Entlebuch
Empty is a municipality in the constituency Entlebuch the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
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Geography
The municipality is located in the southwest of the canton of Lucerne, on the main road from Luzern -Bern. The entire municipality is hilly or mountainous country. The village itself is located in the valley, which has created the Kleine Emme. At the point where the Big Entlen in these discharges from the right. Near the highest point of the municipality, the Wissgubergrat (1930 m) on the border with the Canton of Obwalden, arises from the Big Entlen, which forms the border village of Hasle along the entire watercourse. The entire high-lying part of the community is heavily wooded and in places very marshy. In the lower zones of the forest was cleared to make room for agriculture. The Schlierengrat with the Bärnerstig ( 1649 m asl ) is to Schrotenegg the cantonal border between Obwalden and Lucerne. This then results in a northwesterly direction over to Risetenstock (1759 m) - and thence in a northeasterly direction for further Wängengrat. West of Schlierngrats arises from the ( Entlebucher ) Rotbach. This stream is located in a small mountain valley. It ends at 1158 m asl from the right to the Great Entlen. Another tributary of the Great Entlen is the Älleggbach, the south of the small hamlet Brüederen (7.4 km south-east of the village; 1079 m above sea level ) opens to the Great Entlen. A little further down - just north of Brüederen - opens from the right Eibach in the Big Entlen. On the slope north over the course of the Great Entlen the district Darkwood is (3,5 km south-east of the village; 1060 m asl ). The Fischbach, which rises west of Risetenstocks forms up to its confluence with the Rümlig the border to the municipality Werth stone. Until then the homestead Munistein Rümlig forms the border. Between Rümlig and the further west Bramegggrat are the hamlets and farmhouses, which together form the district Rengg. West of Brameggrats, up to Kleine Emme, is the district Paving (4 km north-northeast of the village; 723-727 m asl ). Paving is a village street, which is ( to the north of South) Mülacher, Paving and Bleiki from the hamlets. On the right bank of the Great Fontannen the exclave Dieplischwand is (3.8 km south-west of the village; 808 m above sea level ). Of the total municipal area half ( 50.1%) is used for agriculture. Woods and forests cover 42.6 % of the area and 3.6 % is urbanized area.
Empty borders Doppleschwand, Hasle, Malters, Schüpfheim, Black Mountain, Werth stone and Wolhusen in the canton of Lucerne - as well as to the communities Alpnach and Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden.
Population
From 1745 to 1850, the population doubled. Then she sank due to emigration to other regions of Switzerland and overseas emigration to 1910 - despite a high birth surplus ( 1850-1910: -14.9 %). In the next 50 years until 1960, it then grew considerably ( from 1910 to 1960: 26.4 %). After a setback in the seventies and eighties was followed by a rise again but which is now braked.
Languages
The population used as everyday language, a high- Alemannic dialect. The language of the Entlebuch has significant differences from the dialect of the Lucerne region. At the last census in 2000 gave 96.67 % German, 0.74 % and 0.59 % Italian Albanian as the main language.
Religions - faiths
Previously, the entire population was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Partly because of immigration from other parts of Switzerland and from abroad, this has changed. Nevertheless, the people in the Entlebuch are still devout than the national average and leaving the church are here also less frequent. Today ( as of 2000) provides for the religious landscape as follows: There are 87.64 % Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, and 4.40% 0.33% Orthodox Christians. There is also 2.0 % Muslim and 5.9 % non-religious, and others.
Origin and nationality
End of 2006, of the 3,337 inhabitants 3'186 Swiss and 151 ( = 4.5%) foreigners. The last census was 93.82 % ( 94.41 % including dual citizens ) Swiss nationals. The largest immigrant groups come from Serbia and Montenegro (mostly Albanians from Kosovo ), Portugal, Germany and Italy.
Economy
Empty is still predominantly agricultural, although only 20 percent of jobs are in this range (compared to the 4% national average is the very much).
On Nesslenbrunnenboden in Darkwood about 74 million by the Canton Lucerne oil AG ( Leag ) 1985-1994 won m3 of natural gas and fed into the transit gas pipeline Holland- Italy. Furthermore, were funded 2,400 m3 light oil. An industrial monument commemorates today at the Leisure Area spade drill it.
Traffic
The municipality is located on the railway line Luzern-Bern and has its own train station. In addition, individual districts are opened by the postal bus lines Entlebuch - Flattens and Entlebuch - Darkwood Gfellen.
Empty lies on the streets (Luzern ) Wolhusen -Bern and (Luzern ) Wolhusen tuna ( via the sound mountain). The nearest motorway connections are Emmen -south in 29 km distance and Dagmersellen 30 km away. Both are located on the A2.
History
Due to various name is too close to a late Alemannic colonization. Pope Innocent II confirmed in 1139 the monastery Trub his property in Enndlybuch. Other monasteries owned land in Entlebuch. Later, the Barons of Wolhusen were the secular lords. They sold their possessions to the Habsburgs. The village was then to 1385 to the Official Wolhusen. The Peter Vogt of Thornberg managed around 1350 the area - he restricted the freedoms of farmers and increased the taxes which he became unpopular with the people. In 1385, the Entlebucher therefore an alliance with the city of Lucerne were received. She paid the Habsburgs (as still nominal men) in 1405 300 guilders for the interior ( = Entlebuch ) and Outer Office Wolhusen. The Entlebucher were very jealous of their independence as their neighbors in Obwalden. So they fought back several times against the influence of Lucerne. 1513 they participated in the war in 1653 and the onions Entlebuch was a center of insurgent peasants in. After the defeat in the latter 's freedom was restricted. Until the demise of the Old Confederation of place belonged to the bailiwick Entlebuch; 1798 came to the church district Schüpfheim and 1803 the then newly created Office Entlebuch. Incidentally Schüpfheim and not Entlebuch the capital of the Office.
Personalities
- Josef Zemp (* 1834-1908 ), Federal
- Alfred Ackermann (1907-1997), politician and businessman
- Dominik Brun (* 1948), writer
- Thomas Lötscher aka " Veri " ( born 1960 ), comedian