Schöftland

Schöftland

Schöftland (Swiss German: Schöftle ʃœf, ː tlə ) is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau. It lies in the middle Suhrental in the south of Canton.

Geography

The village extends along the eastern edge of the flat plane of the Suhre, wherein the flow essentially forms the western boundary of the settlement area. At the southern end of the elongated village the population expands, however, over the entire width of the valley and reached the village of Picardy to the western edge of the plain. There, the towering Uerknerberg ( 586 m above sea level. M. ) forms the boundary to Uerkental. In the southeast extends through the Ebni (607 m above sea level. M. ) separately, the through by the Ruederche Ruedertal. From this valley in turn branches off to the northeast from the Surtal. It leads to the 611 meter high Böhler Pass, the transition to Wynental, and is determined by the Brendel Rain ( 601 m above sea level. M. ) and the Gschneit ( 648 m above sea level. M. ) limited.

The area of the municipality is 628 hectares, of which 248 hectares are forested and built over 149 hectares. The highest point is located on 648 meters on the Gschneit, the deepest at 443 meters at the Suhre.

Neighboring municipalities are deer valley in the north, Unterkulm in the east, in the southeast Schlossrued, Relay Bach in the south, southwest and Holziken Uerkheim in the northwest. The settlement area is almost grown together with that of deer valley.

History

The Alemanni settled around the middle of the 7th century in the area of. Excavations in 1964 revealed that already a church had been built at that time. The first mention was made in the year 1220. At that time the provost of Schönenwerd handed the monastery of St. Urban two goods in Schofftellang. The place name comes from Old High Sceftilwanc and means " hillside with horsetail ( coverage) ." The spelling of the place changed over the centuries Scho flat, Schopflanc, Scheftlan and Schöfftland to Schöftland. 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. Around 1350, the mooing office, a separate judicial district, which also includes Schöftland was created.

1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; Schöftland now belonged to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau and was the seat of the judicial district of Lenzburg in office. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation. In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Schöftland since then is the canton of Aargau.

On 30 January 1811, the municipality received from the State Government, the right to hold markets. Even today, a goods market is held in October on the 1st of May and the last Saturday. The Suhrentalbahn adopted on 19 November 1901 its operation. Thus, the industry experienced a boom. Since 1900, the population has increased by two and half times, but there were a period of stagnation between 1970 and 1990.

Attractions

The Schöftland castle was built in 1660. Was on the same spot during the Middle Ages a small castle tower, which was destroyed in the Battle of Sempach. Since 1917, the castle is owned by the municipality and serves as the seat of the municipal administration. The Church of Schöftland originated in 1506 in late gothic style. 1683 the nave was destroyed by fire and then rebuilt widened; preserved are the choir and the north steeple attached to it.

Gallery

Reformed Church ( cultural )

Catholic Church

Reformed Presbytery ( cultural )

Salt Peter House ( Cultural Property )

Two guard houses near the castle ( Cultural Property )

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Yellow red cross of St. Andrew. " In the illustrated chronicles of the 16th and 17th century Schöftland was mistakenly assigned to the detectable since 1340 coat of arms of the lords of a hat instead of Alsace, although this had no connection to the village.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 4046 people lived in Schöftland, the proportion of foreigners was 16.8 %. At the 2000 census, 55.7 % were reformed. 24.0 % Roman Catholic, and 3.8 % Muslim; 1.3% belonged to other faiths. 89.5 % identified German as their main language, 3.7 % speak Italian, 3.0% Albanian.

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. At the local level there is a justice of the peace, who is also responsible for the communities Holziken, Schlossrued and Schmiedrued.

Economy

In Schöftland there according to Census 2008, approximately 1,400 jobs, of which 2% in agriculture, 24 % in industry and 74 % in the service sector. Industrial enterprises are small and medium sized companies in the areas of textiles, machinery, metal and wood processing, construction and civil engineering as well as in the graphic arts. Schöftland is the regional center of the middle Suhrentals and therefore has a number of commuters from the surrounding communities. Many workers who live in Schöftland themselves, but are commuters and work in Aarau and environment.

Since November 2009, at the Suhre in Schöftland the first water vortex power plant in Switzerland in operation. The plant will annually 100,000 to 130,000 kilowatt hours ( kWh) of electricity.

Traffic

The community is developed excellent. It lies on the main road 24 between Aarau and Sursee. Other major roads leading into Ruedertal, the Uerkental and the Böhler Pass to Unterkulm. West of the village runs a bypass road that serves as a feeder for connection Aarau-West of the A1 motorway. In Schöftland the southern terminus of the Suhrentalbahn is to Aarau; on the northern route there is an additional stop. From the train station provides postal routes by Schmiedrued and Sursee as well as a bus service of the Society for SDR Zofingen station.

Education

The municipality has two kindergartens and four school houses in which all levels of compulsory elementary school can be completed (primary school, secondary school, secondary school, school district ). The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.

Personalities

• Frederick William Knoebel (1802-1871), educator and writer, was rector of the 1847-1860 district school Schöftland
• Fridolin Laager (1883-1975), politician