Bözberg

Linn

Bözberg since January 1, 2013, a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It was formed by the merger of the municipalities Gallenkirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg.

Geography

The municipality extends over a gently undulating plateau in the Jura mountains around the Bözbergpass, which merges into the folds of the Jura in the southwest. The plateau falls in the south to the Aare Valley, west to the source of the valleys Sissle. South of the pass road are the villages Gallenkirch ( 565 m above sea level. M. ) and Linn (570 m above sea level. M. ), on the road, even the hamlet Neustalden ( 569 m above sea level. M. ) and Vier Linden (514 m above sea level. M. ). Seen from west to east, several hamlets lined up until about half a kilometer distance to each other: Altstalden ( 583 m asl. ) Altstalden, origin and port ( 557 m above sea level. ) (507 m asl. ) ( 485 m above sea level. M. ). Approximately one and a half kilometers north of the pass road are Egenwil ( 565 m above sea level. M. ) and Kirchbözberg ( 479 m above sea level. M. ), in more than two kilometers away Oberbözberg ( 539 m above sea level. M. ). The hamlet About valley (456 m above sea level. M. ) is located near the northern boundary of the municipality in Lochmatttal.

The area of the municipality is 1552 hectares, of which 611 hectares were covered by forests and built over 107 hectares. The highest point is at the Linnerberg to 720 meters, the deepest at 402 meters in the Ital at the northern boundary of the municipality. Neighboring municipalities are Mönthal and Remigen in the north, Riniken and Brugg in the east, Villnachern in the south, and Schinznach Zeihen in the southwest and Effingen in the West.

History

The name Bözberg goes back to the time of the Romans: The Mons mentioned by Tacitus in his Histories Vocetius likely to have been a high probability of Bözberg. In the 13th century, the Habsburgs created from their high court and manorial rights in the region, the Office Bözberg. In 1377 it passed to Rudolf von Schönau and so became part of the dominion Schenkenberg. After the conquest by the Bernese Bözberg was the judicial district and sub- bailiwick.

Bözberg was the name of an earlier church that existed until its division into communities Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg in 1872. It comprised the area of beidseistig Bözbergpasses and consisted of the villages Altstalden, Birch, Egenwil, Neustalden, Oberbözberg, port, Kirchbözberg, origin, over valley and Vierlinden. In contrast, among Gallenkirch Linn and not to this community.

In 2008, the voters of bile Kirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg approved the proposal to consider the merger of the four municipalities. On 2 December 2011, the municipal assemblies participated in the merger agreement. Then the voters confirmed this decision on 11 March 2012 in a vote. The four municipalities joined on 1 January 2013 along with the new community Bözberg.

Attractions

Particularly interesting are the Linner Linde in Linn and the Reformed Church in Bözberg Kirchbözberg.

Population

On December 31, 2013 1543 people lived on the territory of the municipality Bözberg, of which 10 % are foreigners. At the 2000 census, 54.7 % were reformed and 27.9 % Roman Catholic. 95.1 % 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. He is elected by the people in Majorzverfahren ( majority voting procedure), for a term of four years. The council leads and represents the community. To this end, he implements the decisions of the municipal assembly and the tasks that are assigned to him by the cantonal and federal.

For litigation, the District Court Brugg is responsible. Bözberg part of the justice of the peace circle Bözen.

Economy

In the field of community Bözberg there are operating according to Census 2008 around 280 jobs, of which 40 % in agriculture, 10 % in industry and 50 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Brugg, or in the larger communities of the Frick Valley.

Traffic

The main thoroughfare of the village is the main street 3 (Basel - Zurich ), which leads over the Bözbergpass and connects the Aare Valley with the Frick valley. Only the hamlet Neustalden and Vierlinden lie directly on this street, the other hamlets and villages are accessible by branching off highways. The A3 motorway passes under the municipal area in 3700 m long Bözberg tunnel, the nearest port is located at Effingen. Bözberg is served by two postal routes to the network of public transport which have their starting point at Brugg railway station: Line 137 passes directly over the mountain pass to Frick, line 372 via Oberbözberg and Gallenkirch to Linn.

Education

The primary school and the kindergarten of Bözbergs have been focused on a site as part of the municipality of fusion. They are housed in the school building of the former municipality Unterbözberg, in the district of origin. Gallenkirch owned since 1917 no longer own schoolhouse, the children living there, visited the classes in Linn. The Linner village school was closed in 2009, the school Oberbözberg (which will be used in the future by the local government ) in 2013. Oberstufen All of compulsory elementary school ( junior high school, middle school, school district ) can be visited in Brugg. The closest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.