Schmiedrued
Schmiedrued (Swiss German: ʃmɪd ˌ ruəd ) is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau. It is located in Ruedertal in the south of the canton, bordering the canton of Lucerne. The unofficial name of the municipality is Schmiedrued - forest.
Geography
The municipality is located in the upper part of the Ruedertals, which is drained by the Ruederche. The valley floor is always very narrow and barely more than 50 meters wide. While the valley is bounded on the bottom by steep hillsides, the adjacent hills in the upper part gradually flatter. The eastern border of the Wynental back is formed by a range of hills, which merges gradually into a long-drawn, an average of 700 -meter-high level. To the west, the Suhrental out the terrain is indeed much steeper, but also has numerous small plateaus.
Schmiedrued is a scattered settlement and consists of several villages and hamlets. In the valley floor are (as seen from the north ) Schmiedrued ( 569 m above sea level. M. ), forest (607 m above sea level. M. ) and Schiltwald (650 m above sea level. M. ). To the west of the hamlet Schmiedrued Eggschwil are (604 m above sea level. M. ) and Lören (611 m above sea level. M. ), still further south-west, the hamlet Hochrüti ( 678 m above sea level. M. ) and Nütziweid ( 693 m above sea level. M. ). To the west of the forest is Bodenrüti (656 m above sea level. M. ), southeast of the hamlet Schiltwald Rehhag (710 m above sea level. M. ). The largest settlement with nearly half of the population is forest.
The area of the municipality is 865 hectares, of which 237 hectares are forested and built over 67 hectares. The highest point is located on 810 meters at Fuchshubel at the cantonal border, the deepest at 527 meters at the Ruederche.
Neighboring municipalities are Moosleerau and Kirchleerau in the West, Schlossrued the northwest, Oberkulm in the north, the east, and the Lucerne Gontenschwil communities Rickenbach in the southeast, Schlierbach in the south and Kulmerau in the southwest.
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 for the 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 Hapsburg. Your headquarters, the Rued castle, lay with the neighboring village Schlossrued.
1415 the Aargau was captured by the Confederates; Schmiedrued 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. From 1430 to 1915 there was a smithy who owes the community her second syllable in the name. 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 Schmiedrued and Schlossrued was divided. But Schmiedrued was for the time being from the semi-autonomous local citizenry Matt, Schmiedrued, Schiltwald and forest that until 1861 banded together due to financial problems to a single, congruent with the community of Ortsbürgergemeinde. Until well into the 20th century, agriculture dominated the life of the church, next to the silk ribbon weaving was a few decades ago operated in homework.
Attractions
In the hamlet Nütziweid, at an altitude of around 700 meters, is the observatory of the Astro- Club Solaris Aarau, which is accessible to everyone.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Azure, white, black stemmed hammer, surmounted by two crossed white rowing and sechsstrahligem white star " The municipal coat of arms is derived from that of the lords of Rued, which has been known since 1279. In 1872, Hammer has been added. In 1953 a stylistic improvement with a shorter shank.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 1183 people lived in Schmiedrued, the proportion of foreigners was 9.1 %. At the 2000 census 70.1 % 17.1 % Roman Catholic, and 1.5 % were reformed, Muslim; 1.0% belonged to other faiths. 94.3 % identified German as their main language, 2.8% Albanian.
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. Schmiedrued part of the justice of the peace circle Schöftland.
Economy
In Schmiedrued there according to census of 2008, around 350 jobs, of which 34% in agriculture, 35 % in industry and 31% in the service sector. Many workers are commuters and work in Schöftland or in the region of Aarau.
Traffic
Schmiedrued is off the main roads, but is connected by secondary roads to the Suhrental and Sursee region. The access to public transport is carried out by the post bus line that runs from Schöftland into Ruedertal and the villages Schmiedrued, Walde and Schiltwald opens up.
Education
The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and secondary school operated jointly with the neighboring community Schlossrued, while the school district can be visited in Schöftland. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.
Personalities
- Friedrich Brunner (1850-1928), politician and businessman