Seedorf UR

UR is the abbreviation for the canton Uri in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Seedorf .

Seedorf
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Uri (UR)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	1214
Postal code :	6462
Coordinates :	689 535  /  193 106 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '59 "  N , 8 ° 36' 48"  O ; CH1903:  689 535  /  193106
Height :	452  m above sea level M.
Height range :	433–2752 m above sea level M.
Area :	15.48  km²
Residents:	1858 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	120 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	5.7% (December 31, 2,014)
Mayor :	Max Aschwanden
Website:	www.seedorf-uri.ch
Location of the municipality

Seedorf

Castle A Pro in Seedorf

Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from September 18, 1957

Seedorf is located at the eastern foot of the Gitschen in the lower part of the Urner Reuss Valley on the southern shore of Lake Uri (an arm of Lake Lucerne ). The Gitschital , which is drained by the Palanggenbach, is located in the southwest of the municipality .

5.4% of the municipality is settlement area. The agricultural area is also modest with a share of 19.2%. The majority of the municipal area is covered by forest and wood (40.6%) or unproductive area (bodies of water and mountains; 34.8%).

Seedorf borders in the north on Lake Lucerne, in the northeast in the river bed of the Reuss on Flüelen , in the east on Altdorf , in the south on Attinghausen and in the west on Isenthal .

history

The St. Lazarus Benedictine Monastery and A Pro Castle are in Seedorf . The parish church of St. Ulrich and St. Verena was built in the 14th century.

Around 1970 to 1980 the A2 motorway was built, which has an exit at Seedorf and leads through the Seelisberg tunnel in the northwest of the village .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Seedorf UR

population

The population grew by almost half between 1860 and 1900 - with a small slump in 1888 - (1860–1900: + 47.9%). In the following decade there was an equally sharp decline in the number of inhabitants, then a standstill in the 1910s. Since then, the population has almost quadrupled (1920–2005: +385.2%). The growth was only interrupted in the 1990s when the population stagnated.

Population development
year	1860	1880	1888	1900	1910	1920	1930	1941	1990	2000	2005	2009
Residents	403	506	444	596	413	412	497	535	1518	1509	1587	1680

languages

The population speaks an Alemannic dialect. In the last census in 2000, 97.23% said German, 1.26% Italian and 0.33% Serbo-Croatian as their main language.

Religions - denominations

The population used to be fully members of the Roman Catholic Church. The denominational relationships in 2000 still show the original structure. 1367 people were Catholic (90.59%). In addition, there were 5.63% Evangelical Reformed Christians and 1.86% non-denominational. 18 people (1.19%) did not provide any information on their creed.

Origin - nationality

Of the 1587 residents at the end of 2005, 1531 (96.47%) were Swiss citizens. The immigrants come from southern Europe (Italy), central Europe (Germany and the Netherlands) and the successor states of Yugoslavia. At the 2000 census, 1,454 people (96.36%) were Swiss citizens; 24 of them had dual citizenship.

age structure

Due to the strong growth in the population, Seedorf has a relatively good age structure with many young people.

The last census in 2000 showed the following age structure:

Age	0–6 years	7-15 years	16-19 years	20-29 years	30–44 years	45–59 years	60–79 years	80 years and more
number	119	181	103	209	381	312	176	28
proportion of	7.89%	11.99%	6.83%	13.85%	25.25%	20.68%	11.66%	1.86%

politics

legislative branch

The municipal assembly is the legislature. It meets at least once a year.

executive

The seven-member municipal council forms the executive . He works part-time. The current mayor is Max Aschwanden (as of 2017).

economy

In 2005 there were 21 farms that offered work to 77 people and also used Alpine farming areas. Industry and trade employed 156 people in 20 workplaces, the service sector in 34 companies 119 people. Of the 852 employed people in Seedorf in 2000, 199 (23.36%) worked in their own community. In total, the place offered 385 jobs, of which 199 (51.69%) were occupied by locals.

Most of the 653 commuters do their work in other communities in the canton of Uri. Including 298 people in Altdorf, 77 in Schattdorf, 49 in Flüelen, 32 in Bürglen and 27 in Erstfeld. The most important places of work outside the canton were the municipalities of Schwyz , Stans and the city of Lucerne . There were also 186 commuters. These came mainly from Altdorf (36 people), Schattdorf (24), Attinghausen (23), Bürglen UR (22), Erstfeld (21) and Flüelen (18).

Born in Seedorf

• Leonard (* 1964), Swiss pop singer, presenter and songwriter

literature

• Helmi Gasser : The art monuments of the canton Uri, Volume 2: The lakeside communities. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1986 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 78). ISBN 3-7643-1811-2 . Pp. 139-268.

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Seedorf
• Hans Stadler: Seedorf (UR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Selection.aspx?px_language=de&px_db=px-x-0102020000_201&px_tableid=px-x-0102020000_201\px-x-0102020000_201.px&px_type=PX
3. ^ Parish Church of Seedorf