Scherz AG

AG is the abbreviation for the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Scherz .

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State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Aargau (AG)

District :

Brugg

Residential municipality :

Lupfig

Postal code :

5246

former BFS no. :

4113

Coordinates :

656 281 / 255 354 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '48 " N , 8 ° 11' 5" O ; CH1903: 656,281 / 255,354

Height :

403 m above sea level M.

Residents:

587 (December 31, 2017)

Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship )

k, A,% (December 31, 2019)

View of Scherz from the Habsburg

map

Scherz ( Swiss German : ʃæːrts ) is a village in the Swiss canton of Aargau , just under four kilometers south-southwest of Brugg . It belongs to the municipality of Lupfig in the Brugg district and was an independent municipality until December 31, 2017 .

geography

The village is located in a hollow on the western edge of the flat Birrfeld . The plain rises slightly to the north in the direction of Habsburg . In the far west it is bordered by an edge of the terrain where a slope drops steeply into the Aare valley. In the southwest rises the 508 meter high Scherzberg, which merges to the south into the Chestenberg , a foothill of the Folded Jura . The Süssbach , which feeds two former mill ponds, runs through the village . The area of the municipality was 330 hectares . The highest point of the former municipal area was an unnamed peak between Scherzberg and Chestenberg at an altitude of 541 meters, the lowest was at 387 meters on what was then the eastern municipality boundary. Neighboring communities were Habsburg in the north, Hausen in the northeast, Lupfig in the east, Holderbank in the south and Schinznach-Bad in the west.

history

Aerial photo from a height of 2000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Shernitz was first mentioned in a document in 1240, when the Habsburgs lent some goods to the Teutonic Knights in Hitzkirch . The place name is of old European origin; it is derived from Skarantia , which means "place with stony ground". In the Middle Ages , the village belonged to Eigenamt , the oldest possession of the Habsburgs, whose headquarters are in the immediate vicinity on the Wülpelsberg. In 1397 they transferred the land and court rule to the Königsfelden monastery in Windisch .

After the conquest of Aargau by the Confederates in 1415, the city of Bern took over the rule, the self-office was now part of the subject areas in the Bernese Aargau . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation and dissolved the Königsfelden monastery. They converted their own office to the Landvogtei Königsfelden and then exercised all rights. From the 16th century, Bohnerz was mined on the Scherzberg , which was then processed in the Albbruck ironworks . In 1770 ore mining had to be stopped due to exhaustion of the deposit. Numerous hollows, spoil heaps and accessible tunnels have been preserved to this day.

In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, disempowered the "Gänders" of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Scherz has been part of the canton of Aargau since then. The village remained agricultural until the middle of the 20th century. The number of inhabitants has doubled since 1950. The place developed from a farming community to a residential community. The municipality merged with Lupfig on January 1, 2018 .

Attractions

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2018

Village center of Scherz

Gasthof Löwen Scherz

coat of arms

The blazon of the former municipal coat of arms reads: "In white, a red heart from which one red and two yellow feathers grow." The meaning of the coat of arms, which was first used on the municipal seal in 1872, is unclear. On the one hand it is supposed to be a beet with cabbage (one of the most important crops of the local farmers), on the other hand it is interpreted as the heart of one of the forest brothers who ran a hermitage in the 14th century.

population

The population developed as follows:

year	1764	1850	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Residents	181	346	295	330	293	317	334	424	502	575	645

On December 31, 2017, 658 people were joking. In the 2015 census, 46.2% described themselves as Reformed and 21.9% as Roman Catholic ; 31.9% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 95.5% said their main language was German , 1.7% Albanian and 1.6% French .

traffic

Scherz is located next to the cantonal road 399, which leads from Lupfig to Schinznach-Bad , whereby the through traffic bypasses the village center on its north side. Another road leads from Scherz via Habsburg to Brugg . To the north of the village is the east portal of the 1.5 kilometer long Habsburg tunnel on the A3 motorway . The next junction is two kilometers east of the village between Hausen and Lupfig. Scherz is the terminus of a post bus line that leads to Brugg train station . On weekends there is a night bus from Brugg via Birr and Scherz to Habsburg.

literature

Felix Müller: Joke. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Michael Stettler , Emil Maurer : The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): Art Monuments of Switzerland . Volume II: The districts of Lenzburg and Brugg. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1953, DNB 750561750 .

Web links

Commons : Scherz - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
↑ ^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. 188-189 .

^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1070, Swisstopo.

↑ Lupfig and Scherz say yes: green light for first merger in self-employment. Aargauer Zeitung , June 10, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2017 .

^ 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. 265 .

↑ Population development in the municipalities of the Canton of Aargau since 1850. (Excel) In: Eidg. Volkszählung 2000. Statistics Aargau, 2001, archived from the original on October 8, 2018 ; accessed on June 11, 2019 .

↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 11, 2019 .

↑ 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 June 11, 2019 .

[1] Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .

[name-2] 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. 188-189 .

[3] National map of Switzerland, sheet 1070, Swisstopo.

[4] Lupfig and Scherz say yes: green light for first merger in self-employment. Aargauer Zeitung , June 10, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2017 .

[5] 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. 265 .

[6] Population development in the municipalities of the Canton of Aargau since 1850. (Excel) In: Eidg. Volkszählung 2000. Statistics Aargau, 2001, archived from the original on October 8, 2018 ; accessed on June 11, 2019 .

[7] Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 11, 2019 .

[8] 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 June 11, 2019 .