Erlinsbach, Aargau
View of Erlinsbach AG (front) and Erlinsbach SO (rear)
Obererlinsbach (Swiss German: æ ː ˌ rliʃ pɑχ ) is a municipality in the district of Aarau in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The village lies to the west of the district capital Aarau on Erzbach. The river also forms the border with Erlinsbach SO in the canton of Solothurn.
Geography
The northern boundary of the municipality extends to the main ridge of the Jura Mountains along, between the Wasserflue (866 m above sea level. M. ) in the northeast and the Geissflue ( 963 m above sea level. M. ) in the northwest. A secondary peak of Geissflue, the Geissfluegrat is, with a height of 908 meters, the highest elevation in the canton of Aargau. Between Wasserflue and Geissflue is Salhöhe; This 779 -meter high mountain pass leads into the valley of Brugg Bach, a tributary of Sissle.
South of the Salhöhe stems from the Erzbach. Shortly after the opening of the Zwiselbachs he squeezes through a narrow vale between the Egg ( 776 m above sea level. M. ) in the east and the Gugen (805 m above sea level. M. ) to the west, belonging to the southern chain of the Jura Mountains. In the course of Erzbach forms over a length of more than four kilometers, the cantonal border until just before the confluence with the Aare. The Erzbach also separates the Canton Aargau, Solothurn from Obererlinsbach. Both communities make up a coherent settlement with around 6500 inhabitants. Below the Wasserflue the hamlet hardware is (675 m above sea level. M. ), in the hamlet of Erzbachklus Breitmis ( 475 m above sea level. M. ).
The area of the municipality is 986 hectares, of which 524 hectares are covered by forest and built over 124 hectares. The highest point is 908 meters on the Geissfluegrat, the deepest at 370 meters to the southeast of the Aare.
Neighboring municipalities are Oberhof in the north, Kuettigen in the east, in the southeast of Aarau, Erlinsbach SO in the west and Kienberg in the northwest.
History
Individual findings point to a settlement of the Erzbachtals during the Bronze Age and Roman rule. In 1173 was the first written mention of Arnlesbah, when Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who was then in Basel, the pen Beromunster his possessions confirmed. The place name is derived from the Old High German Arinlinesbah and means " stream of Arinlin ". In the Middle Ages exercised by the Lords of Kienberg that were the Habsburg assumed from the high court. 1351 came the Kienberger from their rights and goods to the monastery Königsfelden in Windisch. By the end of the 14th century consisted in today's municipal area, the settlement Edliswil, however, can not be localized.
The high court came in 1417 to the city of Aarau and 1454 at the Saint John Beavers Coming in stone. In 1500, the hamlet was hard. In the year 1535 the city of Bern forced the Knights to sell their possessions. Solothurn had acquired in the meantime, the western side of the valley. After Bern was in 1528 converted to the Reformation, the Erzbach was a denominational limit since Solothurn remained Catholic. Canton Aargau Erlinsbach possessed at that time no church of their own. Since Bern possessed the right to use the pastor at the church in the Canton Solothurn part of Obererlinsbach, tried it after 1528 there a Reformed pastor use. This led to protracted disputes in the village who could only be defused by 1565 construction of the Reformed Church. The Wynigervertrag regulated in 1665, the final political division between Bern and Solothurn. Often Catholics and Reformed spit on each other; the result was what nickname " Speuz " (spit ) for Obererlinsbach, which is still used in everyday life and especially during the carnival.
In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Obererlinsbach since then is the canton of Aargau. 1910 the sanatorium was opened on the Barmelweid, today's cantonal rehabilitation clinic. From the 1980s, the Erlinsbacher both cantons began to dismantle their centuries-old antagonisms and to cooperate more closely. For example, a common circle school was opened, the school children are taught from both communities in today. Even the fire brigade and civil protection are performed together.
Attractions
The Church of Obererlinsbach was established in 1565. Built in the late Gothic style rectangular building with Käsbissenturm stands on the southern slope of a hill spur upstream, in the middle of the cemetery. It is the first church on the present territory of the canton of Aargau, which was built without a choir. The church was enlarged in the years 1964/65, together with the rectory ( 1565 ) and the Pfarrscheune ( 1765 ), forms an assembly.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " With white oblique flow divided by yellow with black bias Links bar and blue with fünfstrahligem white star. » The first coat of arms showed in blue a white oblique flow, top with three six-pointed white stars, below with a green Dreienberg. In heraldic terms this coat of arms could never convince and was replaced by the one used today in 1948. The forward links bar reminiscent of the masters of Kienberg.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 3852 people lived in Obererlinsbach, the proportion of foreigners was 15.7 %. In the 2000 census, 48.5 % were reformed, 29.1 % Roman Catholic, 1.8% Orthodox Christian and 3.8 % Muslim; 0.9% belonged to other faiths. 90.3 % identified German as their main language, Serbo-Croatian 2.7%, 1.7% Italian, 0.9% Albanian, 0.7 % French, 0.6 % Turkish.
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 has jurisdiction Aarau. Obererlinsbach part of the justice of the peace circle Kirchberg, which includes the municipalities of beaver stone, Densbüren, Kuettigen and Obererlinsbach.
Economy
Obererlinsbach is a residential community with no industrial enterprises. Most workers commute to the neighboring town of Aarau. The community has a large number of farms, especially in the hamlet of hardware and various outdoor courtyards. On some hectares of the municipal area wine production. Three kilometers north-west of the village center, at an altitude of 770 meters, the 130-bed hospital is Barmelweid. Halfway there is the previously known spa Laurenzenbad, which is a nursing home with 60 beds today. Overall, there are according to census of 2008, around 820 jobs, of which 7% in agriculture, 8 % in industry and 85 % in the service sector.
Traffic
Obererlinsbach located on the southern Directions to Salhöhe, can be reached via the Frick and Gelterkinden. Another important road leading towards Olten. The village is accessible by two bus lines: Line 2 of bus operation Aarau runs from the Barmelweid about Obererlinsbach and the railway station Aarau to pipe, line 571 of the Company BOGG reached via Niedergösgen or Lostorf the Olten train station. On the Salhöhe the post bus line ends from the direction Gelterkinden.
Education
The municipality together with Erlinsbach SO formed an association to operate a cross-border district school in which all kindergartens, primary schools ( up to and including 5th grade ) and summarized the advanced level features of the Real and secondary school are. This school is under Aargauischem law. We teach according to the Aargau curriculum. The next district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.
Personalities
- Hans Roth (1913-2003), politician