Schneisingen

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Schneisingen
Coat of arms of Schneisingen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Zurzachw
BFS no. : 4318i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5425
Coordinates : 669 516  /  263 652 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '12 "  N , 8 ° 21' 42"  O ; CH1903:  669 516  /  two hundred and sixty-three thousand six hundred fifty-two
Height : 493  m above sea level M.
Height range : 437–612 m above sea level M.
Area : 8.26  km²
Residents: 1485 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 180 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		12.6% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.schneisingen.ch
Church in Oberschneisingen

Church in Oberschneisingen
Location of the municipality
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Schneisingen ( Swiss German : ˈʃnæisigə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Zurzach district and lies on the border with the canton of Zurich and around five kilometers south of the border with Germany .

geography

The community lies in a two-kilometer-long side valley of the Surb , which is surrounded by ice-age gravel terraces .

Schneisingen consists of several districts that have grown together loosely and give the community the character of a scattered settlement. From the south-eastern corner of the municipality in a north-west direction, these are Hüniken ( 445  m above sea level ), Unterschneisingen ( 460  m above sea level ), Mittelschneisingen ( 493  m above sea level ) and Oberschneisingen ( 531  m above sea level ). . The hamlet of Widen ( 475  m above sea level ), which is about one kilometer from Oberschneisingen, directly on the municipal border with Lengnau, is not connected to these districts .

The terrain west of the side valley consists of the gentle slope of the Egg ( 600  m above sea level ) between Oberschneisingen and Widen. This is followed by the extensive Bowald plateau, which reaches a height of 607 meters. In the far north, Schneisingen has a small portion of the Chrüzlibach valley, which flows into the Upper Rhine near Rekingen . The terrain east of the side valley is much steeper and rises to the 596 meter high Schüliberg, which also has a plateau.

The area of ​​the municipality is 826 hectares , of which 348 hectares are forested and 85 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 611 meters at the Schüliberg in the Platten area, the lowest at 440 meters at the Surb. Neighboring communities are Wislikofen and Siglistorf in the north, Niederweningen in the east, Ehrendingen in the south, Lengnau in the west and Böbikon in the northwest.

history

Findings indicate that the area was already settled during Roman times. Sneisanch was first mentioned in a document in 1113. The place name comes from the Old High German Sneisunwang and means "slope by the aisle". At that time, the nobles von Waldhausen donated the Wislikofen priory and donated extensive land in the region to the St. Blasien monastery for this purpose. After the barons of Regensberg and later the diocese of Constance exercised lower jurisdiction for a few decades , this finally also came to the monastery. The blood jurisdiction and sovereignty were initially in the counts of Kyburg , from 1273 at the Habsburgs .

Aerial view (1971)

The confederates conquered Aargau in 1415 and Schneisingen belonged to the office of Ehrendingen of the county of Baden , a common rule . In 1681, the monastery pledged the lower jurisdiction to the Schnorf family from Baden , who had a representative house built and provided all of the subordinates until 1798. Four major fires in 1771, 1773, 1780 and 1785 caused considerable property damage. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Schneisingen was initially a municipality in the short-lived canton of Baden , since 1803 it has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

An alpine rose garden has been located in the Bowald north of Oberschneisingen since the Helvetic era, which is unique in the Table Jura . According to legend, the seeds were brought here by refugees from Nidwalden when they fled Napoleon's troops. The Alpine Rose Garden has been a nature reserve since 1874 . Even today Schneisingen is often referred to as the "Alpine Rose Village".

In 1891 Schneisingen was connected to the railway network when the Wehntalbahn from Dielsdorf to Niederweningen was opened; the train station is exactly on the municipal boundary. The further construction as the Surbtalbahn through the Surbtal to Döttingen never came about and had to be finally put on record in 1937. The industrialization of the late 19th century stopped the population decline. Part of the Niederweningen machine factory in Bucher was built next to the station. Since 1970 alone, the population has increased by more than two thirds.

Attractions

Country inn Alpenrösli
Sheep in Oberschneisingen

Every year the Alpine Rose Festival is celebrated in Schneisingen between the end of May and mid-June. The legend of the alpine roses comes back to life a bit. This takes place around the nature reserve of the alpine roses. It is organized by the Schneisingen Music Society.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In blue above a high green three mountain, two six-pointed yellow stars." The coat of arms was first depicted on the municipal seal in 1872. With green and blue, two dark colors predominate, which neutralize each other. In 2002, the cantonal coat of arms commission suggested that the three mountains should be colored yellow or white in accordance with the heraldic color rules , which the local council refused.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1799 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015
Residents 442 623 536 602 778 878 874 1037 1135 1232 1339 1345

On December 31, 2019, 1485 people lived in Schneisingen, the proportion of foreigners was 12.6%. In the 2015 census, 43.6% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 26.3% as Reformed ; 30.1% were non-denominational or of other faiths. 94.5% said German as their main language in the 2000 census and 1.1% Albanian .

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 Zurzach District Court is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Schneisingen belongs to the XVII peace judges' circle (Zurzach).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Schneisingen has around 320 jobs, of which 20% are in agriculture, 27% in industry and 53% in the service sector. The most important company is the mechanical engineering and vehicle manufacturing company Bucher Industries , whose factory premises are partly located in the Schneisingen area. Most of the employed are commuters and work in the Baden region or in the Zurich agglomeration .

traffic

Schneisingen is located on Hauptstrasse 17 , which leads from Döttingen through the Surbtal and Wehntal to Zurich . From there, Kantonsstrasse 431 branches off to Siglistorf and Mellikon . Niederweningen station , the terminus of a line on the Zurich S-Bahn, is exactly on the canton border. From there, a post bus line leads via Endingen to Döttingen, and it is also served by the post bus line from Baden train station to Kaiserstuhl . On weekends, a night bus runs from Baden via the Surbtal and Klingnau to Bad Zurzach .

education

The community has a kindergarten and a school house where primary school is taught. The Realschule and the secondary school can be visited in Lengnau , the district school in Endingen . The closest grammar schools are the Baden Cantonal School and the Wettingen Cantonal School .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Schneisingen  - 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. ↑ 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. 184-187 .
  4. ↑ Higher gravel north of the camps. In: strati.ch. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Gerhart Wagner: Ice Age Middle Moraines in Aargau . 2005, p. 20-21 , doi : 10.5169 / SEALS-173105 .
  6. ↑ a b National map of Switzerland, sheet 1070, Swisstopo
  7. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on June 15, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b The legend of the Schneisinger Alpine Roses
  9. ^ 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. 270 .
  10. ↑ 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 15, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 15, 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 12, 2018 ; accessed on June 15, 2019 .
  13. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 15, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 15, 2019 .