Hausen bei Brugg
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Hausen (Swiss German: huʓə ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located south of the district municipal seat. By 2003, the community was called officially Hausen bei Brugg.
Geography
The village is situated about three kilometers south of the main town district of Brugg in a flat, 500 meters wide valley between the Aare River and Birrfeld. The valley is bounded to the west by the 457 m high Wülpelsberg and on the east by the 500 m high Eitenberg. The Gugger Hubel (434 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern municipal boundary runs through the valley and locked it from the Birrfeld. In the north there is no natural limit, there Hausen is completely grown together with Windisch. Right through the village flows the coming of Birr ago sweet creek.
The area of the municipality is 321 hectares, of which 152 hectares are covered by forest and built over 95 hectares. The highest point is at the summit of Eitebergs to 500 meters, the deepest at 370 meters on the northern boundary of the municipality.
Neighboring municipalities are Brugg and Windisch in the north, Mülligen in the east, Lupfig in the south, southwest and frolic in the Habsburg in the West.
History
1990 were uncovered during construction work on a 2000 year old, perfectly preserved aqueduct which supplied the two kilometers away Roman fort of Vindonissa with drinking water from the Birrfeld. By today's municipality led a Roman road, also traces of a villa rustica were discovered. 1861 a farmer found a pot of around 340 coins, which date from the period 276-341 AD.
The first mention of Husen place in the year 1254th The village name comes from the Old High German (ze ) Husun and means " in the houses ." In the Middle Ages the village belonged to Eigenamt, the oldest possession of the Counts of Habsburg, whose headquarters is just a few kilometers away. In 1397 they transferred the basic and court rule to the monastery Königsfelden in neighboring Windisch.
After the conquest of the Aargau by the Confederates in 1415 the city of Bern took over the rule, the own office was now part of the subject territories in the Bernese Aargau. 1528 led to the Reformation and Bernese solved the monastery Königsfelden on. They converted the Eigenamt into the bailiwick Königsfelden and then practiced all rights. In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Hausen since then is the canton of Aargau.
Until well into the 20th century agriculture and viticulture were prevalent, but there are now only a few yards and the vine plantations have disappeared. Instead, Hausen walked more and more a popular residential community. Between 1950 and 1980, the population doubled and increased since then by another two-thirds. 1928 a cement factory was built, which went bankrupt shortly thereafter. The buildings were taken over by the chemical company Reichhold AG, but in 1993 relocated production abroad. Although the railway line from Brugg was opened after Hendschiken already on 1 June 1882 but the community has to this day not have its own train station. Since 1978, Stockhausen has its own church (Reformed); the Reformed belong to the parish Windisch Windisch and the Catholics of the parish. 2003 left the church the addition " in Brugg " in the community name officially deleted.
Attractions
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Azure, on a green ground red -considered white house with stepped gables and gothic black windows » This is a so-called canting arms. Until 1992, the roof was white, for better accentuation you changed the color.
Population
Population development:
On 31 December 2013, 3287 people lived in Hausen, the proportion of foreigners was 21.3 %. At the 2000 census, 42.5% were reformed, 36.7 % Roman Catholic, 2.3% Orthodox Christian and 4.9 % Muslim; 0.9% belonged to other faiths. 85.6 % identified German as their main language, 3.9 % speak Italian, 2.5% Albanian, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, 1.1% Portuguese, 0.8 % French, 0.6 % English.
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. Hausen part of the justice of the peace circle Windisch.
With the same Hausen in the meadow valley, which lies about 50 kilometers north of the German Baden- Württemberg, Hausen maintains a community partnership.
Economy
In Hausen there according to Census 2008, approximately 1200 jobs, of which 1% in agriculture, 8 % in industry and 91 % in the service sector. The largest employer is a nationally operating construction company. There are also numerous craft, commercial and service enterprises. However, the majority of the working population is employed abroad, either in Brugg, or in the larger neighboring communities of Birrfelds.
Traffic
Hausen is connected by a postal bus with Brugg and Birr. Although the railway line Brugg- Lenzburg leads immediately to the west past the village, but there is no stop. Since October 17, 1996 is approximately two kilometers south of the village, a connection to the A3 motorway. Through traffic to Brugg is passed via a bypass road.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and three primary schools. School children of upper level ( junior high school, middle school, school district ) are taught in Windisch. The next Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau, Baden and betting rings.
Partner community
The Hausen AG maintains a partnership with the community Hausen meadow valley in Baden-Württemberg Lörrach district.