Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg

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Rudolfstetten
Rudolfstetten coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Bremgarten
BFS no. : 4075i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8964
Coordinates : 671 135  /  246 786 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '5 "  N , 8 ° 22' 49"  O ; CH1903:  671 135  /  two hundred and forty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-six
Height : 479  m above sea level M.
Height range : 439–664 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.90  km²
Residents: 4520 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 922 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		27.6% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.rudolfstetten.ch
Landscape around Rudolfstetten

Landscape around Rudolfstetten
Location of the municipality
Flachsee Hallwilersee Kanton Luzern Kanton Zürich Bezirk Baden Bezirk Brugg Bezirk Kulm Bezirk Lenzburg Bezirk Muri Arni AG Berikon Bremgarten AG Büttikon Dottikon Eggenwil Fischbach-Göslikon Hägglingen Islisberg Jonen Niederwil AG Oberlunkhofen Oberwil-Lieli Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg Sarmenstorf Tägerig Uezwil Unterlunkhofen Villmergen Widen Wohlen AG ZufikonMap of Rudolfstetten
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Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg ( Swiss German : Ruedistette-Fridlischberg, ˈruədiˌʃtɛtːə-ˈfridlɪʃˌpɛrɡ ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Bremgarten district and is located immediately east of the Mutschellen on the border with the canton of Zurich . Until 1953 the community was officially called Rudolfstetten .

geography

The community consists of two districts: Rudolfstetten is located in a valley that extends from Mutschellen in a north-easterly direction. It is traversed by the Rummelbach, which flows into the Reppisch about 200 meters after the municipal boundary . In the northwest the valley is bounded by the Hasenberg ( 762  m above sea level ), the southernmost branch of the Heitersberg chain. Due to the topography, the development extends over two kilometers and has merged with those of the neighboring communities of Berikon and Widen on the Mutschellen Pass . Towards the southeast, the terrain rises to the plateau of the Holzbirrliberg , around 100 to 150 meters above the valley. The Friedlisberg district ( 601  m above sea level ) is located on the plateau that is drained by the Chilebach .

The area of ​​the municipality is 490 hectares , of which 136 hectares are covered with forest and 118 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 660  m above sea level. M. on the southern slope of the Hasenberg, the deepest at 448  m above sea level. M. am Rummelbach. Neighboring communities are Bergdietikon in the north, Urdorf in the east, Birmensdorf in the southeast, Berikon in the south and Widen in the west.

history

People first settled in this area around 2800 years ago. During excavations, vaulted ovens, charcoal piles and lawn iron ore came to light, which suggests that charcoal was produced here . Rudolfstetin was first mentioned in a document in 1190 , when Engelberg Monastery received the village as a gift. The place name comes from the Old High German (ze) Hruodolfesstetin , which means "at the homes of Hruodolf". Other known landowners in the Middle Ages were the noble family Rothenburg and the monasteries of St. Gallen , Gnadenthal , Wettingen and Sankt Blasien . The high level of jurisdiction was in the hands of the Habsburgs . Friedelisperg was first mentioned in 1321; this place name comes from the Old High German Fridulinesberg and means "mountain settlement of Fridulin".

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1959

In 1415 the Swiss conquered Aargau and Rudolfstetten now belonged to the Dietikon office in the county of Baden , a common rule . The city of Bremgarten built a road over the Mutschellen and a bridge over the Reppisch and granted the villagers duty-free . In 1438 Bremgarten took over the lower jurisdiction and made Rudolfstetten a bailiwick , to which Friedlisberg also belonged. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Rudolfstetten became a municipality in the Bremgarten district of the short-lived canton of Baden ; since 1803 it has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

In 1868 the village of Friedlisberg burned down with the exception of the school house. The village teacher, who was the only one insured, set the fire. Rudolfstetten was connected to the railway network on May 1, 1902 with the opening of the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn , from 1911 onwards there was electricity. The community was dominated by agriculture until well into the first half of the 20th century. From 1950 it went through a stormy development: the population increased sixfold and Rudolfstetten became part of the agglomeration of the city of Zurich. On January 1, 1967, the complete merger of Rudolfstetten and Friedlisberg took place. Both villages were previously considered a single police community, but administration, taxation and community assemblies were separate.

Attractions

The St. Jacob's Chapel in Rudolfstetten, which had existed since at least 1620 and was rebuilt in 1710 and extended in 1820, had to give way to the expansion of the main road in 1960. As a replacement, the modern Christ the King Church was built by the architect Hermann Baur by 1964 . The Friedlisberg chapel dates back to 1370. A new building was built in 1934 according to plans by Adolf Gaudy . The oldest surviving building in the community is the mill in the lower village, built in 1639. The Zehntenhaus from 1795/96 was initially the residence of the Untervogt and then served as a residential building for decades. The municipality bought it in 1973, and the municipal administration moved there four years later.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Split from red with black clad yellow nimbly monk with red book and black pilgrim staff and from yellow with a soaring red lion, holding red oar in front paws." The coat of arms goes back to a legend according to which Rudolf I von Habsburg is said to have lent a priest his horse near Rudolfstetten so that he could cross the high Reppisch (the red lion is the heraldic animal of the Habsburgs). The coat of arms has existed in various forms since the 19th century; the variant used today was introduced in 1966.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 434 438 609 755 1106 2384 3582 3757 3738 4227

On December 31, 2019, 4,520 people lived in Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg, the proportion of foreigners was 27.6%. In the 2015 census, 40.7% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 20.4% as Reformed ; 38.9% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 87.4% stated German as their main language, 4.0% Italian , 2.1% Serbo-Croatian , 1.2% Albanian , 1.0% Portuguese , 0.9% French and 0.6% each English and Spanish .

Politics and law

Parish hall

The assembly of those entitled to vote, the municipal assembly , exercises legislative power. The executing authority is the five-member municipal council . He is elected by the people in the majority procedure, his term of office is four years. The parish council leads and represents the parish. To this end, it implements the resolutions of the municipal assembly and the tasks assigned to it by the canton. The Bremgarten District Court is primarily responsible for legal disputes . Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg belongs to the judges of peace VII (Bremgarten).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 1,000 jobs in Rudolfstetten, 3% of them in agriculture, 30% in industry and 67% in the service sector. All companies are small and medium-sized companies . Most of the employed are commuters and work in the city of Zurich or in the nearby Limmat Valley .

traffic

The main road 1 , one of the principal road of Switzerland, runs from Mutschellen pass through Rudolfstetten towards Zurich. The connection Urdorf of the A4 motorway is about four kilometers away. Friedlisberg can be reached via a steep side street. Rudolfstetten is accessed by the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn from Dietikon to Wohlen , there are two stops (Rudolfstetten and Rudolfstetten Hofacker). On weekends there is a night bus from Dietikon via Rudolfstetten and Wohlen to Sarmenstorf . Friedlisberg cannot be reached by public transport.

education

There are kindergartens and a primary school in Rudolfstetten . Children from Friedlisberg attend school in their own village up to third grade. All upper levels ( secondary school , secondary school , district school ) can be completed in the district school center in the neighboring municipality of Berikon . The closest grammar schools are the Canton School Wohlen , the Canton School Baden and the Canton School Wettingen .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Beat Zehnder: The community names of the canton of Aargau . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 100 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1991, ISBN 3-7941-3122-3 , p. 362-363 .
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  5. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1090, Swisstopo.
  6. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 15, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Fields: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Aargau, Volume IV: Bremgarten District. Pp. 349-350.
  8. ^ Joseph Galliker, Marcel Giger: Municipal coat of arms of the Canton of Aargau . Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Aargau, book 2004, ISBN 3-906738-07-8 , p. 258 .
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  11. ↑ Swiss Federal Census 2000: Economic resident population by main language as well as by districts and municipalities. (Excel) Statistics Aargau, archived from the original on August 10, 2018 ; accessed on May 15, 2019 .
  12. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 20, 2019 .
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