Mägenwil
Mägenwil (Swiss German: mæɡəʋi ˌ ː l) is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. It lies between Mellingen and Lenzburg.
Geography
The village is situated in the south of the flat Birrfelds on a terminal moraine, which emerged at the end of the Ice Age, by the withdrawal of the Reuss glacier and has numerous boulders. The Birrfeld in turn is limited by the steep northern slope of the Wagenrain, an elongated hill range between the Reuss valley and Bünztal. In the northernmost section of the Wagenrain there are numerous abandoned quarries where limestone was mined earlier. The stomachs Wiler shell was 21-17 million years ago by the fossilization of clams and snails; then the area of Mägenwil lay on the shore of a sea. About a kilometer east of the village center is the district Eckwil which is conjoined with Mägenwil.
The area of the municipality is 348 hectares, of which 107 hectares are forested and built over 106 hectares. The highest point is 560 meters on Meiengrün, the deepest at 409 meters on the northern boundary of the municipality
Neighboring municipalities are Birrhard in the north, Wohlenschwil in the east, Hägglingen in the south, Othmar singing in the west and Brunegg in the northwest.
History
During the Roman period ( Windisch ) was located in the nearby Vindonissa a legion camp. In the area south of Mägenwil the Romans built probably from the 1st century AD in quarries shell sand stone from which was very popular among engineers and sculptors because of its good formability and was mainly used for statues, columns, and milestones. Around 400 the Romans retreated across the Alps.
In the 8th century Alamannic immigrants founded a farming community. In one application, the town was first mentioned in 893 as Maganwilare documented. In the deed the woman Munster led in Zurich persons from the lower nobility, who had usurped duties, including those from Mägenwil and environment. The place name comes from Old High Maginwilari and means " farm estate of Mago ." The hamlet Eckwil began in the 11th century and was first mentioned in writing in 1271. By the 13th century the Counts of Kyburg rose to become the dominant power in the Aargau. As they became extinct in 1264, their possessions were taken over by the Habsburgs. Another important reason was the Lord Königsfelden Monastery in Windisch.
1415 the Confederates conquered the Aargau and Mägenwil now lay in the open offices, a common rule. The villages Mägenwil, Büblikon and Wohlenschwil and the hamlet Eckwil were summarized to the Official Büblikon and managed by a bailiff. 1529 joined the population of the Reformation, but had in 1531 after the defeat of the Reformed places in the Second Kappel War re-accepting the old faith. Mägenwil was due to the denomination limit so that there were disputes about the demarcation between the mighty Bern and Catholic places again and again. The border was finally established until 1603. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Mägenwil became a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau.
In the second half of the 19th century impoverished many residents, which is why the community urged them to emigrate overseas. Then came the announcement of the National Railway to build a railway through Mägenwil, just right. The community participated in the share capital and offered for the community forest as collateral. The railway line Zofingen Wettingen took on 6 September 1877 the operation. But a year later, the company filed for bankruptcy. In order to settle the debt, had to cut down Mägenwil large forest areas. This fiasco weighed on local government finances nor during decades.
The construction of the highway led in the 1960s to a new development thrust. Many companies moved into the area and the population took until today to more than double. In 1963 it was planned to build on the emerging highway a petroleum refinery. Mägenwil was this project for financial reasons, not averse, but in the surrounding communities and in the cantonal government to fierce resistance that led to the abandonment of the project in 1965 suggested. Was the opening of the tunnel Heitersberg on May 22, 1975, a multiplication of traffic on the old national railway result because it accounted for the detour via Baden and Brugg.
Attractions
At the Lettenstrasse in Oberndorf is the 1699 built in a Baroque style Loreto Chapel. In the village center single late Baroque buildings have survived from the 18th and early 19th century.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In red yellow fruit capsules of the poppy in yellow handle with yellow leaves. » The coat of arms, which was in 1872 mapped to the municipality seal the first time, there was due to a volksetymologischen misinterpretation of the name, as in the local dialect of poppy Mägi is called.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 2065 people lived in Mägenwil, the proportion of foreigners was 19%. At the 2000 census, 45.3 % identified as Roman Catholic, 32.3% as a reformed and 6.0% Muslim; 4.0% belonged to other faiths. 88.7 % identified German as their main language, the Albanian and Serbo-Croatian 1.9%, 1.5% Italian, 1.3% Turkish.
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 has jurisdiction Baden. Mägenwil part of the justice of the peace circle Mellingen.
Economy
In Mägenwil there are operating according to Census 2008 about 1,900 jobs, of which 1% in agriculture, 25 % in industry and 74 % in services. In two industrial zones north of the railway line and on the western edge of the village, many larger companies have settled. The best known are the Swedish company Electrolux Home Appliances, Electronics Group Ascom and the electronics trading company Competec. The number of additions and commuters is about the same size.
Until about 1930, the breakdown of the stomachs Wiler Muschelkalk of great economic importance was. The facades of many important buildings in Switzerland consist of stomachs Wiler stone, such as the headquarters of the National Bank in Zurich or the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne.
Traffic
Mägenwil is developed excellent. The village is situated on the A1 between Zurich and Bern, Switzerland, the main highway, just a few kilometers from the motorway junction Birrfeld where the A3 branches off to Basel.
The station is located on the SBB main line between Zurich and Bern. On 12 December 2004, the National railway line to Wettingen was shut down, instead Mägenwil since then by the extended line S3 S-Bahn Zurich operated, which runs directly through the Heitersberg tunnel to Zurich. The village is also accessible through a postal bus to Baden and by two RBL bus line over Möriken or Othmarsingen to Lenzburg station.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and the secondary school can be attended either in Wohlenschwil or Mellingen, the school district also in Mellingen. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden, Wettingen and Aarau.
Personalities
- Max Rohr (1890-1980), politician