Hägglingen

View from the East

Hägglingen (Swiss German: hækliɡə ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the western part of the district Bremgarten on the edge of Bünztal valley.

Geography

The village is also known as "Seven Hills Village ", as it is on the limited number of hills of Wagenrain chain Rötler Plateau. About one kilometer east of the village is the watershed between Bünztal and Reuss valley. The Meiengrün, 589 m above sea level. M. the highest of these hills, is located in the northwest. A 33 meter high observation tower is located overlooking the Black Forest and the Alps on him. One mile north of the village lies the hamlet Igelweid (508 m above sea level. M. ), in a valley between the Meiengrün and the Ringlisberg (551 m above sea level. M. ). A little more than two kilometers southeast of the hamlet Ruti is (510 m above sea level. M. ).

The area of the municipality is 773 hectares, of which 249 hectares are forested and built over 79 hectares. The highest point is located on 589 meters on the Meiengrün Hill, the deepest at 445 meters at the western boundary of the municipality.

Neighboring municipalities are Mägenwil and Wohlenschwil in the north, Tägerig in the northeast, Niederwil in the east, Wohlen in the south, the west and Dottikon Othmarsingen in the northwest.

History

The colonization of the plateau was the first time by the Romans in connection with the construction of the legionary camp Vindonissa. The Legionaries exploited a quarry in the forest between Mägenwil and Hägglingen. About the 6th century, the Alemanni up operations. In the year 1036 was the first written mention of Hekelingen. The place name comes from Old High Haccilingun and means " among the people of Haccilo ". Graf Ulrich von Lenzburg then gave the church and the Grange the pen in Beromunster, but kept still the manorial rights.

After the extinction of the Counts of Kyburg Lenzburger took over the country's reign in 1173. This died out in 1264 and in turn the Habsburgs came to their heritage. The lower courts has been awarded to the Hallwyler while the Habsburgs retained the high justice. 1415 the Confederates conquered the Aargau and Hägglingen made ​​a post in the outdoor offices, a common rule. 1529 joined the population of the Reformation, but had only two years later, after the Second Kappel War, return to the Catholic faith. Between 1611 and 1613, died in plagues a quarter of the population.

Durchmarschierende Bernese troops plundered on January 24, 1656 before the first battle of Villmergen village, desecrated the church and burned down many houses. After the second Villmerger war of 1712 the Catholic cantons lost their influence in the lower outdoor offices and Hägglingen was administered by Zurich, Berne and Glarus. In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. On April 26, it came on the Emmetfeld for action at Hägglingen between French and federal troops, what a crossroads between Hägglingen and the hamlet of Ruti recalls. Until October 1801 was followed by continuous passages and billeting of French troops. On the Helvetic Republic in 1803 was followed by mediation which prevented the old dream of connecting the free Office to train and the short-lived Canton of Baden incorporated the Canton of Aargau.

From 1805 to 1815, the village purchased free of tithing. Until 1867 Hägglingen belonged to the parish Dottikon. 1823, the hamlet was incorporated Ruti, who had previously been a Steckhof and an exclave of the Office Hermetschwil. 1850 Hägglingen was the third largest municipality in the district. After several waves of emigration, the population decreased and reached a century later the old status Since then, the population has increased only slightly. Hägglingen did not go through the same rapid development like many other villages in the district Bremgarten.

Attractions

The St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish Church dedicated to one of the oldest outdoor office and emerged later than the beginning of the 11th century. Between 1457 and 1466 was a new building, the tower base has remained to this day. In the tower came 1951 the foundations of the Romanesque church predecessor and late Gothic frescoes revealed. The choir and slightly more than half of today's ship emerged 1739-1742. Here you broke off the ship and underpinned the opening to this on the west side tower choir, the choir of the tower itself was built to the sacristy to. The line of the new building of the choir and nave held Franz Xaver return from Mellingen, who was at that time Schultheiss. In 1750 the bell tower was increased. The ship was lengthened 1831-1832 to 10 meters, it was one the west side sign off.

The parsonage dates back to 1744, and is a typical Freiaemter Dixhuitième building. It has three storeys and has a square floor plan. The ecclesiastical side Trauffront is the representative side of the building. The wall openings are symmetrically arranged in three axes, is located above the central entrance, the oval heraldic relief with the coat of arms of Beromunster pen and the date of construction 1744.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Blue slanting yellow hackle with black nails. » The hackle, an apparatus for processing of hemp, goes back to a popular etymological misinterpretation of the name and was first published in 1547/48 in the illustrated chronicle of Johannes Stumpf. In Hans Conrad Gygers map of 1667, the same coat of arms is included. Later, the hackle was added to a hemp bloom. Council and local citizens Commission decided in 1965 to return to the correct heraldic coat of arms. The State Archives of Aargau presented for testing: " The coat of arms in this antique representation is one of the best heraldic coat of arms of the canton, on the shape and age, the community can be proud of. " Nails 2002 were graphically simplified.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 2332 people lived in Hägglingen, the proportion of foreigners was 12.6 %. At the 2000 census, 57.7 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 23.3%, 1.8% Orthodox Christian, 4.0 % Muslim; 1.2% belonged to other faiths. 92.4 % identified German as their main language, 1.6% each Albanian, Italian and Serbo-Croatian, 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.

For litigation, the District Court Bremgarten is responsible. Hägglingen part of the justice of the peace circle Niederwil.

Economy

In Hägglingen there according to census of 2008, around 750 jobs, of which 13% in agriculture, 58 % in industry and 29 % in services. Significance is especially the plastics industry. Most workers are commuters and work primarily in Dottikon, Lenzburg, Villmergen and Wohlen.

Traffic

Hägglingen is not loaded by the passing traffic as there is no main road runs through the village. The motorway connection Mägenwil yet only a few minutes drive away. There are two post car lines; the one leads to Dottikon - Dintikon station, the other for Wohlen.

Education

In Hägglingen following grade levels are offered: kindergarten, primary school, junior high school and high school. The school district is located in the neighboring Dottikon, the next district school (Gymnasium) in Wohlen or Aarau.

Personalities

• Siblings Schmid, with the folk songs of their composer Artur buckling throughout Europe and later in the USA celebrated great successes in the 1940s and 1950s.
• Theo Fischer ( born 1937 ), National
• Pierre Stutz ( * 1953 ), theologian
• Johann Huber (1812-1879), provost in Zurzach
• Ariane Geissmann (* 1986), Women's Handball