Buttisholz
Buttisholz is a municipality in the constituency Sursee the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
- 4.1 municipal
Geography
The community is located east of the main road axis Lucerne - Ruswil - Ettiswil in the red valley. The municipality adjacent to the village are still the hamlet Gattwil, Guglern, Luternau, St. Ottilia and Soppensee and numerous groups of houses and farmsteads. The municipality covers an area of 1677 ha, of which 73.7 % of agricultural land, 17.0% forest and woodland and 7.5 % settlement area are.
All neighboring communities are also in the canton of Lucerne. These are big cheeks, Menznau, Nottwil, Oberkirch and Ruswil.
History
On Soppensee an Iron Age furnace was discovered. The districts were settled by village and Luternau Alemanni in the 7th and 8th centuries. Ulrich I of Lenzburg bequeathed in 1036 a part of the church set the pin Beromunster. The upper jurisdiction sold the Barons of Wolhusen 1290 to the Habsburg dynasty. Christmas night in 1375 there was a collision of 600 Confederates with Guglern 3000, which won the former. Therefore, a hamlet named Guglern. After the battle of Sempach the place by the Office Wolhusen came to the bailiwick Ruswil. While the upper jurisdiction in Lucerne was, the lower courts often changed the rule. 1348 sold the masters of Sursee - Tannenfels them to the German Knights ( first of Sumiswald, later the Hitzkirch ). In 1678 the Lords of Sonnenberg earned her and kicked her in 1779 at the Pfyffer of Altishofen from (the elder was called from this point Pfyffer - Feer of Buttisholz ). There were two large village fire. The first was in 1563 and the second on August 16, 1861, the entire village was virtually destroyed with 42 charred buildings. The village was then a uniform structure on behalf of the Lucerne government in late Classicist style again. The municipality belongs since 1803 to the newly established Office Sursee.
Population
The population grew strongly until 1850. Thereafter the number of inhabitants decreased significantly by the year 1900. By 1960, then fluctuated between 1,500 and 1,700. Since then, it grows rapidly.
Languages
The population speaks a high- Alemannic dialect. In the census of 2000 gave 93.54 % German, 1.94 % and 1.42 % Italian Albanian as the main language.
Religions - faiths
The population is traditionally Roman Catholic. According to the latest information (as of 2000), 86.38 % were Roman Catholics. Minorities comprise 5.22% Evangelical Protestant Christians, 3.10% non-religious, Muslims 2.65% and 0.37 % Orthodox Christians.
Origin
The vast majority of the population are Swiss citizens ( 88,58 % without - resp. 89.81 % including dual citizens ). There are two major immigrant groups: the Southern Europeans ( Italians, Portuguese and Spanish ), and the fast-growing group from the Balkans ( Serbs, Montenegrins, Croats, Macedonians and Albanians from Kosovo and Macedonia). The two largest nationalities, Albanians (mostly immigrants ) and the Italians (many already 2nd and 3rd generation ). In addition, numerous German and Austrians living in the community. End of 2006, the proportion of the foreign population was 9.2 %.
Policy
The highest political body is the people who can express his opinion in elections, referendums and at the community meeting.
Parish council
The five -time role working council members are:
- Franz Zemp - Riechsteiner (CVP ), Mayor
- Roland Huwiler (CVP ), Ministry of Social Affairs
- Irene Zemp - Priestnigg (CVP ), finance
- Werner Buehler (FDP), Ministry of Education
- Roland Bühler ( SVP), responsible for construction
In the last elections in 2003, the CVP with 57.58 % received the most votes. It was followed by the SVP with 19.85%, the FDP with 12.19 % and the SP with 5.37%. All other political groups achieved a vote share of less than 2%.
Economy
At the last census 2000, there were 1,406 workers in the community. A minority worked in place ( especially in the 95 farms ), but 740 people were commuters ( in neighboring communities as well as to Sursee, Lucerne and Emmen ). But there is with ( as of 2000) 595 Zupendlern also a surprising number of people who come from abroad to work after Buttisholz. In 2001 worked in the former farming community still 24.4 % of the workforce in agriculture, 44.7 % in industry and trade, and merely 30.9% in service occupations. The large share of the industrial sector is the creation and establishment of companies in the field of wood processing machines and pump construction, and construction companies. Tourism plays a significant role.
Traffic
The municipality is located 8 km from the nearest freeway in Sursee. It performs as the project of Rottalbahn was never realized, no railway line through Buttisholz. The nearest railway station is in Nottwil. Nevertheless, the community is well served by bus by the public transport. The bus Lucerne - Buttisholz - Ettiswil and Sursee - Ruswil lead by the community.
Train
The municipality has a complete education from nursery to secondary schools. In the school year 2003/2004 51 children went to kindergarten. 290 attended the primary school, 103 secondary school and 65 secondary school adolescents.
Gallery
Ossuary chapel of St. Michael
Hermitage St.Ottilien
Castle
Gugler Fountain
Street line with Gasthaus Kreuz
A school house (1910 )
Träff 14
Gluggere gyro
Soppensee