Habsburg, Switzerland

The municipality with Habsburg castle of the same

Habsburg ( Swiss German: hɑpsbrg ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located about three kilometers southwest of the district municipal seat. The municipal area of Habsburg is the Habsburg, the ancestral seat of the Habsburgs.

Geography

The scattered village of Habsburg is just east of Wülpelsbergs on which the castle stands. The Wülpelsberg falls to the north and west steeply into the Aare valley. The east and the south side, however, form the edge of a gently sloping plateau that merges seamlessly into Birrfeld. Habsburg is a typical clearing settlement and is surrounded to the west, north and east of the forest.

The area of the municipality is 223 hectares, of which 134 hectares are forested and built over 18 hectares. The highest point is the 505 meter high Wülpelsberg, the lowest is at 370 meters at the foot of Wülpelsberg.

Neighboring municipalities are Brugg in the north, in the east, south and frolic in Schinznach bath in the West.

History

The area was inhabited both in the Bronze Age and the Roman period. Various finds, including brick temple of the Legio XXI Rapax and a bronze coin of the Emperor Probus can close out that, here was near the military camp Vindonissa, a watchtower. Around the year 1020 let Radbot on the Wülpelsberg the " Habichtsburg " build. In 1027, the first written reference as Habesbur or Have Burch. The castle replaced the fort in neighboring Altenburg near Brugg headquarters. Otto II in 1100 was the first who called himself " Count of Habsburg ". The castle was the center of the former Habsburg possessions, the own office.

After climbing to the significant ruling family of the modest castle was no longer suitable from about 1220 as the headquarters and was given to service people. She changed subsequently had several owners until finally 1528 the Bernese bailiff in Königsfelden took over the administration. The city of Bern had the Habsburgs in 1415 expelled from the region. The village of Habsburg was probably only in the early 15th century, when the forest was cleared to the south and east of the castle. The castle gave the village its name. The small settlement grew slowly and counted in 1529, only four houses. A year earlier the Reformation had been introduced.

In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Habsburg since then is the canton of Aargau. The castle became 1804 in the possession of the canton. 1833 lived four aces one families (Werder, Erismann Riniker, Senn ) with 177 people in the village. Until the mid-20th century the population lived almost exclusively on agriculture. Between 1930 and 1960, the population fell by about a quarter. After 1971, was parceled out as a large plot and released for site development, established a construction boom. Since then, the population increased by more than 150 percent.

Attractions

The village is dominated by the Habsburg on the Wülpelsberg. However, has been preserved only the western part. The imagined as attachment eastern part of the castle is largely forfeited only thick walls that rise a few meters from the ground, pointing to the original floor plan. In the great hall of the castle houses a small museum and a restaurant.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " Azure, on a green hill, the Habsburg, white with red roof. " This custom built in 1821 seal with the coat of arms said to have been designed by an engraver from the castle. The coat of arms is in fairly realistically represent the Habsburg, as it presents itself today.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 412 people lived in Habsburg, the proportion of foreigners was 6.8 %. At the 2000 census, 59.8 % were reformed and 23.1 % Roman Catholic; 1.9% belonged to other faiths. 96.7 % identified German as their main language, 1.4 % speak Italian, 1.1 % speak French.

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 Brugg is responsible. Habsburg part of the justice of the peace circle Windisch.

Economy

In the village is operating according to the 2008 census about 70 jobs, of which 22 % in agriculture, 14 % in industry and 64 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in the region Brugg.

Traffic

Habsburg is accessible via a local road between Brugg and jest. The A3 motorway passes under the municipal area in the 1.2 km long tunnel Habsburg. The nearest motorway junction is about four kilometers away. The community is tied after joke to the network of public transport through the postal bus from Brugg railway station.

Education

The community has a primary school. All upper levels of compulsory elementary school ( junior high school, middle school, school district ) can be visited in Windisch. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau and Baden. The kindergarten children attend von Habsburg in the neighboring municipality joke.