Hildisrieden

Hildisrieden ( Höudisriede dialect ) is a municipality in the constituency Sursee the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Geography

As a neighboring village of Sempach is Hildisrieden is above the memorial to the Battle of Sempach. On the southern slopes of the hills Erlosen lying, you have the whole village a wonderful view towards the Alps, especially for Pilate.

To Hildisrieden heard the village Hildisrieden. This coalesced the hamlet width (southwest ) and Muehlacker (southeast ). North of the village rises in the moss ( Seetaler ) Ron, which flows through the village. Three other hamlets belong to the municipality: Gimmermeh (600 m south-southwest; 616-628 m asl ), Ohmelingen (1 km east-southeast, 657 m asl ) and Traselingen ( 1.5 km east, 680 m. asl). There are also numerous farmsteads, which belong to the community. The highest point of the village is a hill surrounded by the golf course ( 726 m asl ). There are only small forest patches. The Dannwald located southeast of Ohmelingen, the Traselingerwald north of Traselingen, the Hildisriederwald borders north to the village and the wood Meier is located west of Gimmermeh.

From the municipal area of ​​699 ha 78.0 % is agricultural land. Covered with woods and forests are merely 11.9% and 10.8 % is urbanized area.

Hildisrieden borders Beromunster, New Church, Rain, Römerswil and Sempach.

Population

The population grew rapidly from 1798 to 1816 ( from 1798 to 1816: 25.2 %). This prompted a slight decline in population to 1850 From 1860 to 1888 there was then a great wave of migration towards industrialized areas. ( 1860-1888: -23.4 %). From there off to the Second World War, the population continued to grow by more than half (1888-1941: 52.2 %). After a last little population decline occurred (1941-1960: -8.7 %). Since then the number of residents growing massively (1960-2004: 145.1 %). The location on a ridge and proximity to the nearest freeway have brought many new immigrants.

Language

The population used as everyday language, a high- Alemannic dialect.

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 78.81 % Roman Catholics, 10.87% and 0.54 % Reformed Evangelical Free Church Christians. In addition there are 5.19% and 1.55 % non-religious Muslims.

Economy

Originally founded as a farming community (now about 45 farms ), the focus of employees in the village has greatly shifted towards industry and services.

Traffic

Hildisrieden village has no railway line. By bus Lucerne - Beromunster - Rickenbach the community is still accessible by public transport. There is now a Postbus of high village after Sempach Station, which leads over sand Blatten and Hildisrieden.

The village lies at the junction of the roads Sempach- high village and Lucerne - Beromunster. The nearest motorway junction Sempach on the A2 is 4 km away.

Culture and Leisure

To the west of the village lies a golf course.

History

As evidenced by graves from the La Tène period, the area was inhabited early. Under the name Hiltegesrein it appears in the oldest year book of Canons Beromunster from the years 1077/1101. The village belonged as part of the Office of Rothenburg the Habsburgs. This lost control of the city on 28 December 1385 when the soldiers of the city of Lucerne burnt down the town and fortress of Rothenburg. Nominally recognized the Habsburgs, the supremacy of the city of Lucerne only on July 16, 1394 in the so-called "Twenty Years ' Peace ' on. The complete control Lucerne gained only in the year 1415th Hildisrieden incidentally, was at the time no separate municipality, but formed together with Rain and Römerswil the Berghof. All these places belonged until 1798 to the bailiwick of Rothenburg. Subsequently, it was part of the Helvetic district Sempach before it, 1803, to the then newly created Office Sursee. The Berghof was dissolved by decision of the cantonal parliament in 1836. This resulted in 1838, the municipalities Hildisrieden, Rain and Römerswil.

Personalities

• Balthasar Estermann (1827-1868), Roman Catholic priest and founder of a religious community of women from the monastery MELCHTAL was born in Traselingen