Holziken

Holziken (Swiss German: hɔʊtsɪkχə ) is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau. It lies between the Uerkental and the Suhrental.

Geography

The village is located at the northern foot of the Stübisbergs ( 556 m above sea level. M. ), a spur of Uerknerbergs which separates the valleys of the Uerke and Suhre each other. The southern half of the township is very hilly and almost entirely covered with forest. The northern half, however, is a totally flat, intensively farmed layer called " hardware " that is drained to the west of the Uerke and to the east of the Suhre.

The area of the municipality is 286 hectares, of which 113 hectares are forested and built over 45 hectares. The highest point is located on the Stübisberg to 550 meters, the deepest at 435 meters in the Hard level.

Neighboring municipalities are Kölliken the northwest, mooing in the Northeast, deer valley in the east, in the southeast and Schöftland Uerkheim in the southwest.

History

1924 a Roman gold coin from the reign of the Emperor Vespasian was found, but there is no evidence of colonization. Between the 6th and 9th centuries, the Alemanni cleared the forest and established a settlement. The place name is derived from the Old High German Hellzinghofun, which means " in the courts of the clan of Hellzo ". The first mention of Helzinkon was in 1306 in the Habsburg land register.

Holziken was in the Middle Ages an insignificant hamlet in the territory of the Habsburgs and belonged to the district court Muhen office. A document from 1414 shows that the Abbey of St. Gall possessed here on land. 1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; the area around Holziken belonged now to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation. In 1558, the now for the judicial district Kölliken belonging hamlet consisted of only seven houses and began to develop into a village until the 17th century.

In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Since then Holziken in the canton of Aargau. 1803, the municipality was assigned to the District Kulm. Until well into the 20th century Holziken remained agricultural. After the opening of the nearby highway in 1967, the community experienced a boom. In less than forty years, doubled the population.

In the first years of the 21st century Holziken has become nationally known primarily as pronounced stronghold of the SVP. In elections, this party made ​​here between 50-70 % of the vote; at the local riding school national party conventions were carried out several times.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In black and white, with three yellow discs occupied rafters. " The oldest coat of arms can be seen on a coat of arms in 1683 resulting disc in the Church of Schöftland; it shows a green wood, which is traversed by a stream. Because scenic representations are unsuitable in heraldry, the community decided in 1977 to introduce the new coat of arms, which was depicted in the 18th century in an armorial. On some representations of the slices shown are recognizable as cut trees, which is probably due to the municipality of origin.

Population

Population development:

On 31 December 2013, 1295 people lived in Holziken, the proportion of foreigners was 17.7 %. At the 2000 census, 60.9 % were reformed, 20.9 % Roman Catholic, and 4.1 % Muslim; 1.8% belonged to other faiths. 90.2 % identified German as their main language, Albanian 2.4%, 2.2% Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, 1.3% 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 in Unterkulm is responsible. Holziken part of the justice of the peace circle Schöftland.

Economy

In Holziken there according to census of 2008, around 170 jobs, of which 14% in agriculture, 13 % in industry and 73 % in the service sector. Most workers are commuters and work in Aarau and environment.

Traffic

Holziken lies at the crossroads of several local connecting roads in the Suhrental, Uerkental and Wiggertal. East of the village Main road 24, which serves as a bypass and as a feeder to the nearby port Aarau-West of the A1 motorway. A bus company SDR leads from Schöftland about Holziken to Zofingen station. Since 1976 Holziken has an official Heliport ( ICAO code LSXH ).

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and two school houses where the primary school is taught. All upper level of compulsory elementary school ( junior high school, middle school, school district ) can be visited in Schöftland. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau and Zofingen.

Personalities

• Bolliger Adolf (1854-1931), theologian, priest and philosopher