Böbikon

Böbikon

Böbikon (Swiss German: bœbikχə ) is a municipality in the district of the Swiss canton of Aargau Zurzach. It is located about two kilometers south of the border with Germany.

Geography

The municipality is situated in the Jura plateau in a narrow and elongated, enclosed on all sides basin. This is traversed in an east-west direction from Chrüzlibach which opens at Rekingen into the Rhine. Immediately west of the village begins a canyon that is in the municipality reaches a depth of 50 meters and in the further course of up to 120 meters deep. The northern parish boundary runs along the ridge of steep Güggehübucks ( 556 m above sea level. M. ). To the south of the creek, the terrain rises to the high level of Haslihaus at (580 m above sea level. M. ). In addition to the main settlement Böbikon there are two small hamlets, each with about a dozen residents: Güggehü is just half a kilometer north of the southern slope of Güggehübucks, Ruetihof one kilometers south west at the edge of the plateau.

The area of the municipality is 260 hectares, of which 99 hectares are forested and built over 19 hectares. The highest point is 580 meters on the Haslihau Plateau, the deepest at 400 meters in the Chrüzlibachschlucht.

Neighboring municipalities are Rekingen the northwest, Mellikon in the north, Wislikofen in the east, the south and Lengnau Baldingen in the West.

History

The first mention of Bebikon place in the year 1113. The nobles of Waldhausen then donated the provost Wislikofen and donated for this purpose the monastery of St. Blaise large landholdings in the region. The place name comes from Old High Babinghofun and means " in the courts of the Babo ". 1241 acquired the monastery an extra yard in Böbikon. Another important reason was the owner of canons in Zurzach. From about 1100 to 1250 was on the western edge of the village, a small castle Böbikon, which was inhabited by ministry officials.

The Confederates conquered the Aargau in 1415 and Böbikon now belonged to the Official Unterehrendingen in the county of Baden, a commons regime. The lower courts were in the 14th and 15th centuries in the men of Liebegg, from 1506 to 1671 at the monastery of Sion in Klingnau, then at private individuals. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Was Böbikon a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau. By 1883 Böbikon was part of the parish Zurzach and forms since then along with Baldingen own parish.

In the first half of the 19th century, the population increased by more than two and half times to a peak never reached since then. This rapid increase had an impoverishment of wide layers, for which reason many residents moved away ( not a few migrated from overseas ). By 1900, the population fell by more than a third, stagnated for several decades and then fell to 1980 low of 119 Since then, however, is again an increase recorded. To date, Böbikon has remained an agricultural community.

Attractions

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Azure, half white water wheel, surmounted by sechsstrahligem white star " The community led in 1939 a coat of arms, a, at that time the mill wheel, however, was red instead of white, and the star was a ploughshare is beige. In 1963, the present design was adopted. It is derived from the coat of arms of Caspar I. Müller; the Abbot of St. Blaise had left in 1565 to renovate the chapel and attached for this reason his family crest there above the door.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 163 people lived in Böbikon, the proportion of foreigners was 9.2 %. At the 2000 census, 67.2 % Roman Catholic and 23.0 % were reformed. 98.9 % 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 Zurzach is responsible. Böbikon part of the Justice of the Peace District Zurzach.

Economy

In Böbikon there according to Census 2008, about 60 jobs, 50% in agriculture, 19 % in industry and 31 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Zurzach and around, sometimes in the Baden

Traffic

Although the village is located away from the traffic, but the main road 7 between Basel and Winterthur, only a little more than two kilometers away. A narrow side road leads to Lengnau in Surbtal. A bus company operates from regional bus Zurzach Zurzach on Baldingen after Böbikon.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten, primary school is conducted in the neighboring municipality Baldingen. The secondary can be visited in Rekingen, the secondary school and the district school in Zurzach. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.