Möriken-Wildegg

Hofgut the castle Wildegg, in the background Möriken

Möriken -Wildegg ( until 1951 officially called Möriken; Swiss German: mørkχə ˌ ʋɪldɛk ) is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau. It lies in the center of the canton at the mouth of the Aare Bünz.

Geography

The municipality consists of the two districts Wildegg ( 359 m above sea level. M. ) and Möriken ( 387 m above sea level. M. ), which are little more than a kilometer apart. While Wildegg lies on the River Aare to Möriken is set back in Bünztal. North of Möriken rises of up to 647 meters high Chestenberg, a spur of the Jura mountains. The terrain rises steeply to a running east -west direction narrow ridge. A spur of the ridge extends south to Wildegg Castle. Southwest to Möriken flows past in a small valley that Bünz. The section on the municipal district is one of the few that were not straightened. In the center Wildeggs the Bünz takes on the Aabach and opens almost two hundred meters further west, the River Aare. The river here changes its flow direction from east to north.

The area of the municipality is 661 hectares, of which 232 hectares are forested and built over 166 hectares. The highest point is located on 647 meters on the ridge of the Chest mountain, the deepest at 350 meters on the river Aare.

Neighboring municipalities are Veltheim and Holder Bank in the northwest, Lupfig and Birr in the north, Brunegg in the northeast, Othmar singing in the southeast, Lenzburg and low Lenz in the south, southwest, and Auenstein Rupperswil in the west.

History

On the ridge of the mountain Chest was a little village settlement in the late Bronze Age. Proved Timber chalets and traces of a Bronzegiesserwerkstatt. A team of Kantonsärchaologie dug in 2004 at the Roman road from a Roman estate.

The village Möriken goes back to a Alamannic foundation. In 1292 it was first mentioned in documents as Mörinkon. An indirect indication of the resort includes a document from 1283 that lists Ulricus de Moerinchon as witnesses. The place name is derived from the Old High German Moringhofun, which means " in the courts of the clan of Mor ." The Wildegg castle was built in the late 12th century by the Counts of Habsburg on the rocky ridge above the bottleneck on the right side of the Aare, the exact date of construction is unknown. The name wild corners is first delivered in 1242, going to the Old High German " (ze demo) wildun ekko » back and means " the steep mountainside ."

Ecclesiastical Möriken was part of the parish Staufberg on the homonymous hill. 1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; Möriken now belonged to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation. Although the village was formed in the 15th century a separate judicial district of Lenzburg in office, but always remained of the Wildegger Schlossherren economically dependent. This fact possessed the greater part of the forest, a domain with over 100 hectares of business land, vineyards on the mountainside and a mill at the mouth of the valley. To this mill the village Wildegg later developed. As of 1483, there was eleven generations originating from Brugg family Effinger on the Wildegg.

In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Möriken -Wildegg since then is the canton of Aargau. Wildegg developed in the 18th and 19th centuries into a major venue of the Industrial Revolution in Switzerland. Above all, the company Laue & Cie. spurred the development, as they began to print on cotton cloths colored ( Indienne ). 1848 began in Wildegg the time of Hutflechterei.

On May 15, 1858, the community received a connection to the railway network in Switzerland when the track Brugg -Aarau was opened with a station in Wildegg. 1889 was a cement factory; Quarries in the nearby Jura hills and the Aare provided the necessary raw materials (limestone, marl, water). On 1 October 1895, the Seetalbahn reached from Lenzburg forth the Wildegg Train Station ( on June 2, closed in 1984 and replaced by a bus service ). Historically valuable parts of the old factories are under monument protection.

In the 20th century other industries settled, including a copper wire insula and a durum wheat mill. In contrast to the rural character Wildegg long time remained in Möriken. The district has developed over the last decades to a preferred residential area; Since 1900, the population has tripled.

Attractions

The Wildegg Castle, located on a rocky spur of Mount Chest, form the core of a well-preserved castle from the 12th century keep and Palas. In the 17th century the castle was enlarged and rebuilt in a baroque residential palace. Castle owner Julie Effinger died in 1912 without issue. She bequeathed the castle with all the equipment and the associated domain of the Confederation, which gave the Swiss National Museum to manage the whole estate. Since 2011 belongs to the domain of a castle built by the Canton of Aargau Foundation and is managed by the Museum Aargau.

The Saint Anthony consecrated, probably created around 1200 parish church on a raised land spur near the Bünz was first mentioned in 1428, in 1949 demolished and replaced in the same location by a major new building (now the Reformed Church Möriken ). 1966/69 was built by the architect Justus Dahinden on the left side Bünzufer in Wildegg the new Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony.

The villa district in Wildegg originated at the beginning of the age of industrialization, when the factory owners encircled it with prestigious residential building in the classical and neo-Gothic style. These include the house Dolder ( 1785 built for Johann Rudolf Dolder ), the Lauégut (1790), the Amslergut (1800 ) and the House Isler (1825 ).

Opposite the inn bear is a small resort park, which was inaugurated in 1977. Center of the complex is drilled in 1832, 117 meters deep, walk Jodbrunnen. Until the early 1960s, 40 to 60 liters daily iodine water were bottled and sold as a health-promoting natural water here.

The chimney of the cement plant Wildegg is 125 meters one of the highest in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Mohrenkopf In Yellow with red lips and earrings on red floating Mountain Six » The Moor, a popular interpretation of the name Möriken, first appeared in 1592 on a landmark. As Wildegg increasingly gained in importance, the desire came on, mitzuberücksichtigen this village in the coat of arms. This happened in June 2002, when the Red Mountain Six of the Effinger family was inserted as a symbol Wildeggs.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 4262 people lived in Möriken -Wildegg, the proportion of foreigners was 19.2 %. At the 2000 census, 59.9 % were reformed, 25.1 % Roman Catholic, 4.5% Muslim and 1.1% Christian Orthodox; 1.4% belonged to other faiths. 90.6 % identified German as their main language, 2.8 % speak Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.7%, 0.8 % Turkish, Albanian 0.7%, 0.6 % 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 has jurisdiction Lenzburg. Möriken -Wildegg part of the justice of the peace circle Othmarsingen.

Economy

In Möriken -Wildegg there according to Census 2008, approximately 1200 jobs, of which 4% in agriculture, 32 % in industry and 64% in the service sector. The economic activities and the industry focus on the district Wildegg. The main companies are founded in 1920, copper wire Isolierwerke durum wheat mill Migros and the Jura Cement Works. The district is primarily a residential area Möriken, but also has several service companies. Most workers are commuters and work in the local area, for example in Lenzburg, Aarau and Brugg.

Traffic

Wildegg is located at the intersection of Main Street 5 between Aarau and Brugg and the main road 26 through the Valley. A motorway- expressway leading to the port Aarau-West of the A1 motorway at Hunzenschwil and continue to Aarau. More Motorway connections are located at Mägenwil and Lenzburg. The Wildegg railway station is on the main railway line Olten- Aarau- Brugg- Zurich. Between the stations Wildegg and Lenzburg operate two bus routes society Region Lenzburg. Another bus service operates from Lenzburg on Möriken after Brunegg.

Education

The municipality has four kindergartens and two school centers, where all grades of compulsory elementary school are taught (primary school, secondary school, secondary school, school district ). The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.

Culture

Known far beyond the municipal boundaries is the operetta tradition. Since 1891 there are theater performances and musical theater since 1925. The construction of a new community hall in 1959 offered professional framework and laid the foundation for the sustainable until today continued success. Each season there are 30 performances each, together with 20,000 visitors. A special feature of the operetta Möriken -Wildegg the care of a little-known repertoire has been established. Thus was held in 2001 with Jacques Offenbach's work, The Daughter of the drum majors even a Swiss premiere instead. One of the many associations is the music society Möriken -Wildegg that occurs with an attached majorette ( one of the few in Switzerland).

Personalities

In Möriken -Wildegg were born:

• Oliver Schnyder (born 1973 ), Swiss concert pianist
• Walter Zschokke (1948-2009), Swiss architect and architecture critic

Other persons with respect to the municipality:

• Yul Brynner (1920-1985), American actor; was world-famous citizens of Möriken -Wildegg. His mother was Russian, his father Swiss consul in Russia and came originally from Möriken. Brynner visited in 1967 for the first time his home town and then made a generous donation for the community 's own house on the Bettmeralp.
• Ernst Brugger (1914-1998), Swiss politician (FDP), Federal, Federal President in 1974; possessed the citizenship of Möriken -Wildegg.
• Paul Karrer (1889-1971) Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, spent his youth in Wildegg and attended the district school in Lenzburg.
• Jack Säuberli ( b. 1947 ), Swiss composer; is a citizen of Möriken -Wildegg and spent his childhood and youth in Möriken.
• Milena Moser ( born 1963 ), Swiss writer.
• Ruth Ramstein ( born 1950 ), winner of the Prix Courage.