Besenbüren
Besenbüren ( in local dialect: [ ˌ Baesi b̥ʏ ː ɾə ] ) is a municipality in the district of Muri in the southeast of the Swiss canton of Aargau. It lies in the middle Bünztal.
Geography
The community lies on the edge of the foothills of the Bünzebene to Wagenrain, one mile east of Bünz and a half miles west of the River Reuss. The biggest part of its territory is mostly flat, and only in the north- west and north- east the terrain is hilly.
The area of the municipality is 238 hectares, of which 47 hectares are forested and built over 29 hectares. The highest point is located on 498 meters on the north western edge of the village, the deepest at 436 meters on the southern boundary of the municipality.
Neighboring municipalities are Bremgarten in the north, Rottenschwil in the east, Aristau in the southeast, southwest and Bünzen Boswil in the northwest.
History
In Forums moss on the southern boundary of the municipality was discovered various items from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, including stone hatchets and hand axes. From the Bronze Age comes several spearheads that were found at the same location.
The place Besenbüren is in documents of the 14th century repeatedly testified ( 1303-1308 ze Bessembu rron ͥ, Bessenbu ͥ ron, and after 1312 by Besembúren, ze Besembúrren; 1361 ze Besenbüren ), and also to the time around 1160 declining Acta Murensia mention him in Besenbürren Mansum. When place names is an Old High German personal name Baso from the composition and the destination word Buria / būrrea / Burra " dwelling, abode ," which indicates a Alamannic founding of the 6th to 8th century.
Lords in the Middle Ages were the monasteries Muri and Engelberg. Besenbüren was in the Habsburg Office Muri. During the Habsburg exercised high justice, the lower courts was the Lords of Heidegg who resided in Heidegg palace overlooking Gelfingen.
1415 conquered the Swiss Canton Aargau, and Besenbüren was now a part of the Office Boswil in the outdoor offices, a commons regime. The Lords of Heidegg retained their rights under the Confederates. In 1471 they sold it to the monastery Muri and bought it back a few years later, around 1617 then definitely going to sell the monastery. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Was Besenbüren a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau.
During the second half of the 19th century, the population decreased by over 30 percent. Numerous houses fires, poverty and land shortages forced to emigrate. Until well into the 20th century the town remained agricultural. By 1980, the lowest level was reached with 280 inhabitants; but then began a building boom, and the village grew in 25 years to double the population.
Attractions
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". In Yellow on green hill green leafy birch with white stem, beseitet of two red cranberry flowers with black slugs and green leafy stalks » birches and Cranberries belong to the typical flora of Besenbüren. The design first appeared in 1811 on the municipal seal, the mold was definitely established in 1961. The coat of arms heraldic however not entirely correct: So the hill is jagged instead of round, and the number of leaves on the stems of the cranberry blossom is not symmetrical ( right were four instead of five). The proposal of the State Archives shall be slightly changing the coat of arms of the city council refused in 2002 from however.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 577 people lived in Besenbüren, the proportion of foreigners was 5%. At the 2000 census, 55.8 % Roman Catholic and 26.8 % were reformed; 2.2% belonged to other faiths. 97.2 % reported 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, 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 Muri is responsible. Besenbüren part of the justice of the peace circle Boswil.
Economy
In Besenbüren there according to census of 2008, around 100 jobs, of which 39% in agriculture, 18 % in industry and 43 % in services. However, the majority of workers are commuters and work in the surrounding communities in Bünztal (especially Wohlen and Muri ), but partly also in the greater Zurich area.
Traffic
Although the community is located away from the traffic, but is only about half a kilometer west of the main road between Bremgarten and Sins. About three miles to the west, at Boswil, Main road 25 between Lenzburg and Sins. A post bus line goes from Wohlen Besenbüren to Muri.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and the secondary school can be visited in Boswil, the district school in Muri. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Wohlen.
Personalities
- Hermann Huber (1863-1915), Government