Malters

Malters

Malters is a municipality in the constituency Lucerne Land of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Geography

Malters located 12 km west of the city of Lucerne. From the Kleine Emme the municipal boundary to the Renggbach along to Renggloch. There she swings to the west - the heavily forested northern slope of the mountain along Blatter. The largest forest areas in this northern slope are the leaf forest, forest site, Gspanwald and to the west of the forest bird. Until Rümligbach the municipal boundary then runs in a southwesterly direction. Then follows the north to the confluence of the Rümligbachs in the Kleine Emme its stream. She goes into the Little Emme shortly westward before it leaves the river at Muffenhus and after a brief spin along the North Mount Rear Emmen head east. When Holzhubelhöhe ( 763 m asl ) she turns to the ( Hell Buehler ) Rotbach from north. After a short border demarcation along this body of water you go southeast until Thornberg channel west of the power station Thornberg. After that the Kleine Emme in the southwest and in this westward back to the confluence of the Renggbachs in the Kleine Emme.

The village Malters lies south of the Kleine Emme on the road Lucerne - Wolhusen and has grown over the past hamlets field and Schachen together. The district Blatten ( 479 m asl ) is located 3 km east of the village. Further east lies the hamlet Rengg (4.2 km; 539 m above sea level ).

To the west of the village on the road to Wolhusen the hamlet Ettisbühl (1.5 km away, 507 m above sea level, drained by Kesselbach ) Ennigen (2,3 km; 513 m asl ) and just east of the Rümligbachs Zil (3 km away from the village, 520 m asl ).

A not insignificant part of the municipality is located north of the Little Emme. For a brief period (1798-1803) this was the independent community Brunaupark. It consists of dozens of hamlets, groups of houses and farmsteads. Up on the big Buggenringerwald and the smaller forest patches Gischwald and Brüschwald the area has been cleared. The three largest settlements are Zinggen (2.7 km north- northeast of the village; 654 m asl ), Buggenringen (3.7 km north-east; 562 m above sea level ) and Brunauerhof (2,3 km north-east; 478 m).

From the community area, 64.7 % is used for agriculture. About a quarter ( 24.7 %) is covered by forest and almost a tenth (9.5%) settlement area.

Malters borders Entlebuch, Kriens, Luzern, New Church, Ruswil, Schwarzenberg and Werth stone.

Population

Between 1798 and 1850, the population greatly increased ( from 1798 to 1850: 72.5 %). Malters was in 1850 after the city of Lucerne and Ruswil the third largest municipality in the canton of Lucerne. In the wake of the general exodus due to the industrialization in the second half of the 19th century to 1888 Malters lost a significant part of its population ( 1850 to 1888: -16.6 %). Until 1980, then followed by a back and forth with the population figures - but overall growth by two thirds ( from 1888 to 1980: 66.7 %). The next twenty years saw a strong increase in population (1980-2000: 25.0 %). Since then, a period of stagnation has begun.

Languages

The population used as everyday language, a high- Alemannic dialect. At the last census in 2000 gave 93.16 % German, 2.79% Albanian and Serbo-Croatian at 0.82% as the main language.

Religions - faiths

Previously, the entire population was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. By leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad, this has changed. Today ( as of 2000) looks the religious landscape as follows. There are 75.91 % Roman Catholic and Evangelical Protestant Christians 9.53%. In addition, one finds 4.98% non-religious, Muslims 3.84% and 1.01 % members of other non-Christian faiths. The Muslims are apart from a few Bosniaks Albanians from Kosovo and Macedonia. In members of other non-Christian faiths are Hindus of Tamil origin.

Origin and nationality

Counted in late 2004 Malters 6'183 inhabitants. Of these, 5'649 Swiss and 534 ( = 8.6%) foreigners. At the last census, 88.44 % were (including dual citizens 90.37 % ) Swiss nationals. The largest immigrant groups come from Serbia and Montenegro (almost all Serbs ).

Traffic

The municipality lies on the line Luzern- Bern - Langnau and has its own train station. The Malters station is operated at peak times in twenty minutes clock to off-peak times every half hour. The station consists of a three-pronged system with a center platform. The former station kiosk is housed. Daily increase in Malters 1,400 people in and out. 2005, the railway ticket was canceled and the automated station. Since then, he is remotely controlled from Lucerne. From autumn 2010 the station for 15 million francs was redeveloped. The inauguration took place on November 17, 2011, and since then offers reduced mobility underpass of the station to the newly created and partially covered the center platform with a waiting room.

The following trains stop at the station Malters:

• RegioExpress Langnau IU -Bern
• S6 ( S -Bahn Luzern ) Lucerne - Wolhusen - Huttwil- Langenthal and Lucerne - Wolhusen Schüpfheim - Langnau (runs in the wing concept, is divided into Wolhusen each and merged back )
• S61 (S -Bahn Luzern ) Lucerne - Schachen LU ( Only in rush hours)

From Malters train station runs a postal bus to Schwarzenberg. Malters is on the main road Lucerne - Wolhusen ( -Berne ) and has a driveway to the main road from Littau and Werth stone. The nearest motorway junction in Emmen on the A2 is 12 km away.

History

Malters is historically first recorded in 840 in a document of the Benedictine monastery in the yard in Lucerne under the Latin name Maltrensi marcha (Mark Malters ). In one, written in the second half of the 8th century deed two nobles donated their goods in Malters the Benedictine monastery of Lucerne. Later - in 1135 - it went along with the Monastery of Lucerne into the possession of the monastery Murbach in Alsace. 1291 The Habsburgs acquired the community and divided them to the Office Rothenburg. After the battle of Sempach Habsburg lost control. The families of moss and later Mantzet ruled over the community. 1477 acquired the city of Lucerne the place. Together with Littau Malters was 1481-1798 a bailiwick. Since 1803 it belongs to the district of Lucerne. The Lucerne government troops defeated in the night of 30 to 31 March 1845, the retreating troops of the irregulars (see Battle of Malters ). Since the location in the valley Malters was conservative and the liberal upper district, the latter was made by Act of Parliament an independent village of Schwarzenberg and separated from Malters. The Swiss family name Bucheli is originally from Malters.

Attractions

In the district of Blatten is the pilgrimage church of St. Jost. From a chapel ( 1391 ) was created by different arrival and expansion while in the course of time today, influenced by the rococo church.