Schlierbach, Switzerland
Schlierbach is a municipality in the constituency Sursee the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Geography
The village is situated on a hilly terrain east of Surentals in the northeast of Buron. The district Wetzwil ( 728 m asl ) is located 2.5 km southeast of the village on the road from Geuensee according to Rickenbach. To Schlierbach includes the hamlet Weiherbach 1.1 km east and 2.2 km north-east of the village Brämhüser. The district Etzelwil situated between the village and Brämhüser.
Schlierbach borders Buron, Geuensee, Rickenbach LU and Kulmerau in the canton of Lucerne - as well as Schmiedrued in Canton Aargau.
History
In Roman times, the site was inhabited, as evidenced by the remains of a Roman building. First mention of the church as Slierbach in 1178th The place belonged to the rule Buron. This in turn belonged to the county Willisau and thus to 1407 the influence of the Habsburgs. This year, the city of Lucerne acquired the county Willisau. After Lucerne 1455 had also acquired by Hemmann Rüsseegg of the lower courts, Schlierbach was until 1798 part of the bailiwick Buron - Kulmerau. From 1798 to 1803, the districts Schlierbach and Etzelwil belonged to the district Sursee, while the district Wetzwil was assigned to the district Beromunster. Since then, all districts are in the then newly created Office Sursee. The municipality was created in its current size only in 1844 by merging the cities Schlierbach, Etzelwil and Wetzwil.
Population
Since the Church exists in today's scale only since 1844, there is no exact population figures from the period prior to 1850 From 1850 to 1910 resulted in a massive exodus to the industrial centers to a sharp population loss. ( 1850-1910: -38.0 %). Then she rose despite two periods of population standstill to 1980 again significantly ( from 1910 to 1980: 28.3 %). This growth has since increased - so the number of residents is now around 600 people.
Languages
The population used as slang a high- Alemannic dialect. At the last census in 2000 gave 95.24 % German, 3.00% and 0.53 % Albanian French as a primary language.
Religions - faiths
In former times, all the inhabitants were members of the Roman Catholic Church. Today ( as of 2000), there are 85.89 % and 4.41 % Roman Catholic Evangelical Protestant Christians. In addition, one finds 3.70% and 3.17 % non-religious Muslims ( Albanians ).
Origin - Nationality of residents
Of the 614 residents in late 2006 were 569 Swiss and 45 ( = 7.3 %) foreigners. At the last census was 94.18 % ( 94.89 % including dual citizens ) Swiss nationals. The few immigrants originate mainly from Serbia and Montenegro (mostly Albanians ). There are also individuals from Portugal, Italy and Sri Lanka.
Traffic
The municipality is the day opened by the postal bus Sursee - Schlierbach - Etzelwil. At night, replaced a PubliCar ( Paratransit ) this line. The municipality is located on the side street Sursee - Schlierbach - Schmiedrued - Schöftland. The nearest motorway junction is Sursee on the A2 at 7 km.