Mutschellen

Bremgarten - Dietikon railway in the ascent on the west side

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The Mutschellen (deprecated also Mutschällen ) is a Swiss Pass in the district of Canton Aargau Bremgarten near the border with the Canton of Zurich.

Location and origin

It connects the Reuss Valley in the west to the Limmat valley to the east. Directly on the Mutschellen meet the three communities Berikon, Rudolfstetten- Friedlisberg and Widen. The three villages are so strong grown together on the Mutschellen that only local knowledge can tell exactly where the municipal boundaries run. One always speaks of the Mutschellen or on the Mutschellen. Never in Mutschellen, there is no town Mutschellen.

The Mutschellen is a glacial moraine that has emerged during the Würm glaciation. At this time the Reuss glacier and the glacier met with Linth northwards to the Rhine. The glaciers left their deep furrows and left in their retreat, long rolling hills ( north-south) and several lakes such as Lake Zürich back, Hallwilersee. Due to the pressure of the glacier and the Mutschellen with up to 800 meters high Heitersberg arose. In a hollow high above the Mutschellen the Egelsee lies.

During construction activities, one encounters again and again partially huge boulders from the Gotthard massif. A particularly fine specimen of approximately 100 tons of bulk is on the grounds of the primary school Berikon. These boulders were encountered in the 1990s when they were building a new school house.

Infrastructure

The area around the summit as well as the entire west side of the pass are heavily built up. At the summit there are several gas stations and restaurant of the same Mutschellen. In addition to many small businessmen numerous Swiss Detailisten and several banks are represented on the Mutschellen. The station square was refurbished in 2007. There was a new building with several shops and a new post.

Traffic

The pass is about 11 km long and lies on the major road no 1 Zurich -Bern, which also connects with Dietikon Bremgarten. It is a well-developed Erstklassstrasse. The Mutschellen intersection is regarded as traffic junction, where the main street Zurich -Bern and the road Birmensdorf cross -Baden. The Mutschellen is from the BDWM Transport AG by the Bremgarten - Dietikon railway (BD) and accessible by buses from Post Auto Switzerland. The station directly at the pass called has always been Berikon - Widen and not Mutschellen.

The pass is still regarded as an important link of Zurich in the Aargau. When the A1 motorway did not exist, the Mutschellen was not only on the main connection Zurich -Bern, it was also the only pass on this route.

Projects around the traffic

There the construction of a base tunnel Dietikon to Bremgarten was planned several times already. The high cost made ​​this project until now never materialize.

The railroad crossing at the intersection direction Berikon will particularly during rush hour for problems because at peak times every 5 minutes a train crosses the road. There are ideas to make the train disappear on both sides in a tunnel before the pass, so as to relieve the road and to create additional land.

In the 1960s, many private railways were dissolved in Switzerland. This also threatened the Bremgarten - Dietikon railway. Instead of a train over the pass a four-lane highway would have found a place.

Post

Swiss Post led to the 1990s for the Mutschellen its own ZIP code, namely 8968 Mutschellen. Specifically, it was that you did not know because of the address, whether the person now living in Berikon, Widen or Rudolfstetten. This often led to confusion. The zip code 8968 was repealed, and the people were given the postcode of their municipality of residence allotted. But because the term Mutschellen is still relatively well known in the whole of Switzerland, the residents and especially the local companies and businesses must place the Mutschellen benützten still and be registered in the phone book.

History

Due to its location the Mutschellen has for millennia been an important transition between Reuss and Limmat. Various findings show that as early as the Neolithic people lived here. With the construction of Bremgarten - Dietikon railway in 1902 began a new era for the Mutschellen. Until a real building boom began, but it took another fifty years. Until the mid-twentieth century the Mutschellen was a kind of hamlet. Only after the Second World War, the neighboring communities grew together and it slowly grew up around the pass a new center.

In recent years, the communities intensified on the Mutschellen increasing their cooperation. Also Oberwil- Lieli also part due to its involvement in regional projects to Mutschellen communities, although it has no share in the pass. On many levels, such as education, security, or pensions is working closely. From the conglomeration of the four municipalities an urban center that has the dimension of a small town with approximately 13,000 inhabitants emerged in recent years. A merger with the purpose of such a city Mutschellen but is not currently targeted. Rather one wishes to deepen cooperation bilaterally.

Military importance

The transition has always been classified as strategic. The Limmat line should serve the West Midlands in the event of a German attack as a natural barrier. The many still preserved bunkers and tank traps reminiscent of the high importance of the pass in the Second World War.

The Swiss writer Max Frisch was stationed several times during his active service 1939/45 with his artillery unit on the Mutschellen. This he describes in his two works service book and Switzerland without an army? A palaver.