Elfingen

Elfingen

Elfingen (Swiss German: ɛlfigə ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located in the upper Frick Valley and is not to be confused with the neighboring community Effingen.

Geography

The village is situated approximately three kilometers northwest of the Bözbergpasses in a trough-like valley of the Sissle. It is surrounded on three sides by gently rising hills of the Jura. These include the March forest in the north ( 607 m above sea level. M. ), the chalets in the northeast ( 634 m above sea level. M. ) and the Bränngarten to the east ( 659 m above sea level. M. ). On the southern slope of March Forest is a vineyard with a cultivated area of ​​13.5 hectares.

The area of the municipality is 421 hectares, of which 209 hectares are covered by forest and built over 16 hectares. The highest point is the summit of Bränngartens to 659 meters, the deepest is situated on 430 meters on the southern boundary of the municipality.

Neighboring municipalities are running castle in the north, Mönthal in the northeast, Effingen in the southeast, southwest and hornussen Bözen in the northwest.

History

Presumably, the village was founded in the 5th or 6th century by Alemanni, as evidenced by grave finds from the year 1978. The first mention of Eolfingen was in 1245, when the sale of goods to the monastery Wettingen was confirmed. The place name comes from Old High Agiwolfingun and means " among the people of Agiwolf ".

In the Middle Ages had Elfingen west of Bözbergs a significant position. The village was the seat of a thing yard of the monastery Murbach in Alsace and Pfarreiort the surrounding communities Bözen, Effingen and parts of Zeihen and Linn. The Dinghof had extensive rights in the vicinity and was in 1291 sold 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 Elfingen. Thus, the Bernese secured the important pass crossing over the Bözberg on the border with Austria front. Elfingen now lay within the jurisdiction of the Office Bözen Schenkenberg and was thus a part of the Bernese Aargau. After 1514 Bern had completely taken over the Dinghof, Elfingen lost more and more important. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation.

In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Elfingen since then is the canton of Aargau. Between 1850 and 1980 the population increased by about one third from. But since then it rises slightly again, especially since the opening of the nearby Bözbergautobahn in 1996.

Attractions

The fabric of the cruciform -scale cluster of buildings date mainly from the 17th century. The site is of national importance and has been the Federal Inventory of estimable townscapes Switzerland. Dating back to the 9th century parish church fell apart after the Reformation and was finally removed. Nevertheless Elfingen remained until 1824 the seat of the parish priest, although he worked in Bözen. From the former importance of the thing the court testifies the rectory, which was rebuilt in 1624 and stands in an elevated position above the village.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In red on green Dreienberg getatztes white double cross. " That double cross has great similarity with the Hungarian coat of arms and points to the fact that Queen Agnes of Hungary had the Dinghof Elfingen donated to the monastery Königsfelden.

Population

Population development:

On 31 December 2013, 270 people lived in Elfingen, the proportion of foreigners was 13.7 %. At the 2000 census, 58.3 % were reformed and 21.3 % Roman Catholic. 1.3% belonged to other faiths. 94.2 % identified German as their main language.

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. Elfingen part of the justice of the peace circle Bözen.

Economy

In Elfingen there according to Census 2008, approximately 80 jobs, of which 49% in agriculture and 51 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Brugg, or in the larger communities of the Frick Valley.

Traffic

In Bözen branches off a narrow side street that crosses Elfingen and a nameless pass east of the Forest March to Sulz in the Rhine Valley. Elfingen is connected by a short Postbus branch line to Bözen to the network of public transport. Outside rush hours make the courses on the line Frick -Brugg a detour via Elfingen. The nearest motorway connections to the A3 are at Frick and Zeihen, both approximately five kilometers away.

Education

Elfingen has a primary school, the Kindergarten is performed in Effingen. 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.

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