Schenkon

Schenkon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Constituency :	Sursee
BFS no. :	1099
Postal code :	6214
UN / LOCODE :	CH SEN
Coordinates :	652 939  /  225005 coordinates: 47 ° 10 '26 "  N , 8 ° 8' 13"  O ; CH1903:  652,939  /  225005
Height :	523  m above sea level M.
Height range :	494–733 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.74  km²
Residents:	2939 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	436 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	4.7% (December 31, 2,015)
Website:	www.schenkon.ch
Location of the municipality

Schenkon ( Swiss German Schänke [ʃæŋkχə] ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Lucerne . It lies in the constituency of Sursee .

geography

The community, which is called Schänke in the regional dialect , is located at the northeast end of Lake Sempach, east of Sursee . The village and the districts of Greuel and Zellfeld in the northwest have now grown together. On a slope on the Sursee-Beromünster road 1 km north of the village, the Tannberg district ( 590  m above sea level ) has been created through brisk construction activity . To the east of this is the hamlet of Tann ( 663  m above sea level ). The hamlet of Zopfenberg ( 621  m above sea level ) is 2.5 km to the north of the village and the most distant hamlet of Zollhus ( 505  m above sea level ; 2.8 km northwest of the village) is on the plain between Sursee and Geuensee at the Zollbach.

Schenkon borders on Eich , Geuensee , Beromünster and Sursee .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	671
1900	572
1930	578
1960	756
1970	701
1980	1,154
1990	1,667
2000	2,104
2010	2,539

The number of inhabitants fell sharply in the second half of the 19th century as a result of emigration to the industrial centers (1850–1900: –14.8%). After a period of standstill, it increased considerably from 1930 to 1960 (1930–1960: +30.8%). The 1960s brought a population decline. The number of residents has more than tripled since 1970 (reasons: scenic location, construction of the motorway, low taxes; 1970–2004: +243.9%).

languages

The population uses Lucerne German, a highly Alemannic dialect, as their everyday language. In the last census in 2000, 96.44% said German, 0.62% Italian and 0.38% Serbo-Croatian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

In earlier times the entire population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. Today (as of 2000) there are 80.94% Roman Catholic and 10.93% Evangelical Reformed Christians. In addition, there are 4.61% non-denominational and 0.38% Muslim.

Origin - nationality

At the end of 2014, of the 2,731 inhabitants, 2,596 were Swiss and 135 (= 4.9%) were foreigners. The population consisted of 95.1% Swiss citizens. At the end of 2014, the foreign residents came from Germany (42.2%), Portugal (8.1%), Serbia including Kosovo (5.9%), Italy (4.4%) and Spain (4.4%). 20.7% came from the rest of Europe and 14.1% were of non-European origin.

history

Remains of pile dwellings from prehistoric times have been found on Lake Sempach. The remains of a Roman villa and Alemanni graves prove that Schenkon was also settled in early historical times. The place was first mentioned by name as a Scenchofen in a confirmation of ownership from Emperor Friedrich I to the Canons of Beromünster in 1173, making it an old -hofen name. Later it was owned by the Habsburgs and became part of the Michelsamt . The Lords of Schenkon ruled for the Habsburgs. In 1415 the city of Lucerne conquered the Michelsamt. Until 1798 the place remained a part of the Landvogtei Michelsamt. Since 1803 Schenkon belongs to the district or later office or today's constituency Sursee .

On January 1, 2015, the hamlet of Tann with an associated area of ​​29,069 m² moved from the municipality of Beromünster to the municipality of Schenkon.

Schenkon ruins

The castle site of the former Schenkon Castle is located in the municipality. This was first mentioned in a document in 1203, then expressly in connection with the Lords of Schenkon in 1302. Perhaps already destroyed in the Sempach War, the ruins were released for demolition by the Lucerne City Council in 1736 and served to rebuild the city of Sempach , which had burned down two years earlier . Archaeological excavations took place in 1899, but the ruins, which were still impressive at the time, were used again as a quarry. Today only a few remains, which were secured in 1992, remind of the former castle.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Schenkon

politics

Municipal council

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

• Patrick Ineichen ( CVP ): Mayor
• Peter Ignaz (CVP): Chief Financial Officer
• Rolf Bossart ( SVP ): site manager
• Marie-Therese Vogel (CVP): Social Director
• Raphael Wyss ( FDP ): Head of Education

Cantonal elections

In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Schenkon was: SVP 32.1%, CVP 31.8%, FDP 20.4%, SP 6.3%, GPS 4.4%, glp 4.1%.

National Council elections

In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Schenkon was: SVP 30.0%, CVP 27.8%, FDP 22.8%, SP 8.1%, glp 5.1%, Greens 4.9%, BDP 1, 0%.

traffic

Tann (municipality of Schenkon)

View of Schenkon and Lake Sempach

The community is through the post bus line connected Sursee-Schenkon-Sempach station and the bus Sursee-Schenkon-Beromünster to the public transport network. Both Sursee and Sempach stations are stops on the Olten – Lucerne railway line .

The village of Schenkon is on the main road 2 Sursee – Sempach. The district of Zellfeld as well - and additionally on Hauptstrasse 23 Sursee – Beromünster. The closest motorway junction, Sursee on the A2, is only 2 km away.

literature

• Waltraud Hörsch: Schenkon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• 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 : Schenkon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Schenkon
• Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 109 kB)

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. ↑ ^{a b} Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 806.
4. ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
5. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Schenkon ( 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. 
6. ↑ Change of the municipal boundary "Tann area" between the municipality of Beromünster and municipality of Schenkon (pdf)
7. ^ Fritz Hauswirth: Castles and Palaces of Switzerland. Volume 5: Lucerne, Zug. Kreuzlingen 1969, pp. 92-94.
8. ↑ LUSTAT: Community profile Schenkon ( 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. 
9. ↑ 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 .