Scherz

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Scherz ( Swiss German: ʃæ ː rts ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is just four kilometers south-southwest of the district municipal seat.

Geography

The village is situated in a hollow on the western edge of the flat Birrfelds. To the north, in the direction of the Habsburg level increases slightly. The western boundary of the municipality runs exactly at a site along the edge where the plane drops steeply into the Aare valley. In the southwest of the 508 meter high mountain joke which passes to the south in the Chest Mountain, a foothill of the Jura mountains lies.

The area of the municipality is 330 hectares, of which 110 hectares are forested and built over 39 hectares. The highest point is an unnamed peak between jest and Chestenberg mountain at an altitude of 541 meters, the deepest is 387 meters on the eastern boundary of the municipality.

Neighboring municipalities are Habsburg in the north, Hausen in the northeast, Lupfig in the east, Holder Bank in the south and Schinznach bath in the West.

History

The first mention of Shernitz was in 1240, when the Habsburgs awarded some goods to the German order of knights in Hitzkirch. The place name is ancient European origin; he derives from Skarantia what " place with stony ground " means. The village belonged in the Middle Ages for its own office, the oldest possession of the Counts of Habsburg, whose headquarters is located in the immediate vicinity. In 1397 they transferred the basic and court rule to the monastery Königsfelden in Windisch.

After the conquest of the Aargau by the Confederates in 1415 the city of Bern took over the rule, the own office was now part of the subject territories in the Bernese Aargau. 1528 led to the Reformation and Bernese solved the monastery Königsfelden on. They converted the Eigenamt into the bailiwick Königsfelden and then practiced all rights. From the 16th century was mined at the joke mountain bean ore, which you further processed in the smelter Albbruck. 1770 had to be stopped due to exhaustion of ore mining of the deposit. Numerous wells, mine dumps and walk-in tunnels are still preserved.

In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Joke since then is the canton of Aargau. Until the mid-20th century joke remained a design based on agriculture village. Since 1950, the population has almost doubled. The village developed from a peasant into a residential community.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". In white red heart, from which grow one red and two yellow feathers » About the meaning of the coat of arms, which in 1872 first came on the municipal seal on the application, are unclear. On the one hand it should be a turnip with cabbage (one of the most important crops of the local farmers ), on the other hand it is also interpreted as the heart of the forest brothers who operated in the 14th century a hermitage.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 652 people lived in jest, the proportion of foreigners was 9.5 %. At the 2000 census, 55.5 % were reformed, 22.4 % Roman Catholic, and 1.7 % Muslim; 1.2% belonged to other faiths. 95.5 % identified German as their main language, Albanian 1.7%, 1.6% French.

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. Joke belongs to the justice of the peace circle Windisch.

Economy

In jest, there is according to Census 2008, around 120 jobs, 26% in agriculture, 14 % in industry and 60 % in the service sector. Most workers are commuters and work in Brugg or in neighboring municipalities in Birrfeld.

Traffic

Joke is located next to the main road that leads from Lupfig after Schinznach bath, wherein the through traffic bypasses the village center. Another road leads from joking about Habsburg to Brugg. On this route also runs a postal bus. North of the village is the eastern portal of the 1.5 -kilometer tunnel Habsburg the A3 motorway. The next junction is located two kilometers east of the village between Hausen and Lupfig.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and the secondary school can be visited in Lupfig, the district school in Windisch or Schinznach village. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau and Baden.

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