Vordemwald

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Vordemwald
Vordemwald coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
District : Zofingenw
BFS no. : 4287i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4803
Coordinates : 634 894  /  236100 coordinates: 47 ° 16 '30 "  N , 7 ° 53' 59"  O ; CH1903:  634,894  /  236100
Height : 428  m above sea level M.
Height range : 411-544 m above sea level M.
Area : 10.14  km²
Residents: 1977 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 195 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		7.5% (December 31, 2019)
Website: www.vordemwald.ch
Vordemwald

Vordemwald
Location of the municipality
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Vordemwald ( Swiss German : ˈfɔrəˌʋɑʊd ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau . It belongs to the Zofingen district and is located in the Pfaffneren valley .

geography

The community is located in the valley of the Pfaffneren , which flows from south to north and flows into the Aare at Rothrist . More than half of the community area is forested. The Unterwald in the west and the Boowald in the southwest are part of the largest contiguous forest area in the canton of Aargau. The valley and the hills to the south-east and north have been cleared over the centuries . There are individual hamlets around the village center, Rümlisberg in the north, Benzligen in the southeast and Chratzeren in the south.

The area of ​​the municipality is 1014 hectares , of which 584 hectares are forested and 81 hectares are built over. The highest point is in the Boowald at 550 meters, the lowest at 414 meters on the Pfaffneren. Neighboring communities are Rothrist in the north, Strengelbach in the east, Brittnau in the southeast and Murgenthal in the west.

history

In the 9th and 10th centuries, the population around Zofingen rose sharply and expanded westward over the Wigger into the jungle . Eight plug-in yards were built on the newly cleared hills . The Steckhöfe known as "Waldviertel" grew steadily. Its residents lived largely autonomously and hardly cared about the overriding state. The first written mention of the settlements "vor dem Walde" was in 1306 in the Habsburg land register . In the Middle Ages, the area around Vordemwald was part of the Aarburg office and therefore owned by the Counts of Frohburg . They sold the office to the Habsburgs in 1299 , who thus had both lower jurisdiction and blood jurisdiction . The Frohburger had already sold the property to the Canons of Zofingen around 1200 .

In 1415 the confederates conquered Aargau. The area now belonged to the subject area of ​​the city of Bern , the Bernese Aargau . In 1528 the Bernese introduced the Reformation . In March 1798 the French took Switzerland, ousted the «Gracious Lords» of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic . The part of the Aarburg office located west of the Wigger initially belonged to the Langenthal district in the canton of Bern and then in March 1803 became part of the canton of Aargau. On August 17, 1803, a community meeting took place for the first time and the Steckhöfe merged under the new name Vordemwald. The community remained agricultural until well into the 20th century, and the population growth was below average compared to the rest of the district.

Vordemwald was one of the venues for the 1999 Fistball World Cup .

Attractions

reformed Church

coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms reads: "Green fir torn in white, with a red V below." The community seals of 1811 and 1872 showed a torn fir tree with the letters G and W for "community forest". The letters were later left out, as they often gave rise to mocking remarks ("greatness delusion"). To avoid confusion with similar fir coats of arms, the capital V for Vordemwald was added in 1962.

population

The population developed as follows:

year 1764 1850 1900 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2019
Residents 565 1,143 1,243 1,174 1,435 1,489 1,557 1,550 1,639 1,789 1,700 1,960

On December 31, 2019, 1977 people lived in Vordemwald, the proportion of foreigners was 7.5%. In the 2015 census, 57.1% described themselves as Reformed and 16.8% as Roman Catholic ; 26.1% were non-denominational or of other faiths. In the 2000 census, 96.1% said their main language was German and 1.4% Italian .

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 Zofingen is primarily responsible for legal disputes . Vordemwald belongs to the XVI judges' circle (Zofingen).

economy

Sennhof Nursing home

According to the company structure statistics (STATENT) collected in 2015, Vordemwald has around 600 jobs, 10% of them in agriculture, 38% in industry and 52% in the service sector. Most of the employed are commuters and work in Zofingen and the surrounding area. The Sennhof nursing home is the most important employer. It was founded in 1898 as a home for neglected and orphaned boys and in 1931 it was converted into a nursing home for the long-term and chronically ill.

traffic

Vordemwald is on the canton road 233 from Zofingen to Langenthal , side streets lead to Rothrist and Pfaffnau . The Rothrist and Reiden connections to the A2 motorway are only a few kilometers away. The connection to the public transport network is made by a bus line operated by Limmat Bus to Zofingen train station . On weekends there is a night bus from Olten train station via Zofingen and Brittnau to Vordemwald.

education

school

The community has a kindergarten and a school house where primary school is taught. The Realschule , the Secondary School and the District School can be attended in Rothrist . The closest grammar school is the Zofingen Cantonal School .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Vordemwald  - 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. 452-454 .
  4. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1108, Swisstopo.
  5. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to 4 main areas. Federal Statistical Office , November 26, 2018, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
  6. ^ 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. 308 .
  7. ↑ 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 30, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Resident population by religious affiliation, 2015. (Excel) In: Population and Households, Community Tables 2015. Statistics Aargau, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ 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 30, 2019 .
  10. ↑ circles of justice of the peace. Canton of Aargau, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Statistics of the corporate structure (STATENT). (Excel, 157 kB) Statistics Aargau, 2016, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
  12. ^ Nursing home Sennhof