Birmenstorf, Aargau

Look at the cath. church

Birmenstorf ( in local dialect: Birmischtoorf, [ ˌ b̥ɪ̞rmiʒ̊ to ɾf ː ] ) is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. It lies on the River Reuss, four kilometers west-southwest of Baden. It is not to be confused with the homophonic Birmensdorf in the canton of Zurich.

Geography

The municipality is located on a gravel plain on the right side of the Reuss, a few kilometers from the confluence with the Aare. The Reuss has created through thousands of years of erosion, close and up to 30 meter deep gorge. The Stettberg, the Boll Rain and neck protrude into the plane. It is smaller foothills of Gebenstorfer horn, which belongs to the Jura mountains. The village center is located at the constriction between the nozzle and the Reuss.

The municipal area is 780 hectares large, of which 282 hectares are forested, 10 hectares are planted with vines and built over 119 hectares. The highest point is located on the nozzle to 573 meters, the deepest at 340 meters on the river Reuss. To Birmenstorf include the hamlet Müslen, Muntwil, Oberhard and Lindmühle.

Neighboring municipalities are Gebenstorf in the north, in the east of Baden, Baden Fislisbach and the exclave Ruetihof to the southeast, and Mellingen Wohlenschwil in the south, Birrhard in the southwest and Mülligen and Windisch in the West.

History

Traces of a settlement can be traced back to the Neolithic period. During the Roman era, it served in the immediate vicinity of the legionary camp Vindonissa two farms. That in Boll was on the 1st and 2nd centuries inhabited (mainly finds of brick temples of the 11th and 21st Legion ), the other in Huggenbüel from 2nd to 4th centuries (mostly shards of Samian ware imported from eastern Gaul ).

The foundation stone of the present village laid Alamannic settlers in the 6th century. The village is mentioned in documents since the 12th century ( 1146 Birbovermesdorf; 1150 Pirpoumesdorf; 12th/13th century Birmomestorf. ). The name goes back to an Old High German Formula * piripoumes - thorf and means village in the pear tree '. Country gentlemen were from 1172, the Counts of Lenzburg, after the extinction of the Kyburgs and finally the Lords of Liebegg. On December 26, 1351 before the Battle of Daettwil, the village was plundered by the people of Zurich. 1363 Birmenstorf came into the possession of Queen Agnes of Hungary, which immediately forgave the new acquisition to the monastery Königsfelden in Windisch.

1415 conquered the Swiss Canton Aargau and Birmenstorf was now the capital of magistrate in the county of Baden, a common rule. The introduction of the Reformation in 1528 had a major impact on the village. A third of the population had turned to the new faith, what village life coined until well into the 20th century. The reformed city of Bern took over the lordship of the dissolved monastery Königsfelden and thus the right of patronage of the church of St. Leger, which often led to tensions with the Catholic majority. Both denominations used the village church equal.

1743 a conflagration destroyed 15 houses. 1757, a few years after the reconstruction, these were burned down again. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Birmenstorf became a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau. Another major fire, but in a different place, there was in the year 1843.

In the 18th century Birmenstorf posted a strong increase in population. Since new employment opportunities were missing, the impoverished villagers. Many emigrated to overseas and at the same time, the influx was more difficult. This stagnated population throughout the 19th century at around 900 Only when the machine industry gained a foothold, they began to rise slightly again. After the opening of the motorway in 1970 established a construction boom, the population rose by more than two-thirds.

Attractions

Catholics and Protestants took equal the Church of St. Leger, until it was canceled in 1937 in part. Only the chorus remained, which was converted to today's cemetery chapel. It is also called frescoed chapel, since the demolition work in the choir frescoes came from the year 1440 to the fore. 1935 was built next to the old church, the new Catholic church, a year later, on a vineyard on the western edge of the village, the new Reformed church.

The Catholics form a separate parish in the pastoral association with the parish Gebenstorf - Turgi, the Reformed ( who formed until 1976 a separate parish ) are now part of the Reformed parish Birmenstorf - Gebenstorf - Turgi.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Green yellow sheaf of corn. " That sheaf of corn motif is derived from the coat of arms of the sub- bailiff Daniel Zehnder, who used it from 1715 on a seal, but beseitet of two five-pointed stars. His successor, John Zehnder 1756 let the stars away, and added instead added a triple mount. By 1939, the label color was not green but red. The council confirmed 1953 presentation used today.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 2851 people lived in Birmenstorf, the proportion of foreigners was 19.4 %. At the 2000 census, 47.9 % Roman Catholic, and 33.1 % were reformed; 5.7% belonged to other faiths. 90.3 % identified German as their main language, 2.0% Portuguese, 1.6% Albanian, the 0.9% Italian and English, Serbo-Croatian 0.7 %.

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 Baden. Birmenstorf part of the justice of the peace circle Mellingen.

Economy

In Birmenstorf there according to census of 2008, around 830 jobs, of which 15 % in agriculture, 39 % in industry and 46 % in services. In addition to some industries there are numerous small and medium-sized industrial and service companies. In particular, the construction industry is well represented. Today there are still a dozen farms in Birmenstorf. For more than 600 years of wine production. The ten hectares of vines are cared for today by amateur winemakers, who are grouped together in the local wine cooperative, according to the rules of organic farming. Many workers are commuters and work mainly in the urban areas of Baden and Brugg.

Traffic

Birmenstorf is on the main road leading from the motorway exit Baden- West at Daettwil to Brugg. The village is accessible by two bus lines. A line of RVBW leads to the Baden train station and on to Wettinger Tägerhard. A post bus line runs from the train station Brugg Birmenstorf to Mellingen - Heitersberg station ( following the line S3 S-Bahn Zurich ).

Education

The municipality has three kindergartens and two school houses in which the primary school and secondary school are taught. The middle school and the school district can be visited in Baden or Windisch. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.

Personalities

• Beda Humbel ( born 1933), politician
• Ruth Humbel Näf (* 1957), politician
• Reto Nause (born 1971 ), politician