Grosswangen

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

Geography

Grosswangen is located about 25 km north- west of Lucerne. The region around large cheeks, Buttisholz and Ruswil is also called after the stream red, red valley. The highest point of the municipality is the top height with 747 m - And the deepest near the Natural Chair of Buchenwald to 523 m asl From the municipal area of ​​nearly 20 square kilometers, 78.3 % is used for agricultural purposes; further 15.3% of the area is covered by forest and woodland and 5.9 % settlement area.

Grosswangen borders the following municipalities: to the north and Mauensee Oberkirch, to the east by Buttisholz, to the south and Menznau Willisau and to the west by Ettiswil.

Population

In the nearly one hundred years, 1745-1850, the number of inhabitants enlarged considerably ( from 1745 to 1850: 76.9 %). In the second half of the 19th century, large cheeks became entangled in the emigration from the countryside to the industrial centers. Hundreds left the village (1850-1900: -25.3 %). In the next fifty years put a light but steady growth a (1900-1950: 19.7 %). Between 1950 and 1970, followed by a second, but much smaller than the first wave of migration ( 1950 to 1970: -9.2 %). Since 1980 there is a steady population growth ( 1980 to 2004: 26.9 %) - so that now even the (former) Bevölkerungshöchstand was surpassed by 1850.

Languages

The population used a high- Alemannic dialect in everyday life. At the last census in 2000 gave 95.63 % German, 3.88% and 0.48 % Albanian Portuguese as the main language.

Religions - faiths

Previously, all the inhabitants were members of the Roman Catholic Church. Today ( as of 2000) provides for the religious landscape like this: There are 86.34 % % Roman Catholic, 4.76% and 0.33 % Reformed Evangelical Free Church Christians. In addition, one finds Muslims 3.15% and 2.27 % non-religious.

Origin - Nationality

End of 2006 of the 2'869 inhabitants 2,572 Swiss and 297 ( = 10.4%) foreigners. At the last census, 88.36 % were (including dual citizens 90,04 % ) Swiss nationals. The largest immigrant groups come from Serbia -Montenegro, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Portugal and Croatia.

Policy

Mayor 's Beat Fischer (CVP ). Other members of the council are: Guido Bützberger (FDP ), Josef Doppmann (CVP ), Cornel Erni (FDP) and Monika Meier Böll (SVP ).

Angela Pfäffli (FDP), Priska Lorenz (SP) and Yvonne Hunkeler (CVP ) represented Grosswangen the cantonal parliament of the canton of Lucerne. Josef Kunz (SVP ) was for many years the National Council (until 2011 ).

Traffic

Since the project is planned at the beginning of the 20th century Rottalbahn was never realized, the community is connected by bus to the network of public transport. The line Luzern- Ruswil - Ettiswil ( Station ) of the Rott Valley Auto AG opens up the community.

Grosswangen is on the main road bridge - Emmen Ettiswil - Dagmersellen. The nearest motorway connections are Sursee 9 km and Dagmersellen 12 km away, both on the A2.

History

In the town the remains of a Roman military station were excavated from the 1st century and Alemanni graves from the 7th century. In the year 893 of the city under the name Wanga is first mentioned in the interest of the woman directory Münster Abbey Zurich. Gross cheeks was from the 12th to the so-called Outer Office Wolhusen the Barons of Wolhusen. From 1295 the Habsburgs were those of the supremacy, the Barons of Wolhusen managed to continue to 1389 the place. The various castles of that time have all been destroyed and disappeared. After the city of Lucerne gained more and more after the Battle of Sempach in 1386 to influence the Habsburgs divested the entire Outer Office Wolhusen on Whit Monday 1405 Lucerne. The village was then until 1798 the bailiwick Ruswil. They took part in the Peasants' War of 1653rd From 1798 to 1803 formed large cheeks part of the Helvetic District Willisau. The place has since formed a part of the then newly created Office Sursee.

Personalities

  • Edouard Huber (* 1879 in the United cheeks, † 1914 in Vinh Long, Vietnam ), linguist, sinologist and Indochina researchers
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