Rüfenach

Rüfenach

Rüfenach is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located just over two kilometers north of the main town district. Not to be confused with the town of Rüfenacht in Canton Bern.

Geography

The municipality extends at the northern foot of Bruggerberg (516 m above sea level. M. ) and Reiner mountain ( 516 m above sea level. M. ), the south-eastern foothills of the Jura. It comprises the three villages Rüfenach, Hinterreinswald ( 394 m above sea level. M. ) and front net (397 m above sea level. M. ). The latter two villages formed until 1898, the independent community clean. At the westernmost is Rüfenach, located in the middle of a wide, flat Rüfenacher level. Slightly elevated in the middle is Hinterreinswald. On the eastern front is clean on a prominent hill. The east side of this hill is very deep on the Aare, the difference in height is about 70 meters.

The area of the municipality is 417 hectares, of which 170 hectares are forested and built over 48 hectares. The highest point is 522 meters on the mountain Reiner, the deepest at 325 meters near the banks of the Aare at front clean.

Neighboring municipalities are Villigen in the north and northeast, Brugg in the southeast, the southwest and Riniken Remigen in the northwest.

History

1914, the remains of a Roman estate came during excavations in the village center of Rüfenach to light. Let it finish coins and various items that the plant from late 1st was inhabited until the mid 4th century. Since the 8th century clean was the center of a courtyard, which belonged to the monastery Murbach in Alsace ( as court one called then the basic rule over a larger area ). It included not only clean and Rüfenach the villages Lauffohr, Remigen, Stilli and Villigen. The first mention of Rufinach place in the year 1227th The village name comes from Late Latin ( praedium ) Rufinacum and means " belonging to the Rufinus estate ."

In the 13th century, the Habsburgs made ​​up their sovereign rights west and north of Brugg together in the court Bözberg. These included the aforementioned villages also Oberbözberg, Unterbözberg, Linn and Mönthal. In these villages, the Habsburgs were those of the high justice. King Rudolf I of Habsburg in 1291 bought the farm clean and was thus not only the supreme judge, but also the most important landowner. 1345 gave Queen Agnes of Hungary the courtyard of the monastery Wittichen in the Kinzig Valley (Black Forest). From 1348 the Court changed by pledging hands several times and came to power in 1377 finally Schenkenberg.

When in 1460 the city of Bern conquered the area west of the Aare, changed to the rights of the monastery nothing. However, the nuns had to accept the introduction of the Reformation in 1528. 1544 sold the monastery clean the yard to the Count Hartmann of Hallwyl. In 1566, the separation of the judicial district Bözberg and the court cases of the court were negotiated clean from now on in Stilli was. Between 1588 and 1599 the city of Brugg acquired two-thirds of the court, the city of Bern, the remaining third. In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. The yard clean now belonged to the canton of Aargau. 1799 was the front line during the Second Coalition War right through the lower Aare valley. In the region there were several military camp of the French army. By requisitions and looting the villagers suffered great distress.

1803 sparked the Canton of Aargau in the yard clean and raised the villages to independent communities. About a hundred years later, the Canton pursued an active merger policy and led to numerous small communities. Among other things, net would be merged with the municipality Rüfenach. Residents Reins resisted and pulled the case up before the Federal Court, but without success: On January 1, 1898, the merger was completed. Until well into the 20th century Rüfenach and clean remained predominantly agricultural villages. From the 1960s increased construction activity and the population increased by more than twofold.

Attractions

Dating back to the 9th century church clean was once the center of a large parish and pointed Romanesque and Gothic elements. Because of disrepair it had to be removed in 1863. In its place was built in 1864 according to the plans of the Zurich State architect Johann Kaspar Wolf, a new building in the style of historicism. 1814 donated the cotton Industrial Johann Heinrich Meyer, a poorhouse and orphanage, Meyer's institution. The plant in the style of rural classicism was rebuilt in 1947 for observing station of the cantonal children and Jugendpschychiatrie.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Azure, yellow sheaf of corn " The municipal seal from 1821 still showed a standing bull. The sheaf of corn first appears on the seal of 1872 and refers to the agricultural tradition of the church.

Population

Population development:

On 31 December 2013, 869 people lived in Rüfenach, the proportion of foreigners was 12.5 %. At the 2000 census, 54.6 % were reformed, 28.9 % Roman Catholic, and 1.4 % Muslim; 2.3% belonged to other faiths. 94.9 % identified German as their main language, each 1.1% Albanian and 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. Rüfenach part of the justice of the peace circle clean.

Economy

In Rüfenach there according to census of 2008, around 180 jobs, of which 21% in agriculture, 10 % in industry and 69 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Brugg and environment.

Traffic

Rüfenach, front and rear storage net are accessible by secondary roads. The main street of Stilli about Remigen to Laufen castle is a few hundred meters north past the villages. A postal bus from Brugg railway station to Mönthal binds the church to the power of public transport.

Education

Rüfenach has a kindergarten and a school building in which the primary school, secondary school and secondary school are taught. The school district can be visited in Brugg. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.

Personalities

• Paul Haller (1882-1920), writer