Geuensee

Geuensee is a municipality in the constituency Sursee the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Grand Conseil election ( cantonal parliament )

Geography

The municipality is located north of Sursee on the eastern edge of the Surentals. Krumbach ( 690 m above sea level. M. ) 1.8 km north-east and Hunzikon ( 729 m above sea level. M. ) 1.5 km east of the village are hamlets, which are within the boundaries of the municipality Geuensee. In Krumbach the village stream which flows through the Krumbachertobel and the village and west of it opens into the Suhre in moss stems. From the municipal area of ​​643 hectares, almost three quarters ( 74.5 %) are used for agriculture. Developed land comprises 10.3% and 15.1% of forest and woodland community area.

The neighboring communities of Geuensee are Beromunster, Buron, Knutwil, Rickenbach LU, Schenkon, Schlierbach and Sursee.

Population

The population declined sharply from 1850 to 1900 by 32.8 %. Between 1920 and 1960 it grew gradually back to the original stock. Since then, a continuous strong growth is observed.

Languages

The population speaks a high- Alemannic dialect. At the last census in 2000 reported 85.87 % of the population German, 5.70% and 2.72 % Albanian Serbo-Croatian language as the main / everyday language.

Religions - faiths

The population was originally purely Roman Catholic. Today ( as of 2000) are 68.86 % Roman Catholic, 10.43% Protestant Reformed and 4.62% Orthodox Christians. In addition, there are 7.81 % Muslim, 3.70% and 0.62 % non-religious Hindus. When the Muslims are almost exclusively of Albanians from Kosovo and Macedonia as well as Turks and Kurds. The majority of the Orthodox are Serbs and Montenegrins. The Hindus are Tamils ​​from Sri Lanka.

Origin and nationality

End of 2006, the population comprised 2,119 persons, of whom 1,630 Swiss citizens and 489 ( = 23.1% ) were foreigners. The community thus has a Geuensee for a rural community atypically high proportion of foreigners. In 2000, 75.69 % (including 3.13% dual citizen ) were Swiss. The largest foreign community is from Serbia and Montenegro ( 2000: 13.72 % Albanians, Serbs and Montenegrins ). Then follow with 3.34% Turkey, Italy, Germany, Croatia and Sri Lanka.

Policy

The people are the ultimate sovereign. It can express his political opinion in elections, referendums and at the community meeting.

Parish council

The people determines the local council, which conducts the affairs of the community in his name. The local council of Geuensee consists of five part-time employed persons. At the last election in 2008, there was no fight choice. With a turnout of 42.6 % were elected for a term of four years:

• Mayor Paul Gerig (independent)
• Franco Cozzio (CVP )
• Hans Ruedi Estermann (CVP )
• Walter Lipp (FDP)

Grand Conseil election ( cantonal parliament )

At the last Grand Council elections in 2003, the CVP was the strongest party with a voter share of 38.20 %. After already followed the An incoming only the third time SVP with 22.00% against 16.94 % with the FDP. Thus, the three bourgeois parties have a clear majority, even if the SVP before the tradition party FDP (formerly Liberal Party ) is. The SP got 10.10% of votes, the Green Alliance 4.17%, and the ( anti-globalization by) chance 21 right off the bat 6.51% ( second highest vote of all the communes).

Traffic

Geuensee is served by the two postal routes Sursee - Schöftland and Sursee - Etzelwil grid of public transport. Sursee is a major railway station served by express adherence to the lines Lucerne and Olten (since 2004 ) Luzern -Bern (via the Aarburger loop).

The village lies on the main road from Sursee Schöftland (and further to Aarau ). The nearest motorway junction Sursee on the A2 is merely 3 km.

Transmission Tower

76 -meter-high radio tower in steel truss design in Hochweidwald at 47 ° 12 ' 13 " north latitude and 8 ° 08' 31" east longitude. From this tower the radio program of Radio Pilatus is on 104.4 MHz with 250 W ERP (fade-out in northeast direction ) of an antenna, which is located in 61 meters height, radiated. He also carries mobile antennas of Sunrise and transmit antennas for DAB and DVB -T.

History

The community is listed under the name Geinwison in the land register of the monastery of Einsiedeln in the years 1217/1222. It later belonged to the Official Sempach of the Habsburgs and was administered by the Lords of Aarburg. 1424 pledged Thüringstrasse of Aarburg Geuensee to the city of Lucerne, in 1429 he sold her the place. Already in 1386, after the Battle of Sempach, Lucerne had gained more and more influence at the expense of the Habsburgs. The community has now managed to 1798 an exclave of the bailiwick of Rothenburg, then came to the Helvetic District Sursee and 1803 the then newly created Office Sursee.

Personalities

• Franz Stadelmann (Author)
• Michael Schär