Dürrenäsch

Dürrenäsch

Dürrenäsch ( in Swiss German dialect Location: æ ː ʃ ) is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau. It lies on the watershed between Wynental and Lake Valley.

Geography

The village has a loose settlement structure with some spaced groups of houses that are partially grown together with the small center. It is located in a saddle of the ridge that separates the Wynental from Lake Valley. By far the greater part of the township is drained to the west in the direction Wyna. Facing south towards the site (M. 766 m above sea level. ) Rises gently to Wandfluh to; Situated on the hillside a bit from the center puts the hamlet Untersädel (610 m above sea level. M. ) and Obersädel (650 m above sea level. M. ). At the northern end of the saddle is the 630 meter high Bampf. The eastern and northeastern part of the parish belongs geographically to the Lake Valley, on the border with Leutwil the hamlet Wolfacher located (608 m above sea level. M. ).

The area of the municipality is 591 hectares, of which 220 hectares are forested and built over 76 hectares. The highest point is located on 766 meters at the summit of Wandfluh, the deepest at 495 meters on the border with Teufenthal.

Neighboring municipalities are Seon in the north, and Hallwil Boniswil in the northeast, Leutwil the southeast, Zetzwil in the south, Oberkulm in the southwest and Unterkulm and Teufenthal in the West.

History

Various individual finds evidence of a settlement during the Hallstatt period and the Roman era; on the Lindhügel Graves of the Alemanni were discovered. The first mention of Aske inferior place in the year 893 in a toboggan interest of the woman Minster in Zurich. The place name is derived from the Old High German (ze ) askahe what " the ash woodland " means. In the Middle Ages, the village was in the territory of the Counts of Lenzburg, from 1173 in that the counts of Kyburg. After these had died out, the Habsburgs, the new rulers were in 1264. Owner of the lower courts were lords of Trostburg.

1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; Dürrenäsch now belonged to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation. The rule Trostburg was in 1346 came into possession of the Lords of Rinach, 1486 at the Hallwyler. They sold their property in 1616 to the city of Brugg. Bern, however, did not tolerate the growing power of his subjects city and pulled the right to rule itself. Dürrenäsch thereupon formed a part of the judicial district Trostburg within the Office of Lenzburg. A 1782 fire destroyed a large part of the village. In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Dürrenäsch since then is the canton of Aargau.

In the 18th century, cotton weaving, which was later replaced by the straw weaving cottage industry developed. Middle of the 19th century were naturalized under the Act to combat homelessness Jenische families. In the second half of the 19th century, the population fell by more than thirty percent. Many residents were impoverished and had to move away from their home, not a few of them emigrated to North America. From 1863 cigars were manufactured from 1878 Cork. These industries disappeared in the 1950s and made new business space.

On September 4, 1963, a Caravelle III Swissair crashed on its way from Zurich to Geneva in Dürrenäsch. All 80 people on board died of Swissair Flight 306, more than half of the victims were from the village Humlikon in Canton Zurich. A memorial at the crash site commemorates this misfortune.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " keeping in yellow on green mountain rising three red lion, a black branch. » The coat of arms, which was mapped in 1811 on the municipal seal first time, is due to an incorrect interpretation of the name. The lion symbolizes the former Habsburg rule over the village. Today's variant of the coat of arms in 1952 definitely introduced before a coat of arms was at times been used with yellow lion on a blue background.

Attractions

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 1192 people lived in Dürrenäsch, the proportion of foreigners was 10.7 %. At the 2000 census, 65.8 % were reformed. 10.8% Roman Catholic, 10.3% Muslim; 1.8% belonged to other faiths. 90.7 % identified German as their main language, 3.3% Turkish, Serbo-Croatian 2.0%, Albanian 0.9%.

Politics and Law

The Assembly of the voters, the municipal assembly, shall exercise the legislative power. Executive authority is the five-member council. His term of office is four years and he was elected in Majorzverfahren ( majority voting procedure) by the people. He leads and represents the community. To this end, he implements the decisions of the municipal assembly and the tasks that were assigned to him by the cantonal and federal.

For litigation, the District Court in Unterkulm is responsible. Dürrenäsch part of the justice of the peace circle Leutwil.

Economy

In Dürrenäsch there according to census of 2008, around 580 jobs, of which 8% in agriculture, 32 % in industry and 60 % in the service sector. Two companies dominate today 's economic life: the logistics and transport company Bertschi AG with about 2,000 employees worldwide and 44 offices headquartered in Dürrenäsch. The former Korkwarenfabrik Sager AG, PVC profiles, glass wool insulation products and was established in the 1950s, manufactures; Switzerland well known the company is primarily for the foam polystyrene Sagex. Many working population commuters and work in the larger urban areas of the environment or in the Aarau / Lenzburg.

Traffic

Although the village is situated just off the main roads, but by well-developed secondary roads with the Wynental and the Valley connected. The connection to the public transport network is carried out by the bus Teufenthal - Seengen - Lenzburg Lenzburg region of society.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. All upper level of compulsory elementary school can be visited in Unterkulm, Seon or Seengen (depending on location). The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.

Personalities

• Alexander Aeschbach, cyclist ( b. 1974 )
• Friedrich Walti, writer, former Canton Aarau Constitutional Council (* 1927)

Pictures

Village shop

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