Dallenwil

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Dallenwil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

Geography

Dallenwil is located on the eastern slope of the Stanserhorn between the left bank of the Engelberg Aa up to the Hohberg and Arvigrat. The municipality includes the following hamlets and settlements: Städtli, Chapellendorf, Mill Village, Front, rear and top Dallenwil and Oberau. On a terrace at 1200 m are Wirzweli, Wiesberg, Dürrboden and Wissifluh. In terms of area Dallenwil is the fifth largest municipality in the canton of Nidwalden.

Of the total municipal area only 4.6 % is urbanized area. A large part of the municipal area covering 38.0 % share of woodland and forest. An even larger area of 53.7 % is used for agriculture - often as the Alps. Bloss 3.7 % is unproductive land (mostly mountains).

History

Prehistoric hunters hunting expeditions have penetrated as far as Dallenwil probably from the nearby Drachenloch ( Ennetmoos ). The first settlers probably the Celts, the Romans and later the Alemanni have been. Different place and field names indicate these early settlements. The oldest document which is for the community Dallenwil of significance found in the land register of the monastery of Muri from the year 1065th This is a region " Egg " ( Wiesberg ) is referred to as belonging to the monastery. Since it is an alp, it can be assumed that already at that time the municipality of Dallenwil was used more or less at the current rate. The name " Dallenwil » ( Telliwilare ) was mentioned in a toboggan interest in Engelberg from the period around 1190 for the first time. The first mentioned in 1348 and still exists today Uertekorporation is the first public corporation, which took over common tasks of the population.

Dallenwil has one of the oldest municipal coat of arms. This was completely forgotten until H. anxiety in 1899 published an in abroad Write the Geselschaft of Dalwil 1522 Scoreboard for Swiss archeology. This showed a coat of arms the St. Lawrence with rust and palm branch. St. Lawrence is in Dallenwil since 1473 Chapel patron. 1905, the crest was included in the series of Ratsaals and has since been regarded as official.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: ". Gold In the St. Lawrence with silver from the black font " Sanctus Laurentius M. " occupied Nimbus, dressed in a red dalmatic and silver Albe, in his right hand a green palm tree, in the left a black rust " the grid points to the martyrdom of St. Lawrence, who was tortured on a rack over hot coals to death. The green palm tree symbolizes the martyr's palm.

Population

Demographics

By 1920, emigrated many locals from jobs due to lack of Dallenwil. This led, despite a high birth surplus to a shrinking of the population during this period (1850-1920: -7.7 %). In the interwar period there was a strong growth (1920-1941: 28.7 %). After a decade of stagnation began to date a persistent population growth (1950-2009: 106.4 %). This was due to increasing the availability of public transport and especially the construction of the A2. The community was attractive because of its proximity to the main town of Stans Nidwalden and favorable land prices also for commuters.

Languages

The population speaks a high- Alemannic dialect. Nidwaldnerdeutsch is still widely spoken. Almost the entire population speaks German as a daily vernacular. At the last census in 2000 gave 95.8 % German, 1.4% Albanian and Serbo-Croatian 0.7 % as the main 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 despite mixing. 1,414 people were Catholic ( 85.75 %). There were 6.91% Protestant, and 1.15% Orthodox Christians, Muslims 0.36% and 3.03% non-religious. 43 people (2.61 %) did not respond to their creed. Until a few decades ago, the entire population was nearly half Catholic. The secularization and the high level of immigration from other communities and abroad has led to an increase in Dallenwil other profession groups.

Origin - Nationality

Of the inhabitants were the end of 2009 1,663 ( 95.08 %), Swiss nationals. The immigrants originate mainly from Central and Western Europe ( Germany and UK), Southern Europe (Italy ) and the former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina). At the 2000 census, 1,559 persons ( 94.54 %) were Swiss citizens; it possessed 46 people dual citizenship.

Age structure

The municipality has a high proportion of younger people. While the proportion of people under twenty constitutes 31.47 % of the local population, 14.61% are seniors (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

Originally dominated Dallenwil agriculture. In Dallenwil there are smaller industries ( cable car construction, construction company ) as well as commercial and service enterprises (Raiffeisen Bank, printing ). There are 46 farms and Alpine area Dürrboden.

In Dallenwil there was (2005) 555 employees in 120 companies. 26.1 % of employees in Dallenwil worked in agriculture / forestry / fishing, 29.7% in industry and 44.1 % in services companies. The unemployment rate in 2007 was 0.92 %.

In 2000, there were 499 workers in Dallenwil. Of these, 295 ( 59.12 %) and 204 Zupendelnde locals. The Zupendelnden came primarily from the region; namely wolf shooting ( 18.6%), Oberdorf (13.7%), Stans (12.7%), Ennetburgen (8.8%), pelvic Ried (7.8%), Stansstad (6.9%) and buochs ​​( 6.4%). In the same year, 866 people from Dallenwil were employed. Thus, 571 people worked in other communities. In the main town of Stans Nidwalden commuted 182 persons ( = 31.9 % of all Wegpendelnden ), in the city of Lucerne, 71 persons ( 12.4 %), to Oberndorf 43 persons ( 7.5%), according to Engelberg 30 persons (5.3 %) and to Hergiswil 24 persons ( 4.2%). Thus commuted a relative majority of 40% of the people within the agglomeration Stans, a strong minority in the agglomeration Luzern ( Lucerne, Hergiswil etc. ) and a smaller minority in the Canton of Obwalden ( Engelberg and agglomeration Sarnen).

Traffic

The community Dallenwil lies on the railway line Luzern- Stans- Engelberg Central Railway; the railway station is the terminus of the line S 4 S-Bahn Luzern. In addition, the A2 motorway can be reached in a few minutes. The cable cars Dallenwil- Wirzweli and Dallenwil- Wiesberg open up on the western side of the valley, the area Wiesberg / Wirzweli with 150 villas as skiing, recreational and hiking area. On the eastern side of the valley Dallenwil - Niederrickenbach leads to car-free pilgrimage Maria - Rickenbach (municipality Oberndorf ) and in the catchment area of ​​breezes.

Attractions

In addition to the Baroque parish church of St. Lawrence the Sanctuary Meadow Mountain is one of the attractions of the municipality. A Geo - way with 19 information boards about the flora and geology leads in 4 hours from Stanserhorn to Wirzweli.

Pictures

Chapel of St. Catherine

Hist. Gasthaus Kreuz

Parish Church of St. Lawrence

Parish Church of St. Lawrence

Wirzweli ( destination )

Personalities

• Joller Melchior (1818-1865), Swiss journalist and politician.
• The Jodlerklub Wiesberg was also placed among the top 10 in the Swiss charts twice and reached especially with the song Ewigi Liäbi a national reputation.
• Verena Bürgi (1949-2013), Swiss politician (CVP )