Bünzen, Aargau
Bünzen (Swiss German: bʏntsə ) is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau. It is located in the upper Bünztal. 1940, the community forest houses was incorporated.
Geography
Bünzen is located on the Bünz, a partially channelized river that flows in a northwesterly direction. The village itself is located in the very south of the township and is almost grown together with Boswil. More than two kilometers to the north is the village of forest worldwide. In the northeast of Wagenrain, a wooded ridge, which forms the natural border with the Reuss valley lies. The village center is located at the end of a moraine that extends into the otherwise largely flat plane.
The area of the municipality is 577 hectares, of which 164 hectares are forested and built over 58 hectares. The highest point is located on 478 meters in the north-east of Hüslirain Waldhäusern, the deepest at 426 meters at the Bünz.
Neighboring municipalities are Bremgarten in the northeast, Besenbüren in the east, Boswil the south and west and Büelisacker in the northwest.
History
The area around Bünzen was already inhabited during the Neolithic period. About 14,000 years ago, there was a 2.2 km long, 1.5 km wide and up to 4 meters deep lake, the banks of hunters and fishermen lived. This lake silted then around 8000 years ago and was supplanted by a moor that shaped the landscape well into the 19th century.
Bunzina was first documented in 1259. The name comes from the Latin Pontina and means " to bridges ." Residents Bünzens were subject to the lords of Reussegg ( in Sins ). However, this amassed large debts and had to sell their property in 1321 to the monastery of Muri, which thus took over the lower courts. Residents Waldhäuserns, however, were free farmers and had their own land. The state government and the high courts were in the hands of the Habsburgs.
1415 conquered the Swiss Canton Aargau, and Bünzen was henceforth a part of the Office Hermetschwil in the outdoor offices, a commons rule; Waldhäusern belonged to the Official Boswil. In 1529, the inhabitants of both villages were on the Reformation. However, this was in 1531 after the Second Kappel War reversed.
In 1798 the French invaded Switzerland. In March, the Helvetic Republic was proclaimed under the pressure of France in Aarau. Bünzen became a municipality in the district of Muri of the short-lived Canton of Baden, while forest houses belonged to the district Sarmenstorf. 1803 came both communities the newly founded Canton Aargau. During the second half of the 19th century, the landscape changed completely. After the peat was exploited, the marshes were drained to the Bünz and developed for agriculture.
1940, the Grand Council decided the forced merger of the community forest houses, which at that time numbered about 130 inhabitants, with Bünzen after the nearer Büelisacker had successfully resisted the takeover of the impoverished community. Nevertheless, the population declined in the following decades Bünzens easily. Since 1980 it has increased by almost half.
Attractions
As a substitute for established at the beginning of the 16th century and due to small size broken church the parish in 1850 decided a new building. The contract for the design of the new parish church of St. George was the famous architect Joseph Caspar Jeuch. The inauguration of this neo-Gothic hall church took place on 26 October 1862.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". In white over blue river torn green beech " The oldest representation of the coat of arms dates back to 1734, the tree a beech tree was modeled. Also a beech showed the community seal of 1811. The stylized form used today was introduced in 1955.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 1011 people lived in Bünzen, the proportion of foreigners was 12.7 %. At the 2000 census, 65.8 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 17.5%. 2.2% Orthodox Christian and 1.8 % Muslim. 93.4 % reported German as their primary language, 1.5 % speak Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.0%, 0.8% each French and Albanian.
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 is 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. Bünzen part of the justice of the peace circle Boswil.
Economy
In Bünzen there according to census of 2008, around 240 jobs, of which 29 % in agriculture, 22 % in industry and 49 % in the service sector. Are manufactured, among others, packaging machinery, rolling shutters and orthopedic devices. The majority of workers are commuters and work in the surrounding communities.
Traffic
Although the village is located away from the traffic, it's good transport links. Approximately one kilometer west of Main road 25 between Lenzburg and Sins. Side roads lead to Wohlen and Rottenschwil. A post bus line runs from Wohlen AG Waldhäusern and Bünzen to Muri. About one kilometers southwest of the station Bünzen Boswil - Bünzen is on the train route Aarau- Arth -Goldau.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school, the primary school students have partially by Besenbüren to school. The middle 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
- Carl Roman Abt (1850-1933), designer of gear trains
- Heinrich Eugen Abbot (1854-1937), National Agricultural and politicians
- Henry Roman Abt (1883-1942), National
- Martin Rosenberg (1908-1976), journalist and party manager