Riniken

Riniken (Swiss German: ri ː nikχə ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located about two kilometers northwest of the district municipal seat.

Geography

The village lies in a trough-like valley between the Bruggerberg (516 m above sea level. M. ) in the east and the Ebni (514 m above sea level. M. ) to the west, two wooded hills on the edge of the Jura. The slope of the mountain Brugger is flat and inclined uniformly sloping. The Iberg ( 485 m above sea level. M. ), an offshoot of the Ebni, narrows towards the north to a 250 meters wide and more than 100 meter high rock bolt which drops steeply on three sides. There stands the ruined castle of the same name. Ebni and Iberg separate the village from the long, Ital, in which the Reiner Bach springs. In the north- east, the vast plain stretches Rüfenacher. Approximately one kilometer south of the village of Riniken Tiefgrueb located (390 m above sea level. M. ), which has grown together with Umiken.

The area of the municipality is 476 hectares, of which 270 hectares are forested and built over 59 hectares. The highest point is 514 meters on the Ebni, the deepest at 373 meters at the northern foot of the mountain Brugger.

Neighboring municipalities are Remigen in the north, Rüfenach in the east, Brugg in the south, Bözberg in the northwest.

History

Finds of the Legio XXI Rapax brick temples and a ceramic fragment can suggest that the Romans on the Iberg built a watchtower. Immigrant Alemanni founded the village in the 6th century. The first mention of Rinichon was in 1253, when the Habsburg Lands transferred in this settlement to the monastery Wettingen. The place name comes from Old High Rininghofun and means " in the courts of the clan of Rino ".

In the 13th century, the Habsburgs made up their sovereign rights west and north of Brugg together in the court Bözberg. These included Riniken also Oberbözberg, Unterbözberg, Lauffohr, Linn, Mönthal, pure, Remigen, Rüfenach, Stilli and Villigen. Already in the second half of the 11th century had a lower noble family erected the castle Iberg in the service of the Habsburgs. The court moved from 1348 by pledging hands several times and came to power in 1377 finally Schenkenberg. The largest part of the property belonged to the monastery Königsfelden in Windisch.

The city of Bern in 1460 occupied the military rule and added it as a new post Schenkenberg other subject territories in the Bernese Aargau to. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation. 1566 was the division of the judicial district Bözberg, after which the village was administered by Stilli from. In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Riniken since then is the canton of Aargau.

Until the mid-20th century Riniken remained a small, modest farming village. But then began a building boom and the village was transformed into a residential community. Between 1960 and 1990 the population increased by more than four times and has leveled off in recent years at around 1,400.

Attractions

In the second half of the 11th century was built on the same hill above the level of the castle Iberg. It was inhabited by servants of the Habsburgs. In the late Middle Ages, the 75 meter-long facility fell into ruin; only a part of the curtain wall is left. Until 1978 Riniken was part of the parish Umiken and received in that year for the first time its own church; of modern construction is used by both Catholics and Protestants.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Yellow green on green Three mountain fir tree with brown trunk. " For the first time this coat of arms appears on the municipal seal from 1872 until 1953 the color of the shield ground was white instead of yellow, and was changed to avoid confusion with similar coat of arms. . The proposal to change the unheraldische brown of the tree trunk, the council refused in 2002.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 1477 people lived in Riniken, the proportion of foreigners was 17%. At the 2000 census, 52.1% were reformed, 30.4 % Roman Catholic, and 5.0 % Muslim; 1.7% belonged to other faiths. 88.5 % identified German as their main language, Albanian 2.3%, 1.5% each Italian and Turkish, each 1.2 % French and Serbo-Croatian, 1.0% 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 Brugg is responsible. Riniken part of the justice of the peace district of Brugg.

Economy

Riniken is a typical residential community and has according to Census 2008, about 260 jobs, of which 9% in agriculture, 23 % in industry and 68 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Brugg and environment.

Traffic

Riniken is located on a side street, which branches off from the main road in Umiken 3 (Basel - Zurich ) over the Bözbergpass and leads towards Remigen. The village is served by the postal bus from the train station Brugg to Laufen castle to the public transport network.

Education

Riniken has a kindergarten and a primary school. All upper level of compulsory elementary school ( junior high school, secondary school and school district ) can be visited in Brugg. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden, Wettingen and Aarau.

Personalities

Roland Salm ( b. 1950 ), cyclist

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