Seon

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Seon
Coat of arms of Seon
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Lenzburgw
BFS no. : 4209i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5703
Coordinates : 654 462  /  244 155 coordinates: 47 ° 20 '46 "  N , 8 ° 9' 34"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred sixty-two  /  two hundred forty-four thousand one hundred fifty-five
Height : 445  m above sea level M.
Height range : 395–616 m above sea level M.
Area : 9.62  km²
Residents: 5219 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 543 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		24.9% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.seon.ch
Location of the municipality
Hallwilersee Kanton Luzern Kanton Solothurn Bezirk Aarau Bezirk Baden Bezirk Bremgarten Bezirk Brugg Bezirk Kulm Bezirk Muri Bezirk Laufenburg Bezirk Zofingen Ammerswil Boniswil Brunegg Dintikon Egliswil Fahrwangen Hallwil Hendschiken Holderbank AG Hunzenschwil Lenzburg Meisterschwanden Möriken-Wildegg Niederlenz Othmarsingen Rupperswil Schafisheim Seengen Seon Staufen AGMap of Seon
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Seon (in the local Swiss German dialect: Seen [ seːn ]) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Lenzburg district and is four kilometers south of the district capital in the Seetal . The hamlet of Retterswil was incorporated into the municipality in 1899.

geography

The area around the largest village in the Seetal is characterized by a terminal moraine that was created during the Würme Ice Age when the Reuss Glacier retreated . The moraine describes a quarter circle across the entire valley and flanks the buildings on the western and northern sides. The Aabach flows from the middle of the valley on its western side and after leaving the village on the eastern side of the valley; there it squeezes through a narrow passage between the moraine and the foothills of the Rietenberg. A forested range of hills rises to the west of the village. This forms the border to the Wynental and is strongly structured by several short side valleys. The most northerly is the Schürberg ( 549  m above sea level ), followed by the Breitenberg ( 551  m above sea level ), the Seenerberg ( 581  m above sea level ), the Surberg ( 600  m above sea level ) and the whole in the south the Bampf ( 607  m above sea level ). The hamlet of Retterswil is located about one and a half kilometers south of the village center .

The area of ​​the municipality is 962 hectares , of which 285 hectares are forested and 210 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 607 meters on the summit of the Bampf, the lowest at 415 meters on the Aabach. The southwestern border point is the Siebenzwingstein . Neighboring communities are Schafisheim in the northwest, Staufen in the north, Lenzburg in the northeast, Egliswil in the east, Seengen in the southeast, Hallwil and Dürrenäsch in the south, Teufenthal in the southeast and Gränichen in the west.

history

Finds from the Neolithic Age and a burial mound from the Hallstatt period discovered in 1931 indicate early settlement. In 1945, during excavations near the border with Schafisheim, a small Roman farm came to light. The ceramic finds indicate that it was inhabited from the beginning of the 2nd to the middle of the 3rd century. On the Weinhalde was a burial ground of the Alemanni .

Sewa was first mentioned in a document in 893 in a toboggan run by the Fraumünster in Zurich . The place name comes from the Old High German ze sēwun, which means "at the lakeside spots, at the shore, landing spots" ( sēwun is the dative plural of ahd. Sēo "lake"). This could be an indication that the Hallwilersee, four kilometers away, once reached here, but it can also refer to an earlier wetland area stretching between the lake and the village. In the Middle Ages the village was under the rule of the Counts of Lenzburg , from 1173 on that of the Counts of Kyburg . After these died out, the Habsburgs took over sovereignty and blood jurisdiction in 1273 . The lower courts was two-thirds owned by the respective rulers, one-third owned by the free of Gösgen .

Aerial view (1964)

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. Seon now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the so-called Berner Aargau . The village formed its own judicial district in the Lenzburg district . An opening has been recorded since 1479 . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . In addition to agriculture and livestock farming, some viticulture was added from the 17th century . In the 18th century, working from home was widespread for textile installers. In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Since then, Seon has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

In the 15th century, the hamlet of Retterswil was still part of the Trostburg rule of the Lords of Hallwyl and then received the status of an autonomous Steckhof . Bern abolished almost all Steckhöfe in 1751 and so Retterswil came to Seon. After 1805 the hamlet was an independent municipality, but was then reunited with Seon in 1899.

Until well into the 19th century, Seon remained an agricultural village. Then numerous smaller industrial companies settled there, which used the hydropower of the Aabach . A small cotton weaving mill developed into a factory with at times hundreds of workers. In 1875 Seon bought a large piece of forest in the neighboring Wynental from the owners of Liebegg Castle . On October 15, 1883, the community was connected to the railway network when the Lenzburg– Beinwil am See section of the Seetalbahn was opened. A canning factory that existed until 1947 was replaced by a paper factory. The move or the closure of the paper mill and the colored weaving mill led to a temporary noticeable decline in population after 2000.

Attractions

reformed Church

The Seon parish church was first mentioned in 1408 in an Aarau document. In 1708 the building was completely rebuilt and received its current form. The church tower, which had been raised slightly in 1821, was demolished in 1856 and replaced by an even higher one; In 1899 the tower was given a pointed helmet instead of the previous onion helmet. The nave is slightly beveled on the east side.

There are numerous witnesses of industrial culture on the Aabach . These include the spinning mill built in 1823 and the cotton weaving mill built in 1834. The mill in the lower village was built in the late Gothic style as early as 1600 . After a renovation at the beginning of the 18th century, the mill was in operation until 1963. For more see industrial culture on the Aabach .

photos

  • Cultural center

  • Catholic Church

  • Hertimatt schoolhouse

  • museum

  • In the lower village

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Three red balaclavas in white." The municipality bears the coat of arms of the extinct ministerial family of the Lords of Seon, which has been known in this form since 1344. Due to a misunderstanding, three acorn fruits could be seen on the municipal coat of arms from the 19th century. In 1923 the historically correct version was reintroduced.

population

Population numbers
year 1764 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2016
Residents 722 1609 1873 2291 2653 3006 3628 3826 4538 4815 4745 5129

On December 31, 2019, 5,219 people lived in Seon, the proportion of foreigners was 24.9%. In the 2015 census, 39.3% described themselves as Reformed and 20.7% as Roman Catholic ; 40.0% were non-denominational or belonged to other faiths. In the 2000 census, 85.2% named German as their main language, 3.7% Turkish , 3.0% Italian , 1.8% Serbo-Croatian , 1.7% Albanian , 0.9% Portuguese and 0.7% 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 District Court of Lenzburg is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Seon is the seat of the Friedensrichterkreis XII, which covers the southern part of the district.

economy

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Seon has around 2,700 jobs, 3% of them in agriculture, 26% in industry and 71% in the service sector. Among other things, corrugated cardboard, machines, tools and furniture are manufactured in the factories. The best-known company based in Seon is the sports equipment manufacturer Mammut Sports Group . There are also numerous commercial and service companies. Many people in employment are commuters and work in the local area, mainly in Lenzburg .

traffic

Seon School , Hertimatt School Complex

The main road 26 runs through the village from Lenzburg through the Seetal to Lucerne . The Aarau-West motorway junction of the A1 , six kilometers away, can be reached via Kantonsstrasse 288 via Schafisheim . Side roads lead to Egliswil and Gränichen in the Wynental . Seon owns a train station on the Seetalbahn of the SBB ; Another stop is planned in the northern part of the village. From Lenzburg train station , two regional bus lines run from Lenzburg via Seon to Bettwil and Teufenthal . On weekends there is a night bus from Lenzburg via Seon to Sarmenstorf .

In a referendum vote on November 25, 2018, 51% of voters approved a project loan for the implementation of Tempo 30 on municipal roads. The population of Seon has already decided several times about the introduction of the speed reduction, but repeatedly rejected the request. Implementation of the structural measures began in spring 2020.

education

With the Seon school, the municipality has five kindergartens and three schoolhouses in which all levels of compulsory elementary school are taught ( primary school , secondary school , secondary school and district school ). The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

The school and community library Seon is located in the Hertimatt 3 schoolhouse and is part of the community's cultural and educational offerings.

regional customs

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Seon  - 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 Cf. Beat Zehnder: The community names of the Canton of Aargau. Historical sources and linguistic interpretations. Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1991, p. 395f .; Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Huber, Frauenfeld / Payot, Lausanne 2005, p. 828.
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheets 1089 and 1090, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  6. ^ Martin Hartmann, Hans Weber: The Romans in Aargau . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2539-8 , p. 200 .
  7. ^ Felix Müller: Retterswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  8. ↑ Industrial culture on the Aabach. (PDF; 1.6 MB) City of Lenzburg, Verein Industriekultur am Aabach, accessed on January 4, 2010 .
  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. 275 .
  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 May 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 21, 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 May 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  15. ↑ After seven years, Seon says yes to Tempo 30. Retrieved on June 8, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  16. ↑ Dispute over speed reduction - can Seon now end the Tempo 30 discussion? December 5, 2018, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Chantal Siegenthaler: Introduction Tempo 30 in Seon. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Kindergartens. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  19. ^ Library. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).