96 out of 167 employed people were commuters and there were 24 inbound commuters .

A hatchery for broiler chicks was opened in Niederwil in 1967. The cheese dairy in Ohmstal was closed in 1999 after 139 years. As in many other small villages in Switzerland, there is no longer a village shop or post office of the Swiss Post in Ohmstal . The post office in Ohmstal was closed at the beginning of the 2000s, but Ohmstal kept its own zip code . Today the post office in Ohmstal offers a home delivery service.

Ohmstal is one of the few places in the canton of Lucerne that is not directly connected to the public transport network. The nearest train stations are in Nebikon on the Olten-Lucerne railway , about 5 km from the center of Ohmstal (Lörzigen), and in the closer Gettnau on the Huttwil-Wolhusen railway or on the S6 of the Lucerne S-Bahn (approx 3 km from Ohmstal or 1.5 km from Niederwil). There are bus connections in Schötz. The Niederwil district is on the Schötz – Gettnau road, the rest of the former community on a road from Schötz towards Fischbach / Zell. The next motorway junction is Dagmersellen on the A 2 , 8 km away.

history

Sign «Welcome to Ohmstal»
Entrance to Niederwil on the road from Gettnau

Neolithic human presence in the area is proven by sparse finds, such as a stone ax blade on a hillside in Ohmstal. Omistal was first mentioned in the Acta Murensia of the Muri monastery (mid-12th century), between the 15th and 17th centuries the name also appears as Amanstal or Amenstal . The name is probably an education with the Old High German personal name Omi or Omo and the generic word Tal or Stall . For example, field name and dialect researcher Josef Zihlmann came up with the interpretation “(des) Omen Stall” or “Abode of Om”, while the lexicon of Swiss community names decided on the interpretation “in the valley of Omi, Omo ”.

Around 1330, the tithe and some goods from Ohmstal belonged to Einsiedeln Abbey . From the late Middle Ages, ownership of the farms in Ohmstal changed together with Zell and part of Schötz. About 1303–1798 Niederwil belonged to the rule of Kasteln , which belonged to the (New) Kyburgers or, after their extinction, to the Habsburgs . After the church bailiwick and the county of Willisau, in which Kasteln and thus the area of ​​Niederwil lay, came to the Counts of Aarberg-Valangin in the 1360s, the widow and children of Count Johann II. Von Aarberg-Valangin sold the complex to Lucerne in 1407. Until 1798 the area of ​​Ohmstal and Niederwil belonged to the Landvogtei Willisau, then in the Helvetic Republic until 1803 to the Willisau district and since then to the newly created Willisau Office .

It cannot be determined with certainty from when on Ohmstal and Niederwil were considered to be actual “municipalities” with their own political structures. Anyway, they were a decision of the Governing Council merged Lucerne on May 8, 1819 was as stated that "Ohmstall with Niederwyl" as a community its own mayor should receive. The name Ohmstal-Niederwil was also used as a name for the municipality until the 20th century .

In 2010 the municipal authorities initially examined a merger of Egolzwil, Ohmstal, Nebikon and Schötz under the name "ENOS". After a study by the canton had come to the conclusion that uniting the four municipalities would not bring any financial benefits, they stopped this project. Ohmstal then continued to strive for a merger with Schötz, which was also received positively by the community of Schötz. In the referendum on March 11, 2012, 90% of the population in Ohmstal and 80% in Schötz approved the merger, which was implemented on January 1, 2013.

coat of arms

The coat of arms with the two stars in the colors of the Willisau office symbolizes the amalgamation of Ohmstal and Niederwil in 1819 and is a new creation from the 20th century. The blazon reads: Divided by yellow and red with two six-pointed stars in alternating tinctures.

Attractions

Hermitage with Lady Chapel

Lady Chapel

Johannes Hegi, a hermit of the congregation of Luthern Bad , built a hermitage in the Niederwil district in 1841 at the request of the pastor of Ettiswil . The last hermit left this in 1883 and in 1904 the congregation sold it to the Ohmstal police community. It was rented out as an apartment. When the «enclosure» fell victim to a fire in 1976, it was the last hermitage in the canton to survive. In remembrance of this, a log cabin was built as a replacement building, which is still referred to as the “enclosure”.

The Maria Sacrifice Chapel, which belongs to the hermitage , was built between 1841 and 1842 on the initiative of the citizens of Ohmstal for the "Waldbruder". It was last renovated in 1985. Its furnishings include two terracotta saint figures of the hermit Antonius and the cattle patron Wendelin by Michael Achermann. Achermann was also a member of the Hermit Congregation, lived in the hermitage of St. Joder in Hergiswil near Willisau from 1844 and worked as a clay sculptor from 1847.

Resurrection Grotto

The Resurrection Grotto on the Luthern near Niederwil was inaugurated in 2000 and is part of a reflection path that leads from the Nebikon parish border to the Gettnau parish border along the Luthern.

Kurhaus

The Kurhaus Ohmstal on a postcard from 1907

A striking building in Ohmstal is the former Kurhaus . This began operations on May 1, 1907, in a building built in 1873 for an agricultural property. Although there are no healing springs in Ohmstal , the founder of the Kurhaus Sales Marfurt-Roth saw the project as promising and in his request cited "the beautiful, nearby forests, the dust-free air and a beautiful panoramic view" as the advantages of the location . The operation was initially successful and particularly attracted guests from southern Germany , but suffered from the consequences of the First World War . Even after the war, the Kurhaus or the “Pension Marfurt-Roth” could no longer build on the pre-war success. From the 1920s onwards, Marfurt limited itself to operating as a restaurant without a pension. Since then, the Kurhaus has changed hands several times and is now run as the Kurhaus Ohmstal restaurant .

gallery

Personalities

literature

  • Manuela Freihofer-Heger: Ohmstal. The story of a community without a village ... and how it came to be a village after all. Ohmstal municipality, Ohmstal [2001].
  • Josef Zihlmann: Ohmstaler court and field names . In: Heimatkunde Wiggertal . tape 32 , 1974, p. 9-27 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-718193 .

Web links

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

Remarks

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  2. Resident population since 1860 (PDF) In: LUSTAT Yearbook Canton Lucerne . LUSTAT statistics Lucerne. S. 35. 2012. Accessed June 11, 2020.
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  4. Manuela Freihofer-Heger: Ohmstal. The story of a community without a village ... and how it came to be a village after all. Municipality of Ohmstal, Ohmstal [2001], p. 27
  5. Manuela Freihofer-Heger names 330 inhabitants for the year 2000 in her village history, but the official statistics of the canton of Lucerne 317.
  6. Population and movement 2010, private households 2000 (PDF) In: LUSTAT Yearbook Canton Lucerne . LUSTAT statistics Lucerne. P. 52. 2012. Accessed June 13, 2020.
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  17. Until 2007, the Lucerne Cantonal Council was called the Grand Council.
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  19. The Green Liberal Party of the Canton of Lucerne was only founded in 2008.
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  44. The deviating information from 1903 in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland does not seem plausible, since Freihofer-Heger describes in detail the history up to the start of operations in 1907.
  45. Manuela Freihofer-Heger: Ohmstal. The story of a community without a village ... and how it came to be a village after all. Municipality of Ohmstal, Ohmstal [2001], pp. 111–112
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