Staufen, Aargau

Staufen and vineyards, seen from Staufberg from

Staufen (Swiss German: ʃtɑuf ː ə ) is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau. It is located immediately west of the main town in the district of Lake Valley.

Geography

The area between the valley and the river Aare is dominated by the 516 meter high Staufberg. This tertiary sandstone, although only 550 meters long and 450 meters wide, but dominates the otherwise completely flat gravel plain of about a hundred meters. The buildings of the village of Staufen surrounds the largely wooded Staufberg on three sides. The eastern municipal boundary extends up to a few meters to the Aabach. In the northwest, the town has a narrow strip of land in Länzertwald, to the south lies the Buchenwald. The communities Staufen, Lower Lenz and Lenzburg have grown together into a coherent agglomeration with around 15,000 inhabitants, the boundaries between the three varieties are no longer discernible.

The area of the municipality is 358 hectares, of which 113 hectares are forested and built over 95 hectares. The highest point is located on 517 meters on the summit of Mount Stauf, the deepest at 393 meters in the Länzertwald.

Neighboring municipalities are Lenzburg in the north and east, Seon in the south, the west and Schafisheim Rupperswil in the northwest.

History

The oldest traces of human settlement date back to the Neolithic period. The first mention of Stouffen place in the year 1036 in the obituary of the pen Beromunster. The place name comes from Old High stouf and refers to a cone -shaped elevation. In the Middle Ages, the village was in the territory of the Counts of Lenzburg, from 1173 in that the counts of Kyburg. After these had died out, the Habsburgs, the new rulers were in 1264. From 1244 until at least 1278, the lords of Staufen were mentioned as the owner of the lower courts, but at the beginning of the 14th century disappeared without a trace this. The pin Beromunster sold 1362 all rights to the monastery Königsfelden which was the sole owner of the village now.

1415 the Confederates conquered the Aargau; Staufen now belonged to the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. During the Reformation in 1528 Bern raised the monastery Königsfelden on, brought all rights in his possession and divided the village of the district court Rupperswil in the Official Lenzburg. The Staufberg served until 1880 as Hochwacht. In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Staufen has since been to the Canton of Aargau.

Until the beginning of the 19th century Staufen was heavily agricultural, agriculture and livestock -dominated. With the rise of industry in the neighboring Lenzburg Staufen transformed more and more into an attractive residential community. The vineyards at Staufberg which was still the main source of income in 1700, came in 1900 because of the phylloxera epidemic to a complete standstill. Since 1990 vines are planted again.

Attractions

Landmark of the village is the Staufberg Church, which is located on the highest point of the Stauf mountain. Even before Christ, here is a place of worship have been found. The origins of the church date back at least to the 10th century. A lightning strike caused a fire in 1419, the ashes of the tower and the biggest part of the choir. 1420, the church was built in a Romanesque-Gothic transition style again. The heritage-listed church district with church, rectory, Sodbrunnen, Sigristenhaus and cemetery has because of its exposed location on almost a castle-like shape; it only lacks a castle wall. In fact, at the highest point of the hill a castle barn suspected.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In red three yellow cup ( Staufe ). » The cups refer to the Staufberg, which resembles an inverted cup. The chalices also point to growing grapes. The Old High German word Stouf also means chalice. For a long time the chalices were shown on a blue background, making the coat of arms was similar to that of Staufen im Breisgau.

Customs

The most famous tradition is the New Year's Eve fire. On the Staufberg build in the Altjahreswoche the young people who attend the last class of the primary school, a high wooden scaffold. On the morning of 31 December, the school children gather in the village a withered Christmas trees, fagots and straw bales. The material is made up of the mountain and piled up on the scaffolding. The stroke of midnight is ignited with the bells of the church Staufberg the fire in front of many onlookers.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 2605 people lived in Staufen, the proportion of foreigners was 14.4 %. At the 2000 census, 54.9 % were reformed, 27.2 % Roman Catholic, 3.1% Muslim and 1.4% Christian Orthodox; 0.8 % belonged to other faiths. 89.4 % identified German as their main language, 4.9 % speak Italian, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.0% Albanian, Serbo-Croatian 0.8 %.

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 has jurisdiction Lenzburg. Staufen is part of the justice of the peace circle Schafisheim.

Economy

In Staufen there according to census of 2008, around 550 jobs, of which 4% in agriculture, 34 % in industry and 62 % in the service sector. Most workers are commuters and work mainly in neighboring Lenzburg or in the larger towns in the vicinity. On the southeast slope of Mount Stauf is operated on an area of 23.47 Aren viticulture.

Traffic

Through traffic is indeed guided past Staufen, the church is nevertheless located very conveniently located. In the immediate vicinity of the main road 1 ( Zurich -Bern ) and the main road crossing 26 ( Brugg- Lucerne). The connection Aarau- Ost exit of the A1 motorway is three kilometers away, from there leads a four-lane highway to Aarau. The connection to the public transport network by two bus lines of the company Region Lenzburg, Lenzburg run from the train station to Rupperswil and Bettwil.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and a school building in which the primary school, secondary school and secondary school are taught. The school district can be visited in Lenzburg. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau.

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