Holderbank, Aargau
Holder Bank
Holder Bank (Swiss German: houdər ˌ bɑŋkχ ) is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau. It lies on the River Aare halfway between Lenzburg and Brugg.
Geography
The elongated village is located in a narrow strip of land between the Aare River and the steep western slope of the Chest Mount ( 647 m above sea level. M. ), a foothill of the Jura mountains. The narrow rocky ridge begins at Wildegg castle immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of the municipality, first runs about a kilometer north- northeasterly direction and then turns abruptly to the east. On this ridge joins the north foothills of the mountain joke on. Between the two mountains, a short valley, which is characterized by numerous gravel pits and quarries extends.
The area of the municipality is 233 hectares, of which 84 hectares are forested and built over 71 hectares. The highest point is located on 647 meters on the ridge of the Chest mountain, the deepest at 350 meters on the river Aare.
Neighboring municipalities are Schinznach in the north, joke in the Northeast, Lupfig in the east, Möriken -Wildegg in the south and in the west Veltheim.
History
The first mention of Halderwang place in the year 1259th The place name is composed of the Old High German words holuntar ( elder ) and wang ( slope ) together. In the deed Count Rudolf I of Habsburg (later German king) and his cousin could record Count Gottfried von Habsburg- run castle, which fief of the Alsatian monastery Murbach they possessed. Rudolf I bought shortly before his death in 1291 the monastery courtyard Holder Bank and numerous other possessions from, including the city of Lucerne. The Court developed subsequently at a small village. The lower courts were in the hands of the respective inhabitants of Wildegg Castle.
1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; Holder Bank now part of the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. The village was part of the judicial district Möriken in the Official Lenzburg, which was more than three hundred years, managed by the family Effinger, the Wildegger lords of the castle. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation. From the beginning of the 18th century the village was regarded as a detached Möriken community. In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Holder Bank has since been to the Canton of Aargau.
At the beginning of the 19th century the inhabitants Holder Banks were engaged in agriculture or working in the textile factories of Wildegg and low Lenz. 1835 calico printing was opened, which was received, however, in the 1890s. Although on May 15, 1858, opened by the Swiss Northeastern Railway railway line between Aarau and Brugg led directly past the village, but the community tried several times in vain for a train station; the closest was in Wildegg. 1897 took a lime factory on the operation. Since 1911 is the Effingerhort, a rehabilitation home for alcoholics.
Most to the town's economic boom, however, was founded in 1912 " Aargauische Portland Cement Factory " ( now Holcim ) at. This later took the name of the local municipality to, has evolved over the decades, the largest cement company in the world and made the name Holderbank known worldwide. During the heyday at the beginning of the 1960s the main plant in Holderness Bank counted 300 employees that produced 400,000 tonnes of cement and 25,000 tons of lime annually. The raw materials required for this purpose were mined locally or on the other side of the river in Veltheim and Auenstein.
1974 was achieved in population development with 860 inhabitants of the peak. But in the same year had to be closed, the ceramics factory founded in 1933. In 1975 the Holder Bank Group the gradual relocation of cement production by Rekingen and Würenlingen known. The municipality acquired by the Group, the quarry area, which still today divides the village into two halves. From 1990, the area was filled with excavated material; in the near future, a new village center built here.
Attractions
The Church of Holder Bank was first mentioned in 1275 and served the Effinger family, Wildegger castle's occupants, as a burial place. Significant is the late Gothic baptismal font dating from around 1470, with the arms of Hans Heinrich von ball moss, Lord Wildegg and Wartenstein. 1701/ 02 was carried out by the Bernese architect Samuel Jenner, a completely new building in the late Baroque style.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". In red green elderberry bush with five white umbels, surrounded by white round bench " This is a so-called canting arms; This first appeared on the municipal seals of the 19th century. Recent research are based on a misinterpretation of the name; the ending- banking is not for a bench, but for a slope.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 1036 people lived in Holderness Bank, the proportion of foreigners was 28.1 %. At the 2000 census, 48.3% were reformed. 28.7 % Roman Catholic, 8.3% Muslim and 2.6% Christian Orthodox. 83.7 % identified German as their main language, the Italian and Serbo-Croatian 5.0%, 1.4% each Albanian and English.
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 has jurisdiction Lenzburg. Holder Bank is a justice of the peace circle Othmarsingen.
Economy
In Holderbank there according to census of 2008, around 800 jobs, of which 1% in agriculture, 11 % in industry and 88 % in the service sector. Largest employer is the FIXIT AG, which produces gypsum, mortar and concrete. The Holcim Group (formerly Holder Bank) has adjusted to its place of origin, the production of cement and is here only still represented by the corporate foundation and a general contractor for the construction of cement factories.
Traffic
Holder Bank is conveniently located on the main Hauptstrasse 5 (Aarau, Brugg- Waldshut ), about five kilometers from the port Aarau-West of the A1 motorway. Since 1999, the village has a stop at the SBB railway Olten -Aarau -Brugg, a bus company region Lenzburg ersetzte.Bahnstrecke Baden -Aarau
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. All upper level of compulsory elementary school ( junior high school, middle school, school district ) can be visited in Möriken -Wildegg. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.
Personalities
- Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742-1795), pharmacist and botanist