Ermensee

Ermensee is a municipality in the constituency high village of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

3.1 municipal

Geography

Ermensee lies between the Baldeggersee and the Hallwilersee east of Erlosen. Through the village flows the Aabach. Apart from the village includes the municipality nor the hamlet Herrenberg ( 493 m), which lies a few hundred meters south of the village. The municipal area of 570 ha is agricultural land to 58.9 %; 35.3 % is covered by forest and woodland, and only 5.4% overbuilt as a settlement area.

Neighboring communities of Ermensee are Altwis, Beromunster, Hitzkirch and Römerswil.

Beromunster and Römerswil have become ( to Römerswil ) to neighboring communities only recently due to the incorporation of the formerly independent communities of Schwarzenbach ( to Beromunster ) and Herlisberg.

Population

The population grew until the end of the first half of the 19th century greatly. This was followed by a significant decline in population to 1910 ( from 1850 to 1910: -25.2 %). Therefore, the community numbered 1910 fewer inhabitants than in 1798. In the coming decades, the population fluctuated up and down, until 1970, the low point was reached. Since that is observed (1970-2004: 46.5 %), a strong population increase.

Languages

The population speaks a high- Alemannic dialect. At the last census in 2000 to 96.11 % spoke German, 1.74 % and 0.67 % Albanian Serbo-Croatian language as the main / everyday language.

Religions - faiths

Previously, the entire population of Roman Catholics. Currently ( 2000), the following picture: 84.85 % Roman Catholic, 8.58% Evangelical Protestant, and 0.94 % Orthodox Christians. In addition, there are 2.41% and 0.94 % non-religious Muslims.

Origin and nationality

End of 2006, of the 817 inhabitants 760 Swiss citizens and 57 ( 7.0 % ) are foreigners. At the last census the population made with Swiss Pass from 89.41 (including dual citizens 92,09 %). When most foreigners are Albanians, Montenegrins and Serbs from Serbia - Montenegro. Then the Italians and Croats follow.

Policy

The people are the ultimate sovereign and can express its political will in elections, referendums and the municipal assembly.

Parish council

The people elect the next official working council, who manages the affairs of the community. The municipal council is elected for a term of four years and consists in Ermensee of three persons. In the last local elections in 2004, there was no fight choice. With a turnout of 45.8 % were elected:

Josef Fischer ( CVP), Mayor
Hanni Stutz- Fuchs ( CVP), Municipal Office woman
Charles Kuhn (FDP)

For the period 2008-2012, the Council were elected:

Charles Kuhn (FDP), Mayor
Monika Müller Nikolic (CVP ), Councillor Health and Welfare
Wedekind Luke ( CVP), Municipal Departments Construction / transport / infrastructure, finance, environment and water supply

In the last cantonal elections, the CVP received as the strongest party 44.54 % of all votes. Then the FDP followed with 31.15% and 15.17% with the SVP. Altogether, the three bourgeois parties came together on more than 90 %. The SP achieved 5.44% and the Green Alliance 3.01% of the votes cast.

Traffic

The community is connected by the railway line Luzern- Lenzburg, the so-called Seetalbahn, the grid of public transport and has its own holding station. The village lies on the main road between Lucerne and Lenzburg. The nearest motorway connections are Sursee at 18 km off the A2 and Lenzburg 22 km off the A1.

History

The place was already inhabited in Roman times. It later belonged to the Counts of Lenzburg, which gave him the Canons Beromunster. It is first mentioned Armense in 1036, in the deed of gift of Count Ulrich I of Lenzburg to the Canons. The Counts of Kyburg built around the year 1227 a castle, which fell after their extinction to the Habsburgs. The fortress, whose managers were the masters of Lieli, was destroyed in 1386 by the Confederates. By the year 1415 the Habsburgs practiced even from the nominal rule and Ermensee belonged to the Official Richensee. The village then came under the rule of Lucerne and was, until 1798, managed as part of Michel Office dated Chorherrenstift Beromunster. The village was looted in 1712 during the second Villmerger war by the Bernese. From 1798 to 1803, French troops were stationed in Ermensee. It belonged from 1798 to 1801 as district Münster, came in 1801 to the newly founded State of Baden - but in 1803 again to Lucerne. Since then, it's part of the then newly created Office high village.

Pictures

Interior of St. Jacob 's Chapel

Frescoes in the St. James Chapel

Aabach in Ermensee

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