Reinach, Aargau
View from Homberg to Reinach
Reinach (Swiss German: ri ː nəχ ) is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau. It is located in the upper Wynental and borders the Canton of Lucerne.
Geography
The village extends over the entire width of the trough-shaped valley of the Wyna and has two historical centers that are just half a kilometer apart, the upper village and sub- village. The valley is bounded on the east by the Ischlag ( 651 m above sea level. M. ) and the north- east by the Homberg ( 788 m above sea level. M. ). Between these hills to a flat spur of Wynentals in the direction Lake Valley, the transition between the two valleys is maximum 562 meters high covers. At the foot of Homberg the districts (M. 692 m above sea level. ) And upper wing Berg land (517 m above sea level. M. ) and Holenweg ( 522 m above sea level. M. ), on the mountainside hamlets under wing mountain ( 757 m above sea level. M. ). West of the sub- village rises of up to 732 meters high mountain forest - hill, a spur of the Taurus mountain. The five municipalities Reinach, Beinwil, castle, Menziken and Rickenbach are fused to form a coherent agglomeration with more than 17,000 inhabitants, the boundaries between the once separate villages are barely recognizable.
The area of the municipality is 948 hectares, of which 257 hectares are forested and built over 269 hectares. The highest point is located on 788 meters on the top of Homberg, the deepest at 511 meters at the Wyna.
Neighboring municipalities are Leimbach and Zetzwil in the north, Birrwil in the northeast, Beinwil in the east, Menziken in the south, Rickenbach in the southwest and Gontenschwil in the West.
History
Isolated finds are evidence of a settlement of the upper Wynentals during the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the Hallstatt period. On the road to Beinwil the remains of a small Roman building as well as some brick and pottery fragments from the second half of the 2nd century came during excavations in 1900 revealed. The first mention of Rinacha place in the year 1036 for the origin of the place name are two theories. On the one hand he could from Late Latin ( praedium ) Renniacum descended and " the Rennius estate belonging " mean. On the other hand, also a derivative of the Old High German Rinahu is conceivable that " when Rin -Bach " means whereby " Rin " suggesting that the creek is a tributary of the Rhine.
In the Middle Ages, the village was in the territory of the Counts of Lenzburg, from 1173 in that the counts of Kyburg. After these had died out, the Habsburgs, the new rulers were in 1264. The lower courts had possession of the Lords of Rinach, who had their headquarters in the castle. The tithe went to the Canons in Beromunster.
1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; Reinach now belonged to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau and was the chief town of a district court in the Official Lenzburg. Until the introduction of the Reformation in 1528 Reinach was part of the parish Pfeffikon and formed after its own parish. For a long time belonged to the municipality Menziken Reinach, but was an independent municipality in 1580. End of the 16th century Reinach was granted market rights, can still be found annually four major commodity markets instead. In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Reinach has since been to the Canton of Aargau.
The industry continued early collection. In the early 18th century, the textile industry established; exports went to Alsace, in Lombardy and to Savoy. Because of the hydroelectric power shortage, the textile industry was built around 1850 displaced by the tobacco industry. Reinach and the upper Wynental developed into a center of Swiss manufacture of cigars and achieved international importance. At about the same time began the recovery of the metal processing industry. Reinach was initially known for hangers, so we went later on for the production of wires.
This recovery would have been without the construction of new roads is not possible. On January 23, 1887, the standard gauge railway line was opened Beinwil am See- Reinach, a branch line of the Seetalbahn; on October 1, 1906 followed by the extension to Beromunster. On 5 March 1904, the narrow gauge Wynentalbahn replaced the stagecoach traffic through the Wynental the cantonal capital Aarau; on 1 May of the same year, the last section after Menziken was put into operation. During the 20th century, the population has more than doubled and Reinach has grown together with its neighboring villages. Since a few years, Reinach, castle, Menziken and Pfeffikon work closely together in many areas.
Attractions
On the Kapf, the hill towards Beinwil, is the Protestant church. It was built in 1529 and is the first church of Switzerland, which was reformed from the beginning. 1664 the building had to be repaired due to imminent danger of collapse, also was raised at that time the church tower one floor. 1776 the nave was extended by about a third. 1904/ 05 was added in a polygonal porch.
The " House for Schneggen " was 1604/ 05 was built as the residence of Untervogts. At the three-storey gabled building in late Gothic style, a round five-story stair tower is fitted with a pointed roof tent.
Diagonally opposite is the "little Schneggen ", which was built in 1688 mill. The building is a listed building and is a cultural asset of national importance. After a fire in 1999 it was rebuilt and housed the museum since Schneggli. This deals with history, art and culture of the surrounding region.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Yellow increasing red lion with blue head, red gezungt. » The coat of arms corresponds to that of the lords of Rinach that is mapped for the first time in the 14th century in the coat of arms role of Zurich. During the 19th century, the lion also stood on a slant bar, holding a scepter in his hand, but in 1915 there was a return to the historical coat of arms.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 8070 people lived in Reinach, the proportion of foreigners was 37.6 %. At the 2000 census, 45.2% were reformed. 28.5 % Roman Catholic, 11.4% Muslim and 2.3% Christian Orthodox; 0.7 % belonged to other faiths. 82.6 % identified German as their main language, Albanian 4.5%, 4.0 % Italian, Serbo-Croatian 3.8%, 2.1% Turkish, 0.6 % speak Spanish.
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. Mayor of the term of office 2010-2013 Martin heating (FDP).
For litigation, the District Court in Unterkulm is responsible. At the local level there is a justice of the peace, who is also responsible for the communities castle and Menziken.
Economy
In Reinach there according to Census 2008, approximately 3,200 jobs, of which 2% in agriculture, 39 % in industry and 59 % in the service sector. Reinach, together with Menziken the economic center of southern Aargau and therefore has many commuters, also from the neighboring canton of Lucerne areas. Major manufacturing companies are existing since 1962 aluminum rolling mill in the alu Menziken Group (now part of Montana Tech Components ) and the existing since 1842 Fischer Reinach. Other industries include the tooling industry, metal processing and the production of odors and flavors. Reinach 's office of the Company Switzerland - Russia.
Traffic
Right through the village the important Hauptstrasse 23 of Aarau runs over Beromunster to Sursee. From this, the link road branches off to the valley to Beinwil from the lake. Reinach is served by the narrow gauge Wynentalbahn (WSB) between Aarau and Menziken; next to the train station Reinach there are two stops Reinach Reinach center and north. A post bus line goes from Beinwil about Reinach to Beromunster.
Until recent years, the WSB wrong in the middle of the busy main road as tram, partly in oncoming traffic. There were frequent accidents with serious damage to material. In 1991, on the parallel, standard gauge SBB line Beinwil passenger was stopped on Lake Beromunster, the plan was the laying of the WSB series on the now vacant SBB Trassee. The Umspurungs and remediation work started in 1999 on the setting of freight transport. The new section Reinach North Menziken was opened December 15, 2002 finally.
Education
The municipality has six kindergartens and five school houses in which all levels of compulsory elementary school are taught (primary school, secondary school, secondary school, school district ). Reinach also has a commercial vocational school. The nearest district school (high school ) is located 7 km away Beromunster (Canton Lucerne). However, many students stay in Canton and drive at the Cantonal School in Aarau.
Culture
The hall building was opened in 1965. In the 1970s, he was often used by theater companies from home and abroad as a rehearsal stage. Back then you could many German actors weeks encounter in the village, because they rehearsed in the hall structure, such as Horst Tappert, who rehearsed the twelve jurors, or Götz George and Sonja Ziemann, 1978, under the direction of Charles Regnier The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams staged. End of 1972, the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt lodged about two months in the hotel bears and rehearsed in the hall building his play The physicist whose premiere took place on 8 January 1973.
Sports
Well-known sports clubs from Reinach Orienteering Club OLG Rymenzburg and playing in the top division Floorball Club UHC Lok Reinach.
Personalities
- Adolf Fischer (1807-1893), politician
- Willi Gautschi (1920-2004), historian
- Kurt Hediger ( born 1932 ), painter
- Markus Hediger (* 1959), writer and translator
- Regulators Hitz (* 1986), snooker player
- Hans Hunziker (1874-1942), entrepreneur
- Edgar Lüscher (1925-1990), experimental physicist
- Herbert Müller (1940-1981), racing driver
- Philipp Müller ( * 1952 ), politician and since 2012 president of the party FDP Switzerland