Fislisbach

Fislisbach seen from Boll

Fislisbach (Swiss German: fɪʓliʃ ˌ pɑχ ) is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. It is located approximately four kilometers south of the district municipal seat.

Geography

The village lies on the edge of the Reuss Valley, about three kilometers east of the river. The village center is nestled in a depression between two wooded hills Hiltisberg (470 m above sea level. M. ) and Buechberg ( 468 m above sea level. M. ). The hills form a groove extending from north to south moraine that is created at the end of the last ice age when retreating glaciers of the Reuss and a narrow valley separates. To the east of this valley, which extends from Daettwil until after Vogelrüti, the terrain rises to Oberhausen (619 m above sea level. M. ), a part of the Clear Mountain chain. The modern development of the last decades is reflected in the flat plain to the west of the moraine.

The area of the municipality is 505 hectares, of which 154 hectares are forested and built over 130 hectares. The highest point is 619 meters in the area Oberhausen, a part of the Clear Mountain chain, the deepest at 408 meters in the plain south-west of the village.

Neighboring municipalities are swimming in the north, and Neuenhof Staretschwil in the east, Vogelrüti and Mellingen the south and Birmenstorf in the northwest. Furthermore Fislisbach bordered to the west by the Ruetihof exclave of the municipality of Baden.

History

Fislisbach emerged from a Alemannic settlement. In the year 1184 was the first written mention of Vicelisbach when Pope Lucius III. the possessions of the monastery of Engelberg confirmed. The place name comes from Old High Fizilinesbah and means " stream of Fizilin ". 1228 and in 1264 acquired the monastery Wettingen also land. As of 1276, the two monasteries shared the lower courts, the state rule was the Habsburgs. In the 15th century the Lehnsrechte went over to the Agnes Hospital in Baden.

1415 conquered the Swiss Canton Aargau and Fislisbach was now part of the Office Birmenstorf in the county of Baden, a common rule. 1522 led a pastor Urban Wyss, a friend of Ulrich Zwingli, the Protestant Reformation. This caused a riot, which was one of the triggers of the Zurich disputations of 1523. After the Second Kappel War in 1531, the village was re-Catholicised.

In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Fislisbach became a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau. On March 30, 1848, a major fire destroyed 31 houses. By the end of 1849 the village center was completely rebuilt and received a low-density development. Since the community had little part in the National Railway, she received 1877 no train station on the railway line Zofingen Wettingen. The proximity of the industrial town of Baden led after 1900 to a high proportion of workers in the industrial sector and major growth spurts in the 1920s and 1960s.

Attractions

Because of the village fire of 1848 is hardly preserved older buildings. One of the few exceptions is the hotel " Linde " ( former tithe barn) that dates back to the 18th century. The local museum has a permanent exhibition on the village life and the fire department.

The initial mention of the parish church of St. Agatha was in 1184th The existing for centuries church building was demolished in 1828. Then, a classical building was designed by the architect Fidel Obrist, which was completed in November, 1829. The church is the only complete surviving building from the period before the large fire. On 13 June 1968, the Federal Council put them under monument protection. In 1969 an indoor, 1989 outdoor renovation.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Getatztes In blue white double cross with dreigespitztem foot » The crest introduced in 1925 corresponds to the seal image of Queen Agnes of Hungary, the founder of the hospital in Baden. This had for centuries held the patronage of the parish church Fislisbacher.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 5483 people lived in Fislisbach, the proportion of foreigners was 24.8 %. At the 2000 census, 53.7 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 26.1% Reformed, 1.8% Orthodox Christian and 3.6 % Muslim; 1.7% belonged to other faiths. 86.9 % identified German as their main language, 2.8 % speak Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.6%, Albanian 1.3%, 1.2% English, 1.0% 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.

All disputes arising from the Baden District Court has jurisdiction. Fislisbach part of the justice of the peace circle tube village.

Since April 12, 2003 Fislisbach is the twin town of Le Chambon- sur -Lignon in France.

Economy

In Fislisbach there according to Census 2008, approximately 1100 jobs, of which 2% in agriculture, 17 % in industry and 81 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in the nearby town of Baden.

Traffic

In Fislisbach branch five postal routes that lead from Baden Train station by Berikon - Widen, Bremgarten, Mägenwil and Mellingen. Approximately 1.5 kilometers southwest of the village, on the west portal of the tunnel Heitersberg, a station of the S -Bahn Zurich was opened on 12 December 2004. From there, another post bus line over Staretschwil and Fislisbach leads to the Cantonal Hospital in Daettwil. The motorway connection Baden -west of the A1 is just three kilometers north of the village center.

Education

The school offer of Fislisbach includes primary school, junior high school and high school. The school district may optionally be visited in Baden or Mellingen. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.

Personalities

• Mother Bernarda Home Gartner (1822-1863) co-founder of the Order of Sisters of the Holy Cross in Menzingen