Rickenbach LU

LU is the abbreviation for the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Rickenbach .

Rickenbach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Sursee
BFS no. :	1097
Postal code :	5735 Pfeffikon 6221 Rickenbach
Coordinates :	654 156  /  230112 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '11 "  N , 8 ° 9' 13"  O ; CH1903:  654 156  /  230112
Height :	695  m above sea level M.
Height range :	525–866 m above sea level M.
Area :	11.85  km²
Residents:	3366 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	284 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	18.1% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.rickenbach.ch
Location of the municipality

Rickenbach is a municipality in the Sursee constituency in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The community is located around 20 km northwest of the canton capital Lucerne and 6.2 km northeast of Sursee on the border with the canton of Aargau . In the west of the village rises the Buttenberg ( 796  m above sea level ), in the north the Stierenberg ( 872  m above sea level ) and in the southeast of the Bogeten ( 766  m above sea level ). The settlement with several districts is located in a high valley basin. West of the Buttenberg, 1.3 km from the village, is the hamlet of Nieder Wetzwil ( 720  m above sea level ), where the Sagenbach rises. To the west of the hamlet rises the Honegg ( 802  m above sea level ). This is heavily forested with the Seckwald . The Sagenbach flows in a northerly direction past the hamlets of Sagen (1.7 km north of the village; 658  m above sea level ), Mullwil (2.4 km north-west of the village; 650  m above sea level ) and Bohler (3, 1 km northwest of the village; 638  m above sea level ). There the Rötelbach flows from the left , which partly forms the northern border of the municipality. The large Grütwald lies to the west of Bohler . The hamlet of Rüchlig is located just northeast of the village . On the southern and western slopes of the Stierenberg you will find the group of houses Vorder-Sterenberg (1.6 km north-northeast of the village; 775  m above sea level ) and the hamlet of Hinter Sterenberg (1.8 km north of the village; 804  m above sea level). ). The easternmost settlement in the municipality is the Niederwil district on the border with the canton of Aargau. It is located 1.3 km northeast of the village at 671  m above sea level. M. The eponymous Rickenbach flows through Niederwil .

62.7% of the municipal area with 936 hectares is used for agriculture. More than a quarter (26.3%) is forested and 11.0% is settlement area.

Rickenbach borders the Lucerne municipalities of Beromünster , Geuensee and Schlierbach , as well as Burg , Gontenschwil , Menziken , Reinach and Schmiedrued in the canton of Aargau .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1798	829
1850	1,060
1900	853
1920	859
1941	1,100
1960	1,146
1980	1'425
1990	1,593
2000	2,017
2004	2,017

From 1798 to 1850 the number of residents grew (1798–1850: + 27.9%). Subsequently, a large emigration movement towards industrial centers began by 1900 (1850–1900: −19.5%). The next two decades brought stagnation in the population. This was followed by a period of strong population growth from 1920 to 1941, which was followed by a standstill in the 1940s and 1950s. Since 1960 the number of inhabitants has risen massively (1960–2004: +76.0%), particularly strongly in the 1990s. It has not grown since then. The location in a valley basin, which, due to its location and altitude, receives a lot of sunshine and little fog, as well as the proximity to the regional center of Sursee and the motorway, have certainly contributed to the growth from 1960 to 2000.

languages

The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as their everyday language. At the last census in 2000, 92.32% said German, 3.52% Albanian and 1.39% Portuguese were the main languages.

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 of the population is as follows. There are 75.81% Roman Catholic, 9.82% Evangelical Reformed and 0.89% Orthodox Christians. There are also 6.69% Muslims and 2.73% non-denominational.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, of the 3,110 inhabitants, 2,554 were Swiss and 556 (= 17.9%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 82.1% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Serbia including Kosovo (26.1%), Germany (22.3%), Portugal (16.0%), Italy (7.9%), Turkey (2.9%) and Spain (1.4%). 15.5% came from the rest of Europe and 7.9 % came from outside Europe.

history

Rickenbach Church

Aerial photo (1964)

Coins and building remains from Roman times and an Alemannic burial ground indicate early settlement. Richenbach is mentioned for the first time in a dispute settlement document between the Canons of Beromünster and a citizen from Zofingen from 1210 . In the 13th and 14th centuries the community belonged to the nobles von Reinach , who left the administration to others. On September 15, 1464, Hans Erhart von Reinach sold the place to the city of Lucerne , which the municipality assigned to the Michelsamt for administration. From 1798 to 1803 it belonged to the Münster district, then to the newly created Sursee Office .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rickenbach LU

politics

Municipal council

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

• Roland Häfeli ( FDP ): Mayor
• Nicole Müller-Amrein (CVP): Mayor
• Marianne Theiler-Galliker ( CVP ): School administrator
• Ruth Künzli-Galliker (FDP): Social Director
• Thomas Zettel (independent): Environment and safety officer

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Rickenbach was: CVP 33.0%, FDP 28.7%, SVP 28.3%, SP 4.7%, glp 2.0%, GPS 1.8%.

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections 2015, the share of the vote in Rickenbach was: SVP 37.1%, CVP 28.0%, FDP 22.8%, SP 5.0%, glp 2.7%, Greens 2.4%, BDP 1, 1 %.

traffic

The community is connected to the public transport network. And through the two bus routes Lucerne-Beromünster-Rickenbach and Beromünster-Rickenbach-Sursee. Sursee is on the Lucerne-Olten railway line and all trains from the S-Bahn to the express train stop there.

Rickenbach is not on any major road connection. But thanks to the nearby Beromünster crossroads, the community is still easily accessible by road. The closest motorway connection is Sursee on the A2, 10 km away.

Personalities

• Armin Meier (* 1969), racing cyclist
• Cherubine Willimann (1842–1914), Superior General of the Dominican Sisters in Koblenz
• Priska Wismer-Felder (* 1970) National Councilor

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 : Rickenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Rickenbach
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 120 kB)
• Waltraud Hörsch: Rickenbach (LU). 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. ↑ ^{a b} LUSTAT: Community profile Rickenbach ( 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. ↑ 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 June 3, 2016 .