Bilten
Bilten ( in local dialect: [ ː tə b̥ɪl ] ) is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
The village was merged as part of the Glarus municipality reform on 1 January 2011 with the communities Filzbach, Mollis, mill Horn, Naefels, Lower urns, urns and top fruit Alden to the new municipality of Glarus Nord.
Geography
Bilten lies at the foot of Planggenstocks, south of Lake Walen and Lake Zurich Linth channel between, about 50 km southeast of Zurich. The municipal area was almost the whole northern slope of Planggenstock and Hirzli with Alp Nidern, which is open in summer. It is connected by the Ussberg - Nidernstrasse directly with rich castle.
The Biltner Dorfbach delimits the parts of the village and Rufi Unterbilten. By 1887, he joined several times over its banks and was therefore largely channeled. Between the grave road and the railway line it flows into a catch basin, the so-called gravel collectors. Then it flows gently in an artificial bed in the Linthkanal. Bilten is sort of a village street and consists of the parts Oberbilten, Rufi and Unterbilten. Respectively north-east of the village center. both sides of the railway line is the industrial zone.
In the northwest, on the border with the Canton of Schwyz, the scattered settlement is Ussbühl (formerly USPO ). Northeast of Ussbühls there is a sewage treatment plant and the Torfstichsee. There peat was cut in the time of the Second World War, so that groundwater appeared.
Economics, Transportation
Bilten is affected by the main railway axis Zürich-Chur/-Buchs SG and since 1974 from the A3 motorway ( Switzerland ) since 1875. In addition to the main roads to low urns and rich castle there is also a direct road link to the sanktgallische community GeopathSchänis. This gives an excellent traffic, which owes its name as an industrial center of the village. The main employer was since the 50erjahren Gebr Kunz Meat Production AG, which went bankrupt in 1995. A subsidiary was the cold store AG, for which there is a successor company. The former factory building owns the farm Oberkirch AG in cold Brunn. Probably the most important tenant is Koku, a company that deals with bankruptcy goods.
Today Bilten and Ussbühl is operated from the Glarus bus. Licensee is the SBB, which awards the contract to the transport bus operation Emil Niederer in fruit Alden. Niederer had made as Postautohalter a name and is in charge of school communities with school transport. The local train station is served hourly by the S2 S-Bahn Zurich and includes a transfer station for smaller goods. Since 2002 Bilten is the main location of the PET bottle manufacturer Resilux. Other major employers include the Wannerit AG and construction companies Feldmann and Toneatti. The latter firm is headed by This Jenny.
History
The first documented mention of the village as Billitun can be found in the Schenkungsurkund of Count Arnold of Lenzburg to the monastery GeopathSchänis from around the mid 11th century. The place name is probably a composition with the Celtic root word - dūnon, fortified settlement ' back. As a possible antecedent be kelt. bilio, tree ', IE bil, swamp ', or a person's name, tribe called bili -.
Bilten was beaten around the year 1405 to Glarus and bought in 1412 by Schäniser monastery going. The first chapel was built in 1345 in Ussbühl. After the Reformation, the Biltener were until the establishment of the church, in 1607, kirchgenössig in Lower urns. Ins 1762, the founding of the school community coincides with the introduction of a school tax.
Until the 19th century in Bilten a business location of the current magnitude was not feasible. The production facilities were heavily dependent on hydropower, and the Lindth that branched out again and again in new arms, this force could not provide.
The closure of Gebr Kunz AG triggered a lot of concern, and in 2002, tax losses were recorded in six-figure total. A gemeinderätliche Economic Commission was formed to attract new businesses in Bilten. However, even this body could not make up for the financial losses.
The local church Bilten has risen to 1 January 2011 in the new municipality of Glarus Nord.
Attractions
The landmark Biltens are:
- The Miltsche Knight House, dated 1638, 1724 extended by one floor, in which the eponymous knight's hall is located. 1977 moved there a narrow mountain Ulla Killias and was entrusted with the restoration of this listed building structure.
- The Elsenerhaus. It was built in 1608 and whose gable room in 1618 by Heinrich Elsener named Milt, decorated in Renaissance style. 1853-1944 was housed there a boys' reformatory.
These houses stand side by side at the Else Wellington Close, the oldest main road in the Canton of Glarus. Both houses are inhabited by the owners or tenants.
Energy supply
Electricity is distributed by the electricity supply Bilten ( EVB ). This draws power from the Axpo AG, a major distributor. The main transformer station located on the Sägestrasse. The overhead lines were largely transferred to the 80 - and 90erjahren under the ground.
Policy
In the district elections in 2006, the SVP was 494, the CVP and the FDP 385 229 party votes. There are no other parties competed for election.
Population
In the second half of the 20th century, the church was transformed from a farming village to an industrial town. During this relatively short period, its population tripled.
Pictures
The former parish hall
The train station with a bus stop in the foreground
The village center with the Restaurant Hirschen
Elsenerhaus
Personalities
- Ulla narrow mountain Killias, painter
- Urs Freuler cyclist
- Jakupović Eldin, goalkeeper
- Heinrich Lienhard, emigrants
- Christoph Stiissi, former Councillor, now moved away from Bilten
- Rolf Widmer, Acting Government