Schinznach

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Schinznach
Schinznach coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Brugg
BFS no. : 4125i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5107 Schinznach-Dorf
5108 Oberflachs
Coordinates : 653 233  /  255553 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '55 "  N , 8 ° 8' 40"  O ; CH1903:  653,233  /  255553
Height : 383  m above sea level M.
Height range : 341–757 m above sea level M.
Area : 12.24  km²
Residents: 2262 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 185 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		16.8% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.schinznach.ch
Location of the municipality
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Schinznach ( Swiss German : ˈʃɪntsˌnɑχ ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Brugg district , is located in the Schenkenbergertal and was created on January 1, 2014 from the merger of Oberflachs and Schinznach-Dorf .

geography

Both Schinznach-Dorf and Oberflachs are located in the Schenkenbergertal, which runs from west to east . The Talbach rises near the Staffelegg , flows through both villages and flows into the Aare . Immediately opposite the mouth, the Aare divides into two arms. Around a quarter of the narrow, four-kilometer-long Schacheninsel belongs to the municipality of Schinznach. In the east extends the Schinznacherfeld, a one and a half kilometers wide plain along the banks of the Aare - with Schinznach village ( 375  m above sea level ) on the opposite (western) side of the plain. The Schinznacherfeld narrows to the north until it is only about 200 meters wide at the hamlet of Wallbach ( 360  m above sea level ). A gravel pit spreads out on the northern outskirts of Schinznach-Dorf . The western edge of the village has almost grown together with the settlement area of ​​Oberflachs ( 398  m above sea level ).

The landscape is characterized by the steep mountain ranges of the Folded Jura on both sides of the Schenkenberger Valley, some of which are forested or planted with vines . The Dreierberg ( 758  m above sea level ) and the Linnerberg ( 722  m above sea level ) rise along the northern municipal boundary, and the Grund ( 731  m above sea level ) in the northwest . In the south, the terrain rises gradually to the ridge of the Gislifluh at an altitude of 770 meters. Kasteln Castle stands on a rocky promontory above the Talbach at the western boundary of the municipality .

The area of ​​the municipality is 1224 hectares , of which 538 hectares are forested and 154 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 770 meters on the Gislifluhgrat, the lowest at 340 meters on the Aare. The entire municipality is part of the Aargau Jura Park, a “Regional Nature Park of National Importance”. Neighboring communities are Bözberg in the north, Villnachern in the northeast, Brugg in the east, Veltheim in the southeast, Auenstein in the south, Thalheim in the west and Zeihen in the northwest.

history

Aerial photo from a height of 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

The former municipality of Schinznach-Dorf officially bore the name Schinznach until 1938 . A merger project called Schenkenberg was supposed to unite the communities of Oberflachs , Schinznach-Bad , Schinznach-Dorf, Veltheim and Villnachern . However, it did not materialize because Veltheim's voters rejected the merger on April 5, 2009. The subsequently initiated merger project without Veltheim failed on October 25, 2009 because of the rejection of the voters from Villnachern.

As a result, the community assemblies of Oberflachs and Schinznach-Dorf decided to strive for a merger of two more communities. The relevant decision was confirmed in a mandatory referendum on June 18, 2012. In Oberflachs the result was 165: 23 in favor of the merger, in Schinznach-Dorf 532: 78. The merger finally took place on January 1, 2014. Schinznach-Bad, in turn, merged with the district capital Brugg at the beginning of 2020 .

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In blue on a white river in the base of the shield, yellow vine with two yellow leaves and two yellow grapes, the vine of which winds in an S-shape around the yellow stick." The vine refers to the fact that the merger created the largest wine-growing community in the canton. The S-shape indicates the community name and the river stands for the Talbach.

Attractions

population

Upper flax
Schinznach village

On December 31, 2019, 2262 people lived in the community of Schinznach, the proportion of foreigners was 16.8%. In the 2015 census, 48.7% described themselves as Reformed and 22.1% as Roman Catholic ; 29.2% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 94.7% of the two former municipalities together stated German as their main language, followed by 0.9% each of Albanian and Spanish .

Politics and law

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 Brugg District Court is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Schinznach belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis VIII (Brugg).

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, there are around 1200 jobs in Schinznach, 14% of them in agriculture, 33% in industry and 53% in the service sector. Most of the workers are commuters and work in nearby cities such as Aarau , Brugg or Lenzburg .

Viticulture has always been of great importance in both villages : over two dozen different grape varieties are grown on the south and south-east slopes of the Grund, with Riesling × Sylvaner , Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc together making up more than half of the production. The cultivation area amounts to a total of 45.7 hectares and is therefore the largest of all Aargau municipalities. Baumschule Zulauf AG on the northern edge of Schinznach-Dorf is known throughout Switzerland : the Schinznacher Baumschulbahn , a steam locomotive operated small train (gauge 600 mm) , runs on its company premises .

traffic

To the east past Schinznach-Dorf, the canton road 473 leads from Brugg to Veltheim . It intersects with the cantonal road 474 from Schinznach-Bad via Schinznach-Dorf, Oberflachs and Thalheim to the Staffelegg -Passhöhe. About one kilometer north of Schinznach-Dorf, the A3 motorway runs between Basel and Zurich . In order to reduce the noise emissions, it was relocated to an opencast tunnel in the flat Schinznacherfeld.

The connection to the public transport network is provided by two post bus lines. They lead on the one hand from Schinznach-Dorf to Wildegg train station and on the other from Brugg train station to Thalheim. On weekends there is a night bus from Brugg via Schinznach-Bad and Schinznach to Thalheim . The SBB - Bözberg route runs about one and a half kilometers north of Schinznach-Dorf ; the Schinznach-Dorf station in front of the east portal of the Bözberg tunnel was closed in 1993.

education

In the Schinznach-Dorf school complex there is a kindergarten , the primary school in year classes (1st to 6th grade) and the district school , in Oberflachs a kindergarten department and a mixed-age primary school class (1st to 3rd grade). The secondary school and the Realschule can be attended in Veltheim . The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Schinznach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
  3. ^ 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. 378-379 .
  4. ↑ a b National map of Switzerland, sheets 1069 and 1089, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Fusion of five failed. Aargauer Zeitung , April 5, 2009, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Villnachern clearly decides against «Schinznach». Aargauer Zeitung , October 25, 2009, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Oberflachs and Schinznach-Dorf are definitely merging. Aargauer Zeitung , June 18, 2012, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Brugg and Schinznach-Bad say yes to the merger. Aargauer Zeitung , March 5, 2018, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  10. ^ Community merger in the canton of Aargau: Schinznach. Swiss Coat of Arms and Flags Foundation, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  12. ↑ 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 .
  13. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Grape harvest control 2018 Canton Aargau. (PDF, 2.4 MB) Agricultural Center Liebegg, 2019, accessed on June 12, 2019 .