Niederurnen

Niederurnen

Niederurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

The village was merged on 1 January 2011 as part of the Glarus municipality reform with the communities Bilten, Filzbach, Mollis, mill Horn, Naefels, Upper urns and fruit Alden to the new unified community Glarus Nord.

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms is composed of the family crest of the nobles of forebears and the top of Windeck. It is based on data from the coat of arms of Aegidius Tschudi book from the year 1532.

Geography

The municipality is located in Niederurnen Glarus lowlands on chli Linthli, the left-side Linthkanal. The municipality belongs to the south of the Linth lying area of ​​the village brick bridge. Also for the township is part of the Niederurnertäli, the only alpine meadows of the community. With 1879 m asl the heads Mountain, the highest point of the municipality. From the municipality is 10.6% are colonized, 37.2% are used for agriculture, 45.9 % is forested and 6.4 % is unproductive.

Neighboring communities

The community Niederurnen bordered to the north Bilten, on the northeast by GeopathSchänis (Canton St. Gallen), to the east by Weesen (SG), to the southeast by Mollis, to the south by top boxes and on the west by Schübelbach (SZ ).

Population

Around the year 1550 lived 200 persons in low- urns to 1701 the number rose to 530 and by 1799 there were 770 In 1837, the population had risen to 1300 people and 1850 was approximately 1500. By 1960, the population has greatly on 3400 population has increased since the development is slower.

Economy

The land recovered by the Linth correction created a strong upswing. In 1830 a textile printing, the asbestos cement factory in 1903 by Eternit AG. The spinning and weaving Fritz Caspar Jenny AG was founded in 1834. Throughout industrialization in the 19th century Niederurnen developed so, thanks to its convenient location at the exit of the Glarus valley, an industrial village.

Traffic

For private transport, there is a connection to the A3 motorway from Zurich to Chur. The brick bridge station of the Swiss Federal Railways is of regional importance. It is also the terminus of line S2 of the Zurich Transport Network. Regional the trains from the Lower and Upper urns station. Niederurnen is operated from the Glarus bus with the line Mühlehorn-Kerenzerberg-Mollis-Näfels-Oberurnen-Niederurnen-Ziegelbrücke/-Bilten. Licensee, the Swiss Federal Railways.

History

The first evidence of human presence in the municipal area is a Celtic bronze sword that was found during the construction of the Linth channel.

The community name derives from the Latin villa orana from ( = country home on Bort, margin). Since the 11th century the name Niter Urnnen is observed. Lower urns originally belonged to the monastery GeopathSchänis. The Oberwindegg castle was first mentioned in 1265. Niederurnen was a bone of contention for various lords, including the Kyburgs, Rapperswil, Habsburgs and the monasteries Wettingen, Einsiedeln, GeopathSchänis and Säckingen in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1386 the castle was destroyed and low- urns came under the rule of Glarus.

The first railway line was built in 1875 realized the connection to the network Nordostbahn. In 1904 a power plant was put into operation, which is fed by the village stream.

Attractions

The by the cable car down urns Morning Wood ( LNM ) inferred low Alpental or Täli extends from west to east direction over 6.5 km. From the watershed at Melchterli and Feldrederligrat see as far as Lake Zurich and the Etzel or to the Black Forest and Jura. The municipal border between Lower urns and Bilten to a ridge above the Planggenstock and Hirzli. These two peaks are sought-after vantage points for hikers.

Culture

The house mill in Lower urns was built in the 18th century. In the basement of the house is the windmill, which is still in the state presents itself as 1958, the mill was shut down. 2003 bought the artist Armin Simon 's house by now operates the cultural ( " culture in the old mill "). The middle floor three rooms have been sensitively renovated and are now used as exhibition spaces. There is a broad program of exhibitions offered (modern art, historical exhibitions, etc ) Another room is upstairs, there Readings, lectures, concerts, etc. instead.

Pictures

Reformed Church

Meeting house

Schoolhouse and information board

Dorfbach

Dorfbach

Schoolhouse

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