Lupfig

Lupfig

Lupfig (Swiss German: lʊpfig ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located four kilometers south of the district municipal seat.

Geography

The municipality is located on the western edge of the Birrfelds, a vast plain between the Aare River in the west and the river Reuss in the east. The plain is mostly flat and is used for agriculture intensive. The eastern two-thirds of the elongated municipal area are completely flat. There is also a regional airport with an approximately 725 -meter-long airstrip. North of the 434 meter high Gugger Karpacz the Birrfeld from Hausener valley seals off. On the north-east Lupfig has a small share of the 500 meter high Eiteberg. The western third is located at the places steep northern slope of Mount Chest, up to a 647 meter high foothills of the Jura Mountains east of the Aare River, which separates the Birrfeld from Bünztal. Lupfig is conjoined with Birr, the boundaries between these once separate villages are no longer discernible.

The area of the municipality is 515 hectares, including 122 hectares of forested and built over 138 hectares. The highest point is 647 meters on the ridge of the Chest mountain, the deepest at 386 meters in the plane.

Neighboring municipalities are Hausen in the north, Mülligen in the east, in the southeast Birrhard, Birr in the south, Holder Bank in the southwest and joke in the West.

History

The first mention of Lupfanch was in 1273, when Count Rudolf I of Habsburg over the village left for the payment of debts to the monastery Wettingen. The place name is derived from Middle High German (ze the ) lupfenden cheek and means " the rising slope ." Lupfig belonged in the Middle Ages for its own office, the oldest possessions of the Habsburgs, whose headquarters is just a few kilometers away. In 1397 they transferred the basic and court rule to the monastery Königsfelden in 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. Lupfig since then is the canton of Aargau.

The connection to the railway network took place on June 1, 1882 by the opening of the Brugg - Aargau Hendschiken the Southern Railway. By 1950 Lupfig was a heavily embossed on agriculture village with stagnating population. At the National Exhibition in Lausanne in 1964 were ambitious plans for a garden city " Birrfeld » presented with 15,000 inhabitants. But this project corresponded to the belief in progress in the 1960s and was never realized.

Until about 1980, the growth was concentrated in the neighboring village of Birr. However, since large companies have settled in Lupfig and the population has more than doubled within 25 years. In particular, opened in 1996 Bözbergautobahn has encouraged this growth.

Attractions

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Azure, three yellow ears " in the municipal seal of 1811 for the first time a coat of arms was used with sheaves of corn and ears, symbolizing the fertile soils of the Birrfelds. 1964 let you off the sheaves because they seemed out of proportion.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 2187 people lived in Lupfig, the proportion of foreigners was 18.5 %. At the 2000 census, 49.1% were reformed, 32.2 % Roman Catholic, 2.1% Orthodox Christian and 3.1% Muslim; 0.9% belonged to other faiths. 89.4 % identified German as their main language, 3.5 % speak Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.3%, 0.8% each Albanian, English and Spanish, 0.7 % speak 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 Brugg is responsible. Lupfig part of the justice of the peace circle Windisch.

Economy

In Lupfig there are operating according to Census 2008, approximately 2,200 jobs, of which 2% in agriculture, 34 % in industry and 64% in the service sector. As the neighboring Birr is also Lupfig heavily industrialized. The best-known companies are in the auto importer AMAG, the wholesale bakery Hiestand and the airfield Birrfeld with the flying school.

Traffic

The main road from Lenzburg to Brugg runs to the east of the village through the industrial zone. North of the village runs the A3 motorway, the motorway junction is about two kilometers north-east of the village. In the industrial zone there is a railway station, the regional trains to Aarau and Baden. Additionally, upside a postal bus between Birr and Brugg railway station. In the far east of the airfield is Birrfeld ( ICAO designator LSZF ), one of the most important airfields for general aviation in Switzerland and home airfield of various Air sports groups.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and a school center with a primary school, junior high school and high school. The school district can be visited in Windisch. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau, Wettingen and bathing.