Schneisingen

Church in Oberschneisingen

Schneisingen (Swiss German: ʃnæisigə ) is a municipality in the district of the Swiss canton of Aargau Zurzach. It lies on the border with the Canton of Zurich and about five kilometers south of the border to Germany.

Geography

The village is located in the transition zone between the Jura mountains and the lowlands in a two -kilometer-long tributary of the Surb and consists of several districts. These are loosely grown together and give the village more like a scattered settlement. From the southeast corner of the township to the northwest, these are Hüniken ( 445 m above sea level. M. ), Unterschneisingen (460 m above sea level. M. ), Mittelschneisingen ( 493 m above sea level. M. ) and Oberschneisingen (531 m above sea level. M. ). Not connected to these districts is the hamlet Widen ( 475 m above sea level. M. ) which immediately is around one kilometer away from Oberschneisingen on the municipal boundary to Lengnau.

The area west of the tributary valley consists of the gentle slope of the Egg ( 600 m above sea level. M. ), which lies between Oberschneisingen and Widen. This leads to the sprawling, flat plateau of Bowalds closes, which reaches a height of 607 meters. In the far north has Schneisingen a small part of the valley of the Chrüzlibachs which opens at Rekingen into the Rhine. The area east of the tributary valley is much steeper and climbs to 596 meters high Schüliberg, which also has a flat plateau.

The area of the municipality is 826 hectares, of which 343 hectares are forested and built over 77 hectares. The highest point is 611 meters when Schüliberg in the field plates, the deepest at 440 meters at the Surb.

Neighboring municipalities are Wislikofen and Siglistorf in the north, Niederweningen in the east, Unterehrendingen in the south, the west and Lengnau Böbikon in the northwest.

History

Prove lost property that the area was inhabited during the Roman period. The first mention of Sneisanch place in the year 1113. The village name comes from the Old High German Sneisunwang and means " slope in the corridor ." The nobles of Waldhausen donated the provost Wislikofen and gave the monastery of St. Blaise for this purpose extensive land holdings in the region. After the Barons of rain mountain and later the diocese of Constance had exercised the lower courts for several decades, this also finally came to the monastery. The high justice (and thus also the country's sovereignty ) initially was the Count of Kyburg, after their extinction in 1264 with the Hapsburgs.

The Confederates conquered the Aargau in 1415 and then became part of Schneisingen to the Official Unterehrendingen the County of Baden, a commons regime. 1681 pledged the monastery the lower courts to the family Schnorf from Baden, which released all of Untervögte to 1798. Four large fires in the years 1771, 1773, 1780 and 1785 taught at substantial property. In March 1798 the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Schneisingen became a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau.

Since the time of the Helvetic Republic is located in the north of Bowald Oberschneisingen an alpine rose garden, which is unique in the Tabular Jura. According to legend, the seeds of refugees from Nidwalden to have been brought here, as they fled from Napoleon's troops. Since 1874, the Alpine Rose Garden is a nature preserve. Even today Schneisingen is often also called "Alpine Rose Village».

1891 Schneisingen got a connection to the railway network, as the line Dielsdorf- Niederweningen was opened, the train station is located exactly at the boundary of the municipality. The further construction by the Surbtal after Doettingen never materialized and in 1937 finally put on the file. The industrialization of the late 19th century stopped the decline in population. Next to the station is a part of the Niederweninger Maschinenfabrik Bucher was born. Since 1970 alone, the population has increased by more than half.

Attractions

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " Azure, on a high mountain green three two six-pointed yellow stars. » The coat of arms was first mapped in 1872 on the municipal seal. With green and blue predominate two dark colors neutralize each other. 2002 suggested the cantonal coat of arms Commission to color according to heraldic color rules the three mountain yellow or white, but what the council refused.

Population

Population development:

On 31 December 2013, 1317 people lived in Schneisingen, the proportion of foreigners was 8.9 %. At the 2000 census, 57.4 % Roman Catholic, and 28.3 % were reformed and 2.3% Muslim; 1.5% belonged to other faiths. 94.5 % identified German as their main language, Albanian 1.1%, 0.6 % 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 Zurzach is responsible. Schneisingen part of the justice of the peace circle Emperor chair.

Economy

In Schneisingen there according to census of 2008, around 380 jobs, of which 21% in agriculture, 30 % in industry and 49 % in services. The most important company is the mechanical and automotive companies Bucher Industries, whose factory premises partially located on Schneisinger area. Most workers are commuters and work in the Baden or in the greater Zurich area.

Traffic

Schneisingen is on the main road 17 that leads from Doettingen by the Surbtal and Wehntal to Dielsdorf. The Niederweningen railway station, the terminus of the line S5 S-Bahn Zurich is located exactly at the cantonal border. From there, a post bus line leads to Doettingen, another line goes from Baden on Schneisingen after Emperor chair.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and the secondary school can be visited in Lengnau, the district school in Baden. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.