Weggis
| Weggis | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Lucerne (LU)
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| Constituency : | Lucerne Country |
| BFS no. : | 1069 |
| Postal code : |
6353 (Weggis) 6356 (Rigi Kaltbad) |
| Coordinates : | 675 986 / 209534 |
| Height : | 436 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 433–1658 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 11.79 km² |
| Residents: | 4369 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 371 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
22.8% (December 31, 2,015) |
| Website: | www.weggis.ch |
 Weggis with Lake Lucerne towards the south |
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Weggis ( pronunciation : [ ˈvɛkis ]) is a municipality in the constituency of Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .
geography
Weggis is located in a bulge named after him ( Rigi Bay) of Lake Lucerne at the southwestern foot of the Rigi . The place has an extremely mild climate and is known for the thriving of numerous southern plants (including chestnut trees, palms, grapes and orchids).
The village of Weggis is located on a south-facing plain on the shores of Lake Lucerne. In the past it only consisted of the two districts of Unterdorf in the west and Oberdorf to the east. Due to the brisk construction activity due to the location, the districts Hinterdorf (east of Oberdorf), Rain and Laugneri (near Hinterdorf), Baumen and Dörfli near Unterdorf - as well as Tischital and Rigiblick on the slope above the Oberdorf have emerged. Right in the southwest corner, a peninsula, is the district of Hertenstein LU (2.3 km southwest of the village; on the lake shore). At the municipal boundary to Vitznau , 1.9 km southeast of the village, another district has emerged. From the lakeshore at 436 m above sea level. M. up to a height of 794 m above sea level. M. different hamlets have grown together. These are: Riedsort (on the lakeshore), Bannholz ( 667 m above sea level ), Bodenberg ( 642 m above sea level ) and Sentiberg ( 794 m above sea level ). Far up on the slope, accessible by cable car and rack railway, is the Rigi Kaltbad district (2.8 km northeast; 1438 m above sea level to 1471 m above sea level ). Many other groups of houses and individual farmsteads belong to the community.
With the exception of the Herrenwald north of Hertenstein, the west and the center of the community are forestless. The situation is different on the Rigihang east of the Hinterdorf, this part of the municipality is heavily covered by forest. Larger forest areas are the Kirchenwald on the slope northeast of the Hinterdorf, through which the Kienbach flows to Lake Lucerne, and the Lützelauerwald on the eastern border of the municipality.
The municipality boundary goes from Lake Lucerne west of Unterwilen (municipality of Vitznau) to the north, 1000 meters upwards to Rigi-First (in the canton of Schwyz ). And from there in a north-westerly direction north past Rigi Kaltbad to Rotstock ( 1659 m above sea level ). Then it turns to the west and comes back to Lake Lucerne south of Greppen . Weggis borders on Küssnacht SZ and Greppen in the north, on Arth in the canton of Schwyz in the northeast, on Vitznau in the east and southeast and on Lake Lucerne.
Of the municipal area of 1,182 hectares (excluding Seanteil), 46.0% is agricultural land. Almost as much - 38.7% - is covered by forest and wood and 14.0% is settlement area.
population
Between 1798 and 1850 the population increased sharply (1798-1850: +46.3%). From 1850 to 1880, with the exception of 1870, the number of inhabitants remained constant. Thereafter, until 1970, interrupted by two phases of stagnation (1930–1941 and 1950–1960), the number of residents continued to grow (1880–1970: +94.5%). The main reason for this was tourism, on which the population development was heavily dependent. In these 90 years the population has almost doubled. The 1970s brought a setback (1970–1980: −6.0%). Since then, the population has grown very rapidly due to the good location and the hotel management schools with their large number of students (1980–2010: +79.1%). In 1991 the number of residents exceeded 3,000 and in 2007 it had already exceeded 4,000. Population growth has slowed since 2010.
Sources: 1798–1837: Helvetic and cantonal censuses; Federal Office for statistics; 1850 to 2000 census results, 2010 ESPOP, since 2011 STATPOP
languages
The population uses a highly Alemannic dialect as everyday language . The dialect of Weggis differs greatly from that in the city of Lucerne and is similar to that of the canton of Schwyz (examples "I go" / city of Lucerne: ech goh ; canton of Schwyz and Weggis: I gah ; "new" / city of Lucerne: nöi ; canton Schwyz and Weggis: nüü ). At the last census in 2000, 84.90% said German, 1.63% Portuguese and 1.41% English were their main languages.
Religions - denominations
In the past, all residents were members of the Roman Catholic Church. This has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad. On June 30, 2014, there were 55.6% Roman Catholic and 15.60% Evangelical Reformed Christians.
Origin - nationality
At the end of 2017, the community had 4,404 inhabitants. Of these, 3,371 were Swiss citizens and 1,033 (= 23.46%) were people of other nationalities. The largest groups of immigrants come from Germany (366 people), Portugal (138), India (84), Vietnam (40), Hungary (39), Spain (35), Italy (34), Austria (31), Slovakia (29 ) and Kosovo (24 people). The comparatively high number of Indians and Vietnamese are almost entirely students of a hotel management school.
history
Around 800 the Pfäfers Monastery (SG) acquired the Wattawis farm. The community had been settled for a long time at that time. The community name comes from the Celtic and means "place of the ferrymen". The first written mention of Weggis under his Latin name Guategisso comes from the year 1116, when Pope Paschalis II confirmed his ownership rights to the Pfäfers monastery. The freedom-loving residents were for some time under the rule of the Habsburgs . The Lords of Hertenstein exercised the regency for both the monastery brothers and the Habsburgs. But as early as 1332 Weggis and Gersau became Free Republics and allies of the neighboring original Swiss. This was confirmed in a federal letter from the Confederates in 1359. Nevertheless, the Lords of Hertenstein sold their rights to the city of Lucerne in 1380. These administrated Weggis until 1798 as part of the Landvogtei Weggis. The Weggis defended themselves against the lords of Lucerne in several uprisings until 1588. In the Peasants' War of 1653, they once stood on the side of the rule of Lucerne. The community belonged to the district of Lucerne from 1798 to 1803, then to the newly created office of Lucerne . In 1798 the district of Vitznau was separated from Weggis and became an independent municipality. The merger project of the three Lucerne Rigi communities Weggis, Vitznau and Greppen was suspended for an indefinite period in 2005.
politics
Municipal council
The Weggis municipal council consists of six members:
- Roger Dähler (independent): Mayor
- Philipp Christen ( CVP ): Parish Vice President
- Peter Portmann (independent): community clerk
- Baptist Lottenbach ( FDP ): Mayor
- Beatrix Küttel (CVP): Social Director
- Esther Pfründer (FDP): Finances and taxes
Cantonal elections
In the 2015 Cantonal Council elections for the Canton of Lucerne, the share of the vote in Weggis was: SVP 31.6%, FDP 26.2%, CVP 23.3%, glp 6.4%, SP 6.0%, GPS 4.9%.
National Council elections
In the 2015 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Weggis was: SVP 30.5%, FDP 25.7%, CVP 18.0%, SP 9.5%, glp 6.5%, GPS 6.1%, BDP 2, 1 %.
economy
In 2016 there were 404 workplaces with 2,216 employees in Weggis. The percentage of people employed in agriculture has fallen sharply over the past few decades. Agriculture now only offers a professional livelihood to 5.64% of the workforce (125 people) in 36 companies. Industry and trade with 62 companies and 520 employees and the service sector with 306 workplaces and 1,571 employees are far more important today.
tourism
After Lucerne Weggis is the second largest tourist destination in the canton of Lucerne. The Weggis – Rigi Kaltbad aerial cableway takes you to Rigi Kaltbad, near the Känzeli lookout point . From Rigi Kaltbad you can take the cogwheel train ( Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn ) uphill. Weggis is also known as the " Riviera of Central Switzerland" because of its southern climate .
traffic
Weggis is well served by public transport, especially by boat and bus with the Lake Lucerne Shipping Company (SGV). The bus line (“Riviera Line”) Küssnacht – Weggis – Gersau – Brunnen – Schwyz connects the communities on the south side of the Rigis. The train station Küssnacht SZ is on the Lucerne-Goldau and the train station fountain on the Gotthard line (Basel-Chiasso). The ships to and from Lucerne usually run every hour.
Weggis is on the Küssnacht – Gersau – Brunnen road. The closest Autobahn connection Küssnacht (# 36) on the A4 is 10 km away.
education
In Weggis (2017/2018 school year) 47 children attended the three kindergarten classes in Neubühl and the Sigristhofstatt. The Grossmatt, Kirchmatt and Sigristhofstatt school houses offered 193 primary school students in 12 classes and the Dörfli school for 137 upper school pupils in 9 classes. The majority of learners in Lucerne attend secondary schools and universities.
Apprentices based in Weggis
| School year (2017/2018) |
kindergarten | Primary school | Secondary school, all levels |
Overall |
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| Departments | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| Learners | 47 | 193 | 137 | 377 |
from the community and neighboring communities; Source LUSTAT
Apprentices living in Weggis
| School year (2017/2018) |
kindergarten | Basic level | Primary school | Secondary school, level A / B |
Secondary school, level C |
Integrated secondary school |
Overall |
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| Learners | 48 | 0 | 196 | 57 | 23 | 3 | 327 |
resident in the municipality; Source LUSTAT
particularities
- The place is also known for the folksong Vo Luzern uf Wäggis zue .
- Weggis is one of the numerous tax havens on Lake Lucerne.
- In 1919, the first lido in Switzerland was opened in the municipality, in which men and women did not have to bathe separately.
- In 1946 in the district Hertenstein the " Hertenstein program " passed that establishing the European Union Federalists (UEF, and European Union ) establishing the European Union contributed.
- There has been a vineyard in Weggis since 1990, which is entered in the Federal Viticulture Register. The Eggisbühl vineyard below the hill chapel of the former mansion and later a community center is managed by the Eggisbühl Vineyard Association.
- From May 22nd to June 4th, 2006 the Brazilian national soccer team's training camp took place in Weggis ahead of the soccer World Cup in Germany . A total of 70,000 spectators attended the 14 public training sessions of the 2002 world champions, which were accompanied by a festival program. During this time, a media crowd moved the Weggis community into the spotlight.
Personalities
- Joseph Zimmermann was born in Weggis in 1849 and joined the Africa Mission Society and founded the missionary movement in Ireland.
- Mark Twain stayed in Weggis with his family in 1897 and describes this place as “the most beautiful place on earth”.
- After his deposition as emperor, Emperor Karl I of Austria and his wife Zita lived in the "Schlosshotel" in Hertenstein, before he left it to regain power and flew to Sopron via Dübendorf .
- Hans Arp lived in Weggis from 1907 to 1913.
- From 1930 on, Sergei Rachmaninoff lived temporarily in Weggis. Villa Senar is located in Hertenstein, in the Weggis community, and is a listed building and curated by the Rachmaninoff Foundation.
- The pianist Edwin Fischer lived in Weggis from 1944 and received citizenship in 1956.
- The jazz pianist and composer John Wolf Brennan lives in Weggis.
- The television quiz master, presenter and radio reporter Mäni Weber (1935–2006) lived in Weggis from 1995 until his death.
- The television and radio presenter Kurt Zurfluh (1949-2017) last lived there.
- Long-distance runner Lucia Mayer-Hofmann was born in Weggis in 1979 .
literature
- Collection of Swiss Legal Sources, III. Department: The Legal Sources of the Canton of Lucerne, Part Two: Rights of the Landscape, Volume 1: Vogtei and Weggis Office. From Martin Salzmann. Aarau 1996. ( online version )
- Barbara Hennig, André Meyer: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Lucerne, Volume II: The Office of Lucerne. The rural communities. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3-906131-90-0 , pp. 508-554. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 116).
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Weggis
- Community profile of the cantonal statistical office (PDF, 103 KB)
- Waltraud Hörsch: Weggis (community). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Permanent resident population by nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (permanent resident population)
- ↑ Source: Robert Gubler, Population Development and Economic Changes in the Canton of Lucerne, Conclusion Table 1
- ↑ Balance of the permanent resident population according to demographic components, institutional structure, nationality and gender (Federal Statistical Office, STAT-TAB)
- ^ Text about history on the website of the municipality of Weggis
- ^ LUSTAT: Community profile Weggis ( Memento from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ National Council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality. In: Results of the National Council elections 2015. Federal Statistical Office, 2016, accessed on June 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Number of classes and learners
- ^ LUSTAT, page 242
- ↑ The Rigilied “Vo Luzärn uf Wäggis zue”. “Musikwelle”, Radio SRF , July 24, 2015, accessed on June 10, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.eggisbuehler.ch
- ^ Wehrmeyer, Andreas, Sergej Rachmaninow , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag 2012, p. 140, ISBN 978-3-49950416-7 .