Veltheim AG

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AG is the abbreviation for the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Veltheimf .
Veltheim
Veltheim coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Brugg
BFS no. : 4120i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5106
Coordinates : 653 487  /  254222 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '12 "  N , 8 ° 8' 52"  O ; CH1903:  653,487  /  254222
Height : 372  m above sea level M.
Height range : 342–705 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.24  km²
Residents: 1519 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 290 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		18.4% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.veltheim.ch
Veltheim

Veltheim
Location of the municipality
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Veltheim (the V is pronounced like F; Swiss German : ˈfæltːə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Brugg district and is located just six kilometers southwest of the district capital.

geography

The village lies on a plain at the exit of the Schenkenberger Valley , around one kilometer from the banks of the Aare . In the south of the municipality rises the 572 meter high Veltheimerberg, divided by three small valleys, a foothill of the Folded Jura . The Veltheimerberg goes west into the up to 772 meters Gislifluh . Wildenstein Castle stands on a ledge on the eastern slope . In turn, there are three extensive quarries on the southern slope . A little more than two kilometers south of the village, on the banks of the Aare, lies the district of Au ( 352  m above sea level ).

The area of ​​the municipality is 524 hectares , of which 173 hectares are forested and 88 hectares are built over. The highest point is at 700 meters on the ridge of the Gisifluh, the lowest at 340 meters on the banks of the Aare. The municipality of Veltheim is part of the Aargau Jura Park, a "Regional Nature Park of National Importance". Neighboring communities are Schinznach in the northwest, Brugg in the northeast, Holderbank in the east, Möriken-Wildegg in the southeast and Auenstein in the south.

history

The earliest traces of settlement date from the Bronze Age . From the 1st to the 3rd century there was a Roman manor that supplied the Vindonissa legionary camp with food. The village is thought to have originated around the 6th or 7th century when Alemannic settlers settled in the area. Veltein was first mentioned in a document in 1261. The place name comes from the Old High German fëldheim and means "field residence". The oldest remaining part of the church dates from the 11th century.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1964

At the beginning of the 13th century, Wildenstein Castle was built around one and a half kilometers south on a rocky outcrop . Like the village, it was owned by the Lords of Reinach , a family of ministers in the service of the Habsburgs . In 1415 the city of Bern conquered the western part of the Aargau along with the Wildenstein rulership. From 1460 Veltheim formed a judicial district within the Landvogtei Schenkenberg . After giving up the castle Schenkenberg Wildenstein Castle was from 1720 the seat of the Bernese bailiff . In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . Since then, Veltheim has belonged to the canton of Aargau.

In the second half of the 19th century, agriculture and viticulture lost their importance, which forced many residents to emigrate overseas. In the 20th century Veltheim changed from a farming village to a workers' village. Numerous industrial companies settled here, predominantly the manufacture of shoes, clothing, cement and building materials. Veltheim experienced particularly strong growth in the 1960s, when the population increased by more than 40%. Since a phase of stagnation in the 1970s, it has risen again by more than a third.

On April 5, 2009, the voters of Veltheim clearly rejected a planned merger with the neighboring communities of Oberflachs , Schinznach-Dorf , Schinznach-Bad and Villnachern to form the new community of Schenkenberg , while the other communities agreed.

Attractions

Wildenstein Castle
reformed Church

The baroque Wildenstein Castle stands on a protruding hill about one and a half kilometers south of the village. It is privately owned and can only be viewed from the outside. The system has the shape of an irregular square. The two keep, the curtain wall, the hall and the utility building are grouped around the inner courtyard.

The first parish church was built from the ruins of the former Roman estate. A successor building in Romanesque style was built around 1040 . After the Reformation the church became more and more dilapidated and was finally replaced in 1760 by the Reformed Church Veltheim , which still exists today . The rectory was built in 1681/83 and was rebuilt in 1783 in the late Baroque style. The church district is supplemented by the two late Gothic "Pfaffenhäuser" from around 1650.

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "In blue on a green hill, a yellow armored white rooster with a red comb and beard, overlaid by a six-pointed white star." The oldest known depiction can be found on a fire bucket from 1789. On the community seal of 1811, the rooster was temporarily on a branch, in 1872 the star was added. The rooster was natural-colored until 1926, but was then given a white, heraldically correct plumage. In 2002 the beak color changed from red to yellow; according to heraldic rules, the beak, legs and feet must be of the same color.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1653 1764 1803 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 335 353 486 637 565 653 686 735 1031 1022 1210 1348 1396

On December 31, 2019, 1519 people lived in Veltheim, the proportion of foreigners was 18.4%. In the 2015 census, 42.6% described themselves as Reformed and 22.2% as Roman Catholic ; 35.2% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 91.0% stated German as their main language, 2.4% Italian , 1.6% Serbo-Croatian and 1.0% 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 Brugg District Court is the first instance responsible for legal disputes . Veltheim belongs to the Friedensrichterkreis VIII (Brugg).

economy

According to the corporate structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Veltheim has around 600 jobs, 13% of them in agriculture, 47% in industry and 40% in the service sector. Many of the employed people commute and work in the nearby cities of Aarau , Brugg and Lenzburg .

Veltheim was known as the location of the former Veltheim Driving Center , a traffic safety center two kilometers south of the village. In the disused Unteregg quarry there was a 2.5-kilometer test track on which motor vehicle drivers could complete training courses to improve driving safety. The Veltheim Driving Center was closed in 2008 because the pit had to be returned to Jura Cement.

traffic

Veltheim is on Kantonsstrasse 471, which follows the western bank of the Aare. In the center of the village, Kantonsstrasse 473 branches off to Oberflachs , from the district of Au a bridge leads over to Wildegg . The connection to the public transport network takes place via two postbus lines , from the Wildegg train station to Schinznach-Dorf and from the Brugg train station to Thalheim . On weekends there is a night bus from Brugg via Schinznach-Bad and Veltheim to Thalheim.

education

The community has a kindergarten and a school house with primary school , secondary school and secondary school , while the district school in Schinznach-Dorf can be attended. The closest grammar schools are the Alte Kantonsschule and the Neue Kantonsschule , both in Aarau .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Veltheim  - 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. 446-447 .
  4. ^ 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. ^ 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. 304 .
  8. ↑ 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 12, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 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 12, 2019 .
  11. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Anti-skid courses ( Memento from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive )