Islisberg
Islisberg
Islisberg (Swiss German: iʓliʃ ˌ pærɡ ) is a municipality in the district Bremgarten in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The easternmost municipality in the district on the border of the canton of Zurich was established in 1983 by the split of the former municipality of Arni Islisberg.
Geography
The village is situated on top of a hill, which is a continuation of the ridge Holzbirrliberg. The hill has the same name as the village, but is often also called "heaven". Towards the south, west and northwest, the terrain drops steeply. To the north- east, however, extends around a two-kilometer long plateau that far into the territory of the Canton of Zurich. For this reason, the region is surrounded on three sides by zürcherischem area; only in the west to the borders Islisberg Aargau.
The area of the municipality is 166 hectares, of which 36 hectares are covered by forest and built over 16 hectares. The highest point is located on 680 meters in the middle of the village center, the deepest at 580 meters on the northwest boundary of the municipality.
Neighboring municipalities are Aesch ZH in the north, Bonstetten in the east, the south and Hedingen Arni in the West.
History
It is believed that in the 5th century, the Alemanni alighted on the exposed hill. The first mention of Nidolperhc place in the year 1185th The village name comes from the Old High German Nidoltesberg and means " mountain ( settlement ) of the Nidolt ". This form of the name cut away quickly, already in 1305, the name Isbolzberg occupied.
The village was part of the Kelnhofes Lunkhofen, which had been given in the year 694 the monastery of St. Leger in Lucerne and adjacent Islisberg also Arni, Jonen, Oberlunkhofen and Unterlunkhofen included. 1291 Rudolf I bought the Kelnhof, even the city of Lucerne and 15 other villages arrived for 2000 marks of silver in the possession of the Hapsburgs. This transaction was one of the reasons that the three original cantons formed the Confederation. After the Kelnhof had administratively first part of the free office Affoltern, twenty years later he formed a special office, called the basement office.
In 1415 Islisberg was conquered by the city of Zurich. While the Zurich took over the high court, the lower courts had already owned by the city since 1410 Bremgarten. 1529 the population of Islisberg was reformed, but had in 1531 after the Second Kappel War re- convert to Catholicism. 1797, a year before the collapse of the old relations of domination, Bremgarten sold his rights to the village communities.
After the conquest of Switzerland by the French and the proclamation of the Helvetic Republic in March 1798, the basement office was closed and there arose the municipalities upper and Unterlunkhofen, Jonen, Arni and Islisberg. These belonged first to the short-lived State of Baden, and came in 1803 to the canton of Aargau; the inhabitants had initially though a train connection to Zurich or preferred. By joining the new Canton Islisberg and Arni Arni merged to form community - Islisberg. Until well into the 20th century Islisberg remained agricultural.
In the second half of the 20th century, the residents of Islisberg felt increasingly forced to the edge of the fast-growing Arni, although they were able to make independent decisions on tax issues, the education and construction. In 1974 she demanded in a consultative vote, form a separate parish. The Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau in 1978 rejected this at first, since there was no legal basis for this. In 1981, the separation was decided that was oppositionslos confirmed a year later by the Great Council, and completed on 1 January 1983. Shortly after gaining independence continued due to its proximity to Zurich and the attractive residential location a a striking building boom, let the population rise by more than three times.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " oblique shared by Yellow with Schreitendem red lion and blue with white keys. " After the dissolution of the community Arni Arni Islisberg retained the existing coat of arms at. Islisberg using the same characters, and colors, but with a helical pitch. The lion stands for the city Bremgarten that had once exercised the lower courts, the key to the basement office.
Population
Population Development ( until 1970 including Arni ):
On December 31, 2013 608 people lived in Islisberg, the proportion of foreigners was 11.4 %. At the 2000 census, 54.8 % Roman Catholic and 25.9 % were reformed; 1.7% belonged to other faiths. 94.1 % identified German as their main language, 2.7% 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 Bremgarten is responsible. Islisberg part of the justice of the peace circle Lunkhofen.
Economy
In Islisberg there according to Census 2008, approximately 60 jobs, 40% in agriculture, 7 % in small businesses and 53 % in services; Industry is not available. The vast majority of workers are commuters and work in the greater Zurich area.
Traffic
Although Islisberg located away from the busy thoroughfares, but is connected by local connecting roads with them. A post bus line goes from Arni about Islisberg to Bonstetten- Wettswil station, where connection is made on the lines S9 and S15 of the Zurich S-Bahn. Opened on 13 November 2009 A4 motorway passes under the church in the 4.65 km long Islisbergtunnel.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and three departments of primary school. Due to the tight integration with the canton of Zurich and the poor accessibility of the school locations in Aargau is taught according to the curriculum of the neighboring canton. Therefore, the Islisberger children attend the upper level in the Zurich municipality Bonstetten. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Oberurdorf and Zurich.