Uezwil

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Uezwil (Swiss German: Üezmel, ʏətsməl ) is a municipality in the district Bremgarten in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It lies on the western edge of the Bünztal valley.

Geography

The horseshoe-shaped village is built on top of a wide, flat plateau at the northern foothills of the Lindenberg, who is here called Niesenberg. To the west, south and east the plain is bounded by gently rising hills, giving it a trough-like shape. It is drained to the north by the background stream, a tributary of the Bünz.

The area of the municipality is 245 hectares, of which 68 hectares are covered by forest and built over 15 hectares. The highest point is located on 632 meters on the eastern slope of Mount Niesen, the deepest at 520 meters at the back of Bach.

Neighboring municipalities are Büttikon in the north, Büelisacker in the northeast, Kallern the east and south, and Sarmenstorf in the West.

History

1936, in the Eichenweid at Uezwil a 4500 years old megalithic tomb from the Neolithic period to the fore. Further evidence comes from the Roman period. Around the year 500 a settlement of the Alamanni was born. At the foundation of the monastery of Muri in 1027, the name of a Knight Arnold was noted by Utwile. The first mention of Juezewile place in the year 1217th The village name comes from the Old High German Uozinwilari and means " farm estate of Uuzo ". The spelling changed over the centuries about Uotzwile and Uetzwil to Uezwil. Major feudal lords in the Middle Ages were the Einsiedeln Monastery, Muri Abbey, the monastery and the parish Gnadenthal Sarmenstorf. Sovereigns and the owner of the high courts were the Habsburgs.

1415 conquered the Lucerne villages Büttikon, Hilfikon, Sarmenstorf, Uezwil and Villmergen. But in 1425 they had to return the area to the common possession of the Confederates. Uezwil now lay in the Official Villmergen the outdoor offices, a common rule. The village was always very rural, from the 18th century made ​​it possible to work at home for the straw industry a modest side income.

In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Uezwil became a municipality in the district of the short-lived Sarmenstorf canton of Baden, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau. To date, Uezwil has remained a small village, which is characterized mainly by agriculture; significant industry has never settled here. After the population had always been in decline, it rises again slightly since 1980.

Attractions

In medieval village stands the Chapel of Mary coronation. It was built 1766/67 instead of an older, dilapidated facility. It consists of a short nave, a polygonal choir retracted and a separate axial sacristy.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " Split yellow with three growing out of the division line red arrowheads, and blue. " Since 1880, the municipality used a coat of arms with a fasces, in the mistaken assumption that it was doing to the Uezwiler municipal coat of arms. In reality, it was the 1798, introduced Seal of the Helvetic Republic. The 1946 redesigned coat of arms recalls the church patronage of Saint Sebastian.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 417 people lived in Uezwil, the proportion of foreigners was 8.4 %. At the 2000 census, 64.5 % Roman Catholic, and 21.3% were reformed; 0.6 % belonged to other faiths. 97.5 % identified German as their main language.

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 Bremgarten is responsible. Uezwil part of the justice of the peace circle Sarmenstorf.

Economy

In Uezwil there according to Census 2008, about 80 jobs, including 56 % in agriculture, 12 % in industry and 32 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in the neighboring communities, mainly in Wohlen and Villmergen.

Traffic

Uezwil is a little off the main roads and therefore knows almost no through traffic. The important main road 25 between Lenzburg and train is only a few kilometers away. The village is connected by a postal bus with Wohlensee station.

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 Wohlen. Well is also the location of the nearest district school (Gymnasium).