Schlossrued
Schlossrued (Swiss German: ʃlɔs ː ˌ ruəd ) is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau. It is located in Ruedertal in the south of Canton.
Geography
The municipality is located in the lower part of the Ruedertals, which is drained by the Ruederche and is bounded on both sides by hills. The valley floor is in the upper part is less than 50 feet wide, but widens at the lower part to a width of around 250 meters from. The northeastern side of the valley is heavily dissected and consists of numerous short side valleys with intervening foothills of the gallows moss and Sämlen ( 643 m asl. ) ( 654 m asl. ); these form the border with Wynental. The southwestern side of the valley is evenly shaped and rises to the castle and to the edge of Rötler Plateau at ( 649 m asl. ); this limits the Ruedertal on the Suhrental. One kilometer southeast of the main settlement is the village of Schlossrued Kirchrued where the only church of the entire valley is. In addition, numerous individual farms are scattered throughout the municipality.
The area of the municipality is 725 hectares, of which 226 hectares are forested and built over 57 hectares. The highest point is located on 680 meters at the edge of the Rötler Plateau, the deepest at 475 meters at the Ruederche.
Neighboring municipalities are Schöftland the northwest, Unterkulm in the north, Oberkulm in the east, in the southeast Schmiedrued, Kirchleerau in the south and Season Bach in the West.
History
The settlement of the Ruedertales took place on the 5th and 6th centuries by the Alemanni, who cleared the dense jungle. 1160 were in the Acta Murensia the monastery Muri first time the " Lords of Ruoda " mentioned. The place name is derived from the Old High German (ze ) Ruoderahu what " the Ruderbach " means; So a body of water that can be crossed by rowing. The Lords of Rued were a Ministerialengeschlecht of the Counts of Kyburg, from 1264 the Habsburgs. They gave their ancestral castle of Alt- Rued probably in the 11th or 12th century, and went to the other side of the valley to the castle Rued. The Confederates destroyed the castle in 1386 during the Sempacherkriegs.
1415 the Aargau was captured by the Confederates; Schlossrued now belonged to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. The lower courts was in possession of various noble families from the surrounding area. Finally, it was the rule Rued which also includes the villages Kirchleerau and Moosleerau included beside the Ruedertal purchased from a native of Italy Gentlemen of May, who resided in the castle until 1861. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation.
In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Since then Schlossrued in the canton of Aargau. It was only in 1834 sold the May of their last remaining rights to the canton. 1816 Ruedertal in the communities Schlossrued and Schmiedrued was divided. The population was until the mid 19th century in the cotton weaving an additional income. As this industry because of the remoteness of the valley and the too small hydroelectric power went down, many residents had to move. Until well into the 20th century, agriculture dominated the life of the community.
Attractions
The Rued castle is situated on a promontory north of the village Schlossrued. Originally from the Middle Ages castle was built completely new end of the 18th century after a devastating fire and converted into a residential palace.
The oldest parts of the church of Kirchrued originate from the 13th century, around 1500 a chancel was added to the rectangular building. From the outside, the building appears as a large chapel.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". In Blue on green Dreienberg white, red roofed tower with black door, surmounted by two crossed white rowing and sechsstrahligem white star " The undivided community Ruedertal had until 1816 for the first time in 1279 testified coat of arms of the lords of Rued out, an oar crossed by a boatman sting. The municipality's seal of 1872, the various symbols were arranged confusing. 1953 these were reorganized after the council had refused to remove one or two symbols.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 799 people lived in Schlossrued, the proportion of foreigners was 6.3 %. At the 2000 census, 73.2 % were reformed, 13.6 % Roman Catholic, and 2.0 % Muslim; 0.7 % belonged to other faiths. 96.2 % identified German as their main language, Serbo-Croatian 0.9%.
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 in Unterkulm is responsible. Schlossrued part of the justice of the peace circle Schöftland.
Economy
In Schlossrued there according to census of 2008, around 280 jobs, of which 37% in agriculture, 39 % in industry and 24% in the service sector. Apart from agriculture, especially the metal and wood processing is predominant. Many workers are commuters and work in Schöftland or in the region of Aarau.
Traffic
Schlossrued is off the main roads, but is connected by secondary roads to the Suhrental and the Wynental. The access to public transport is carried out by the post bus line between Schöftland and Schmiedrued ( district Schiltwald ) wrong.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and secondary school operated jointly with the neighboring community Schmiedrued, while the school district can be visited in Schöftland. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.
Personalities
- Andreas Neeser (* 1964), writer
- Hans Martin Suter champion (1907-1977), physician