Effingen
Effingen
Effingen (Swiss German: ɛfigə ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located about seven kilometers west of the district municipal seat in the upper Frick Valley and is not to be confused with the neighboring community Elfingen.
Geography
The village is situated on the western edge of the Bözbergs and is surrounded on three sides by the rolling hills of the Jura. For this purpose, as well as the Barnig and Widräck in the east ( including the Rugen in the north- west ( 550 m above sea level. M. ), the chalets in the north ( 634 m above sea level. M. ), the Stelli in the east (M. 589 m above sea level. ) Both 575 m above sea level. M. ). A short side valley leading to the northeast; in this lies the hamlet Chästel (520 m above sea level. M. ), more than two kilometers away from the village center. In between lies on a sunny southern slope a vineyard.
The area of the municipality is 685 hectares, of which 323 hectares are covered by forest and built over 58 hectares. The highest point is at the summit of the chalets at 634 meters, the deepest at 424 meters at the western boundary of the municipality.
Neighboring municipalities are Mönthal in the north, Bözberg the southeast, Zeihen in the south, the west and Bözen Elfingen in the northwest.
History
During the Roman period the important road from Vindonissa led to Augusta Raurica over the Bözberg ( by Tacitus in his Histories as Mons Vocetius called ) and. Due to the current municipal area Remnants of this road are still recognizable today. In a document from the year 1284 the village was first mentioned in documents as Efingen. The place name comes from Old High Efingun and means " among the people of Efo ". In the Middle Ages Effingen was part of the court Elfingen thing that belonged to the monastery Murbach in Alsace. The Dinghof had extensive rights in the vicinity and was sold in 1291 to the Habsburgs. Queen Agnes of Hungary in 1322 donated the property to the monastery Königsfelden in Windisch.
1460 Bern conquered the rule Schenkenberg, which also belonged Effingen. Thus, the Bernese secured the important pass crossing over the Bözberg on the border with Austria front. Effingen now lay within the jurisdiction of the Office Bözen Schenkenberg and was thus a part of the Bernese Aargau. 1514 took over the Bernese full ownership of the former Dinghof, 1528, they introduced the Reformation. Until the 19th century there was agriculture ago with viticulture. Additional merit brought the processing of cotton by hand and biasing services on the 1779 newly built Bözberg Pass road.
In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Effingen since then is the canton of Aargau. Took place on 2 August 1875, which opened on this day Bözbergstrecke the connection to the railway network, the train station, however, was about two kilometers from the village center. In the second half of the 19th century, the population increased by almost a quarter from and stagnated to about 1980. Then, however, put a construction boom, which with the opening of the Bözbergautobahn in 1996 still increased.
Attractions
At the western edge of the village is the former Duke Estate, ancestral home of the Duke eminent family. The group of houses built in the late 18th century in the rural -classical style. In 1867 a children's home was established, the " Meyer's Rescue Centre ». The institution changed over time for boarding school Effingen be taught in the normally gifted, boys with behavioral problems.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " Shared by Red with white wings and white with a red star over green fünfstrahligem Three mountain. » The coat of arms is since 1811 in almost unchanged form in use. The eagle wing points to the former belonging to the Bernese Office Schenkenberg, while the importance of star and three mountain is not known.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 587 people lived in Effingen, the proportion of foreigners was 9.9 %. At the 2000 census, 55.9 % were reformed, 26.9 % Roman Catholic, and 2.4 % Muslim; 1.4% belonged to other faiths. 93.0 % identified German as their main language, Albanian 1.4%, 0.9% each English and Serbo-Croatian.
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 was 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 Brugg is responsible. Effingen part of the justice of the peace circle Bözen.
Economy
In Effingen there according to Census 2008, approximately 170 workstations, 30 % in agriculture, 13 % in industry and 57 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Brugg, or in the larger communities of the Frick Valley. Since 1973, wine production again after it had largely disappeared in the second half of the 19th century.
Traffic
Effingen is on the main road 3 (Basel - Zurich ) over the Bözbergpass. Southwest of the village takes you past the A3 motorway, the West Portal of Bözbergtunnels is on Effinger municipality. Effingen has a highway connection, which can be driven on or off, but only in the direction of Zurich. The next full connection is located at Frick. Between the station and the Frick Brugg railway station runs a postal bus. The approximately two kilometers south of the village railway station Effingen at the Bözbergstrecke has been closed since 1993.
Education
Effingen has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and the secondary school can be visited in Zeihen ( 1st / 2nd class) and Bözen (3rd / 4th class), the district school in Frick. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau and Baden.
Personalities
- John Duke (1773-1840), businessman and politician
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), educational reformer, received in 1824 an honorary citizen