Reichenburg
| Reichenburg | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Schwyz (SZ)
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| District : | March |
| BFS no. : | 1345 |
| Postal code : | 8864 |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH RBG |
| Coordinates : | 716453 / 225446 |
| Height : | 434 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 408–1486 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 11.55 km² |
| Residents: | 3750 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 325 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
21.4% (December 31, 2,015) |
| Website: | www.reichenburg.ch |
 View from the east |
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Reichenburg is a municipality in the March district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland .
coat of arms
In addition to Schwyz, Reichenburg has the oldest coat of arms in the canton. It is depicted in Johannes Stumpf's chronicle as early as 1548 . It was derived from the Lords of Reichenburg.
It shows a stylized, red rose with golden clusters, green leaves without a stem, in a golden shield.
geography
Reichenburg lies on the foothills of the Alps and borders the cantons of St. Gallen and Glarus to the east and north . The neighboring communities are Benken SG , on the other side of the Linth Canal , Schübelbach in the west and Glarus Nord in the east. The municipality is located on the southern Linth plain at 411 m above sea level. M. the southern mountain slopes to Mittelberg, the Ussberg, the Tafleten, the Lachen- and Austock and the Lauihöhe, which at 1455 m above sea level. M. forms the highest point of the municipality. The forest areas cover 30% of the area and extend on the mountain slopes. Another 60% of the community area is used for agriculture. In Reichenburg there is traditionally cattle breeding, which is related to the municipality's own alpine farming. The Alps are jointly bumped, these are the areas of Schwanten, Lachen, Au, Stofel, Laui and Nöchen. Although the number of farmers has decreased to less than half in the last 100 years, the number of livestock has increased by 30%. The alpine area is owned by the Reichenburg Corporation, which is called Genossame (from: enjoying together, cultivating). You belong to all the old resident families of Reichenburg.
politics
The political landscape is strongly influenced by conservative forces, the SVP has 50%, the SP 22%, the CVP 16% and the FDP 10% of the votes.
executive
Mayor is Armin Kistler-Bellanger (as of 2013).
economy
Since the community offers few earning opportunities, 62% of the working population commute to the agglomeration , to Pfäffikon SZ , or Rapperswil-Jona . They mostly use their own car (54%), 10% use public transport.
Verwo-Acquacut AG: Verwo-Acquacut AG is an important employer. The company is active in the areas of sheet metal processing, cutting technology and disposal systems.
Hedi Produkte AG: Company that has been manufacturing mirror cabinets and medicine cabinets for over 40 years. Trade in architectural lighting systems under the name Profilicht . In addition, he has been operating a Shell petrol station for 60 years.
Glasmanufaktur Buttikon AG: Formerly located in Buttikon in the glass production. According to his own statements, he employs 44 people in a new building in the Gläntern area.
Tela-Hakle-Werke: until 2006
traffic
The left bank Seebahn and the A3 motorway pass the municipality of Reichenburg and connect the city of Zurich with Chur. The A53 motorway leads from Reichenburg to the Zurich Oberland. The main roads connect Reichenburg with Bilten, Benken and Buttikon.
The S-Bahn line S27 runs every half hour from Ziegelbrücke to Siebnen-Wangen during rush hour. The Reichenburg - Siebnen-Wangen - Uznach route is used by a postbus line operated by the transport company Xaver Kistler from Reichenburg.
Personalities
- Jan-André Freuler (* 1992), cyclist
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1850 | 967 |
| 1870 | 924 |
| 1880 | 953 |
| 1900 | 911 |
| 1920 | 1034 |
| 1941 | 1135 |
| 1950 | 1318 |
| 1970 | 1571 |
| 1990 | 2104 |
| 2000 | 2765 |
| 2010 | 3134 |
In Reichenburg the population has grown by a quarter since 1992 due to immigration and births. Kistler is the most common family name there.
Surname
The name Reichenburg is strikingly “High German” in the landscape, where Alemannic- Latin names predominate as place names. A look back at history and the etymology provides information about this peculiarity. The Eastern Gothic empire under Theodoric reached as far as the upper Lake Zurich , which is also reminiscent of the name March (= border) for the area between Lake Zurich and Lake Walen . On the rocky promontory in Reichenburg, the only fixed elevated point on the edge of the extensive marshland of the Linth Plain, there was a defense or signal tower with a line of sight to the defense system on the Biberlichopf near Ziegelbrücke . The Ostrogoths used the tower in Reichenburg as the easternmost security of the empire. The rock still bears the name "castle" today.
Theodoric the Great was known to the Alemanni as Dietrich. In the Alemannic dialect Dietrich is referred to as "Richi" for short. Therefore, the name Dietrichenburg in Alemannic became "Richisburg", later translated into German as "Richenburg", then Reichenburg (see also Reichenau GR ).
history
After the victory of the Merovingian king Clovis in 496 over the Alemanni, the defeated people were allowed to settle in Churrätien, an area that belonged to Theodoric's sphere of influence, on the condition that they behaved peacefully and quietly, hence the name "Richisburg" Incidentally, this was the reason why the Rhaeto-Romanic language, which was originally spoken to the west of the Walensee, was replaced by Alemannic, which is spoken today as far as the Reichenau (Richisaue) river island at the confluence of the front and rear Rhine . The settled Alemanni did not hold up Theodoric, enraged, incorporated the whole of Raetia and the eastern part of the Alemanni region up to the upper Lake of Zurich into his dominion. In this way the Lin plain became a borderland, the March.
When today's parish church was built on the castle hill in 1897, the completion of the tower was delayed until the old church at the rectory could be removed. The stones obtained were walled up in the upper half of the massive tower, so a considerable part of the stones is certainly back in the place where they were once put together as castle walls.
In the document of Pope Paschal II from 1116, he confirms the possessions of Pfäfers monastery in today's Hirschlen.
Around 1300 the castle of Reichenburg was the property of the knight Hartmann, who was also the Meier von Windegg, partly as a fiefdom of the monastery Einsiedeln . Later, the Lords of Aspermont take control of Reichenburg.
In 1316 a plundering horde of wild Schwyz invaded the Marchland and devastated the "Richisburg" and the castle in Niederurnen, which from then on served as a quarry. The first church in Reichenburg / Richisburg was built from stones from the castle ruins in 1498.
In 1368 Ulrich von Aspermont sold the village to Rudolf Tumpter von Rapperswil . Just two years later it was sold again, this time to the Einsiedeln monastery under Abbot Markwart VII von Grünenberg . The Reichenburgers bought the right to never be leased to landlords for 100 pounds. In 1472 the high court was awarded to the council in Schwyz. All other highs remain with the Abbot of Einsiedeln.
Bad Reichenburg: In 1627 a bath house near a healing water is mentioned. Zehnder describes this as a sulfur spring that rises below the so-called linden tree on the Reichenburger Ried. It still flowed in the 1820s and had a wooden border and a paved base. As late as 1867, the source was mentioned in a spa guide: Healing springs and health resorts in Switzerland. The Badhaus parcel is entered and described in the land register under number 37. The source rises south of the railway embankment on the Schandelen parcel right next to an old barn with medieval stone masonry at the coordinates 718050/225250. It is quite possible that this building is the aforementioned bath house. The source was unfortunately disturbed by the nearby railway construction, but it still flows a little diluted under an oak threshold cover. According to credible tradition, the pilgrims recovered and refreshed here on the way before they started the last section of the route over the Etzelpass to Einsiedeln. (Dean Zehnder / Land Registry March in Lachen / Anton Tuor / Sagen and others from Reichenburg)
Until 1498 Reichenburg belonged to the parish of Tuggen. According to tradition, on Sundays the believers drove from the Stutz via a Linth meander across the plain to the church service in the Tuggen parish church. In 1498 Reichenburg becomes an independent parish, which triggers the construction of the first church. The collature remains with Pfäfers Monastery until 1652 and then passes it on to Einsiedeln Monastery.
From 1798 to 1833, Helvetic, Congress of Vienna, Restoration, the political and affiliation relationships changed several times until Reichenburg finally separated from Einsiedeln Abbey and incorporated into the Canton of Schwyz in the March district. In memory of the peaceful time under the «crook» of the abbot of Einsiedeln, the people of Reichenburg still like to call themselves «princely children» today.
In 1885 the new church in the neo-Romanesque style was inaugurated on the castle hill. The monumental neo-Romanesque main portal with imposing outside staircase, the framed coffered ceiling, the frescoes and the valuable leaded glass windows by August Wanner are remarkable . A special rarity is the medieval fasting or hunger cloth that is hung in front of the right side altar during Lent, and Reichenburg also has a remarkable church treasure, which can be explained with the special position of the place as the princes of Einsiedeln Monastery. Visits possible on request at the rectory.
Biotope at the Hirschlensee : With the opening of the Autobahn 3 Chur – Zurich in 1972, Reichenburg received its own freeway connection. The groundwater lake in the Hirschlen (popularly known as the "Baggersee") was created through the exploitation of gravel for the construction of the motorway, is now officially called "Hirschlensee" and today serves as a nearby nature reserve and swimming lake.
Restaurant Rössli
Roundabout on the road to Benken
Hirzli Park shopping center
Peace Chapel
Attractions
Window in the parish church by August Wanner
Remarkable church treasure
literature
- Linus Birchler : The art monuments of the canton Schwyz, Volume I: The districts of Einsiedeln, Höfe and March. (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 1). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1927.
- Dean Zehnder: Village and church history. 1887
- Einsiedeln monastery: monastery archive
- Albert Jörger: The art monuments of the canton Schwyz, Volume 2: The district of March. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1989 (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 82). ISBN 3-909158-22-6 . Pp. 305-333.
- Art guide through Switzerland. 1. Jenny, Wabern 1971
- Anton Tuor: The founding legend of Reichenburg. KB, Schwyz
- Anton Tuor: The ballad of the founding of Reichenburg. KB, Schwyz
- Anton Tuor: Legends and other things from Reichenburg. KB, Schwyz
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Reichenburg
- Kaspar Michel senior: Reichenburg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 4, 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.
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