Lieli

Lieli and ruin Nünegg

Lieli is a village in the Official high village of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Until December 31, 2006 Lieli was a municipality on 1 January 2007, the merger with the community Hohenrainstrasse became final. The new church is called to continue the High Rain.

Geography

The village is situated on the western slope of the Lindenberg - about 4.5 kilometers north of the village in the high part of the canton of Lucerne Lake Valley. The village is crossed by Scheidbach, which opens into the Baldeggersee. In addition to the main settlement are currently two groups of houses on the former municipality, namely the courtyard (720 m asl ) and the Berghof ( 784 m asl ). Just above the village are the ruins of the castle Nünegg. From the village area, the majority of 68.6 % is used for agriculture. 27.6% is covered by forest and woodland and merely 3.8% settlement area.

Population

The place has remained a small farming village because of its location to this day. The population decreased by 1860-1900 due to migration by 22.8 %. In the following two decades it grew and then stabilized for a long time in an order of magnitude of 190-200 people. In the sixties, she fell sharply and remained at this level until 1980. Since then, it grows back slowly.

Languages

The population speaks as an everyday language a highly Alemannic dialect. At the last census in 2000 gave 95.05 % German, 2.97% and 0.99 % Macedonian English as the main language / everyday language.

Religions - faiths

Previously, the entire population consisted of members of the Roman Catholic Church. Through immigration and leaving the church today show ( as of 2000) as follows: 79.21 % Roman Catholic and Evangelical Reformed Christians 6.44; further 3.96% and 2.97% non-religious Muslims.

Origin and nationality

End of 2004, of the 207 inhabitants 193 Swiss citizens and 14 ( 6.8 % ) are foreigners. At the last census were 89.60 (including dual citizens 92.08 % ) Swiss. The few foreigners come from Macedonia, North America, Germany and Austria.

In the last elections in the Grand Council in 2003, the CVP with 47.25 % received the most votes. It was followed by the SVP with 26.26 % and the FDP with 15.17%. The SP came to merely 2.07% and the Green Alliance to 3.08 % share of the vote. The only village in the Official High nominee and the first time An incoming EPP outperformed these two parties with a share of the vote of 4.86 %.

Traffic

Lieli village has no railway line. Connection to the network of public transport is guaranteed by the bus Hitzkirch - Gelfingen - Kleinwangen which performs Lieli. In Hitzkirch there is a railway station on the line Luzern- Lenzburg ( Seetalbahn ).

The village is located on a street parallel to the Luzern- Lenzburg running side street Gelfingen - High Rain- high village. The nearest motorway connections are Cham on the A4 19 km, Sempach and Emmen -Nord on the A2.

History

Lielae ( from Old High German name for the clematis ) is first mentioned in 893 in a toboggan interest of women Münster Abbey. Also the Canons Beromunster and the monastery of Muri in the canton of Aargau possessed possessions here. Later on, the rule was turned over to the site to the Counts of Kyburg, in whose name ruled the Knights of Lieli. When the Kyburg extinct, the Habsburgs inherited their rights. The Nünegg castle was destroyed by the people of Lucerne in January 1386. The heirs of the extinct in the 14th century Knights of Lieli - for now the Alsatian nobility of Schönau, then the lords of Green Mountain - divested their ownership in 1431 to the rule Heidegg. The rule Heidegg was one of the outdoor offices and only came in 1803 to the canton of Lucerne. Since then Lieli part of the official high village.

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