Tägerig

View of the village

Tägerig (Swiss German: Tae ː ɡə ˌ riɡ ) is a municipality in the district Bremgarten in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the Reuss valley.

Geography

The village is situated on a formed by the Reuss glacier area, terrace on the northeastern slope of the Wagenrain, an elongated ridge that forms the natural border with the Bünztal. The river flows about half a kilometer east of the village center to the northwest, where the river has formed by erosion around a 20 -meter-deep notch in the bottom otherwise. The slopes of the Wagenrain are at the bottom of steep and go at the top of the extended Rötler Plateau over. At this level, approximately one mile south of Tägerig, situated at an altitude of 485 meters, the hamlet Büschikon.

The area of the municipality is 330 hectares, of which 132 hectares are covered by forest and built over 56 hectares. The highest point is located half a kilometer west of the village at an altitude of 530 meters, the deepest at 348 meters with a small island in the Reuss, which is formed by alluvial sediment.

Neighboring municipalities are Mellingen in the north, Stetten in the east, in the southeast Niederwil, Hägglingen in the south, and Wohlenschwil in the northwest.

History

Tegeranc was first mentioned in 1189, when Pope Clement III. the village presented with a screen letter under the protection of the monastery Muri. The place name comes from Old High Tegerwanc and means " large slope ." The first mention of the hamlet Büschikon took place in 1315, when Ulrich Meyer of pipe village, a citizen of the city Mellingen, his property mortgaged to the Convention as Gnadenthal.

1415 conquered the Swiss Canton Aargau. Tägerig now belonged to the Official Niederwil in the outdoor offices, a common rule. Administration and jurisdiction lay in the hands of the city Mellingen. 1627 gathered a plague a large part of the population then. In the Swiss peasant war of 1653 and in the two Villmerger wars of 1656 and 1712, the village was looted, respectively.

In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Tägerig became a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau. On March 17, 1838 fire destroyed almost the entire village, only a few houses remained. In the second half of the 19th century, the population decreased by almost 40 percent. Many villagers were impoverished and had to emigrate, some of them to North America. Since 1950, the population has almost doubled due to strong construction activity. 1955 Tägerig was one of the first Swiss canton of Aargau communities with a sewage treatment plant.

Attractions

The chapel was built in 1665 suffered the disastrous fire in 1838 considerable damage. Two years later, the parish decided Niederwil, belonged to the Tägerig to 1864, a new building. There was a Neoclassical church building, which was inaugurated in June 1846. Particularly worth seeing are the ceiling and wall frescoes from the Litany of Loreto inside the church. West of the church are the rectory and the former school and community, built both 1865. The village image characterize Biedermeier building from the middle of the 19th century. In the hamlet Büschikon there is a small chapel built in the early 17th century.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Azure, two crossed keys white, surmounted by a white star fünfstrahligem » The coat of arms was introduced in 1915 and is supposed to be derived from the banner of the neighboring small town Mellingen from the year 1512.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 1407 people lived in Tägerig, the proportion of foreigners was 15.9 %. At the 2000 census, 53.4 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 27.5 % and 4.8 % Muslim; 1.9% belonged to other faiths. 92.6 % identified German as their main language, 2.3% Albanian, Serbo-Croatian 1.0%.

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 Bremgarten is responsible. Tägerig part of the justice of the peace circle Niederwil.

Economy

In Tägerig there according to census of 2008, around 200 jobs, of which 9% in agriculture, 26 % in industry and 65 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in Baden. Its proximity to the A1 motorway and the agglomeration of Zurich is within easy reach.

Traffic

Tägerig is close to the main road Brugg- Mellingen - Bremgarten. Takes you half a kilometer east passes, so that the village is not affected by through traffic. Local link roads lead to Wohlenschwil and on Büschikon after Hägglingen. Connection to public transport provides a postal bus from Bremgarten about Mellingen ago after bathing.

Education

Tägerig has a kindergarten and a primary school. The junior high school and the school district can be visited in Mellingen, the secondary school in Mellingen or Wohlenschwil. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Wohlen and bathing.

Personalities

• Paul Meier, Hans (1895-1976), journalist and politician