Buochs

Buochs ​​and Buochserhorn

Buochs ​​is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

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Geography

The community is located west on the south shore of Lake Lucerne, on the northern slope of the Buochserhorns and in the filled of the Engelberg Aa plane thereof. It is bordered on the west by Ennetburgen and Stans, to the south and Oberndorf on the east by Beck Ried. House Mountain is the Buochserhorn, 1'808 m above sea level. M. The village of Buochs ​​is 435 meters above sea level. M. Of the total municipal area is used almost half (48 %) for agriculture. Other 34.1% is covered by forest or woodland. As a settlement area one uses 16 % of the municipal area; a further 1.9 % is unproductive area.

Neighboring communities

The community Buochs ​​bordered to the northwest by Ennetburgen, in the northeast on the other side of Lake Lucerne at Gersau (SZ), to the southeast by Beck Ried, in the southwest on the upper village and to the west by Stans.

Population

Demographics

The population grew strongly in 1850-1870. In the following decade it dropped a little, but increased from the 1880s again. Overall, the population grew 1850-1900 by 354 persons or 27.6 %. Between 1900 and 1920 there was a further small exodus movement ( 1900 to 1920: -5.4 %). Since then, the population continues to grow and now stands at more than four times that of 1850. Due to its good road connection to the A2 Buochs ​​located in commuting distance to the metropolitan area of ​​Lucerne. In 2008, however, grew by only 31 people or 0.6 %. Buochs ​​part of the agglomeration of Stans ( end of 2008) 30'274 inhabitants.

Languages

The population speaks a high- Alemannic dialect. Many of them still Nidwaldnerdeutsch - while the vast majority of immigrants come from the cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz and the usual there speaks dialect. Almost the entire population speaks German as a daily vernacular. At the last census in 2000 gave 90.9 % German, 1.8% Italian and 1.7 % Serbo-Croatian as a primary language.

Religions - faiths

The population was formerly full member of the Roman Catholic Church. The confessional relations in 2000 can still recognize the original structure. 3688 people were Catholic ( 75.95 %). There were 11.68% and 2.90 % Reformed Evangelical Orthodox Christians, Muslims 2.51% and 4.22% non-religious. 123 people (2.53 %) did not respond to their creed. In Buochs ​​there next to the Catholic Church of St. Martin and several chapels also a modern Reformed Church (1962 inaugurated ).

Origin - Nationality

Of the residents were end 2008 4674 ( 88.11 % ) Swiss nationals. The immigrants originate mainly from Central Europe ( Germany ), from southern Europe (Italy, Portugal and Spain) and the former Yugoslavia (Serbia / Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bosnia - Herzegovina). At the 2000 census, 4285 people ( 88.24 %) were Swiss citizens; it possessed 175 people dual citizenship.

Age structure

The municipality has a high proportion of younger people. While the proportion of people accounts for almost 26.73 % of the local population under twenty years, only around 16.5 % elderly (60 years and older). The largest age group consists of the people 30-44 years.

At the last census in 2000 showed the following age structure:

Economy

In Buochs ​​there was (2005) 1483 jobs in 258 companies. 9.6% was allocated to the agriculture / forestry / fishing, 32.6 % in industry and trade and 57.7 % of service companies. The unemployment rate in 2007 was 1.32%.

In 2000, there were 1536 workers in Buochs ​​. Of these, 857 ( 55.79 %) and 679 Zupendelnde locals. More than 70% of Zupendelnden came from the canton of Nidwalden. In the same year, 2653 people from Buochs ​​were employed. Thus 1796 people worked in other communities. After Stans commuted 640 persons ( = 35.6 % of all Wegpendelnden ). Outside the canton worked on most commuters in the city of Lucerne (240 people), in Kriens (61) and in Emmen (59).

Traffic

Buochs ​​is situated on the A2 Basel -Lucerne- Gotthard motorway. The municipal area is the Buochs ​​.

The community is through the postal bus Stans ( train station) - good transport links Seelisberg. On the lake in the summer it is connected with other lakeside towns by boat line of SGV.

Sport and Leisure

From 15 to 18 July 2009, the ICF Junior Wildwater World Championships ( Junior World Championship in the Whitewater exit ) instead. The organizing committee turned prevail from members of the canoe club Nidwalden and Obwalden of the canoe club together, Councillor Beatrice Jann presided 's OK. The races were conducted on the Engelberg Aa.

Clubs

• Canoe Club Nidwalden

Personalities

• Johann Melchior Wyrsch (1732-1798), portraitist and painter Church
• Fierz Henri (1897-1972), aircraft designer, died in Buochs
• Eduard Achermann (1928-2004), missionary to Africa and professor of theology