Mellikon

Mellikon

Mellikon (Swiss German: mɛlikχə ) is a municipality in the district of the Swiss canton of Aargau Zurzach. It is located on the High Rhine on the border with Germany.

Geography

The village at the northern edge of the Jura plateau is about two hundred yards from the southern shores of the River Rhine in the narrow and shallow river level. The southern half of the village is surrounded by two steep hills. These are the foothills of the Güggehübucks in the southwest and the Haslibucks in the southeast. On the slope of Haslibucks the small hamlet Unterberghof are (460 m above sea level. M. ) and Upper Berghof (515 m above sea level. M. ). The slope of the Güggehübucks is characterized by a large quarry is mined in the limestone. On the eastern boundary of the municipality of Tägerbach flows into the Rhine.

The area of the municipality is 270 hectares, of which 136 hectares are forested and built over 48 hectares. The highest point is 556 meters on the Haslibuck, the deepest at 333 meters on the Rhine.

Neighboring municipalities are Kuessaberg in the north, Hohentengen in the northeast, Rümikon in the east, Wislikofen in the southeast, southwest and Rekingen Böbikon in the west.

History

In the area came Rheinzelg 1922 wall piece to light that suggests the existence of a Roman watch tower. The first mention of meliks place in the year 1113. The village name comes from the Old High German Mellinghofun and means " in the courts of the clan of Mello ." In the Middle Ages only there was a manor of the Benedictine monastery in Zurzach. The monastery itself was in 1279 converted into a Monastery. Around the farm slowly developed a hamlet. Both the Canons and Mellikon were under the suzerainty of the diocese of Constance.

The Confederates conquered the Aargau in 1415 and Mellikon now belonged to the office of the county Zurzach Baden, a commons regime. 1578 called for a group of farmers a share of the woods and the Allmendfeld for self- management, only in 1601 was the Canons one on the receivables. 1661 received Mellikon, which was now grown into a small village, and finally the status of a municipality. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Mellikon reached the short-lived Canton of Baden and belongs since 1803 to the canton of Aargau.

The opening of the railway line Winterthur - Bülach -Koblenz on August 1, 1876. Mellikon However, had to share the station with the neighboring community Rümikon because it was far outside between the two villages. The Swiss soda factory, founded in 1914 (now Solvay ) built above the village a stone quarry. In 1975, on the western boundary of the municipality ( now Holcim ) the production of cement to the Holder Bank Cement Ltd, the factory was shut down again in 1995, however. In the same year received a Mellikon located directly at the village center, railway station, which replaced the old station Rümikon - Mellikon.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In red white ploughshare. » The coat of arms was first mapped to the church seal of 1872. For a long time there was uncertainty as to whether the inner or outer side of the plow to be imaged. 1973 submitted to the council the inside binding manner.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 249 people lived in Mellikon, the proportion of foreigners was 12.5 %. At the 2000 census, 47.1 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 33.5 % and 5.0 % Muslim. 93.0 % identified German as their main language, 3.1% Portuguese.

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 Zurzach is responsible. Mellikon part of the justice of the peace circle Emperor chair.

Economy

In Mellikon there according to Census 2008, about 150 jobs, of which 8% in agriculture, 72 % in industry and 20 % in services. On the grounds of the disused cement factory in 1995, numerous small companies have settled. The quarry was formerly used as a raw material supplier for the production of soda ash in Zurzach, today there limestone blocks are hewn out of the rock, which are used in the construction industry use. Many working population commuters and work in Zurzach and environment.

Traffic

The busy main road 7 between Basel and Winterthur leads north past Mellikon so that the center of the village is not affected by through traffic. The connection to the public transport network is carried out by a bus stop on the SBB line Koblenz- Bülach -Winterthur. The extreme northeastern part of the municipal area is further developed through the postal bus Baden- Emperor chair.

Education

The community has no school, kindergarten and primary school are conducted in the neighboring municipality Wislikofen. The junior high school and the school district can be visited in Zurzach, the secondary school in Rekingen. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.

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