Turgi
Turgi
Turgi is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. It lies between Baden and Brugg in the Limmat Valley and belonged until 1884 to the municipality Gebenstorf.
Geography
Turgi lies between the northern slope of the Jura mountains belonging Gebenstorfer horn and the south bank of the Limmat. The settlement on the main road ( Gehling ) and the easternmost district of Wil, which together form the so-called high zone, located on a steeply sloping hillside stage. The village center is located on a thirty meters below peninsula, which flows around two-thirds of a loop of the River Limmat. The northern tip of this peninsula is dissected by an artificial channel.
The area of the municipality is 155 hectares, of which 55 acres of wooded and built over 67 acres. The highest point is 555 meters at Chörnlisberg, a spur of Gebenstorfer horn, the deepest at 333 meters on the Limmat river.
Neighboring municipalities are Untersiggenthal in the north, Obersiggenthal in the northeast, bathing in the East and Gebenstorf the south and west. In the field of city of Baden is a small enclave, which consists of an enclosed forest meadow.
History
The name Turgi goes back to the Thurgau, which reached in the early medieval period to the River Aare. The nearby moated castle in Switzerland formed the boundary between the Thurgau (east of Reuss - Aare- line), the Aargau ( between the Aare and Reuss ) and the Augstgau ( between the Aare and Rhine). Until the early 19th century Turgi consisted only of the estate of a ferryman on the River Limmat. To the east lay the modest hamlet Wil. There met a farmer in 1534 while plowing on a Roman milestone, which was erected in the time of Emperor Trajan at the military road from Vindonissa in the east. Today he can be seen in the National Museum in Zurich.
The recovery did not begin until the Zurich industrialist family Bebié saw the flow loop as an ideal location for the construction of factory facilities. 1826 the foundation stone of the first cotton mill was set, the second factory followed in 1833. Around the factories was a proletarian embossed industrial workers settlement. Growth accelerated further when the railway Baden -Brugg - Turgi was opened on 29 September 1856. On August 18, 1859 Zweigstrecke Turgi followed to Waldshut.
The contrast between the old established Gebenstorfern and Turgemern became greater. Although Turgi now had more inhabitants, their inhabitants were regularly outvoted at the community meetings, as the population of the new village a high proportion of non-voting young people and foreigners had. After the Great Council of the Canton of Aargau had approved the third request, took place on January 1, 1884, the separation and Turgi was an independent municipality. Within a century, the population quadrupled.
Attractions
The village image Turgis is characterized to a great extent by the industrial and housing estate from the 19th century, built in the neo-classical and neo-Gothic style. South of the railway line originated around 1900 numerous stately villas built. The buildings have been preserved and almost all are in excellent condition. In recognition of the conservation of the industrial heritage Turgi received the Wakker Prize in 2002.
The Reformed Church Turgi was built in 1960.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In red white oblique line flow, accompanied by a black gear and yellow ear of corn. " This coat of arms was introduced in 1922 and replaced that from 1883, which had failed to fulfill almost any heraldic rule. The oblique river symbolizes the Limmat, the gear industry ( the Turgi ever owe its existence has ) and the ear of agriculture.
Population
Population development:
On December 31, 2013 2962 people lived in Turgi, the foreign population of 37.7 % is about twice as high as the cantonal average. At the 2000 census, 43.5 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 24.4%, 6.2% Orthodox Christian and 9.6 % Muslim. 2.7% belonged to other faiths. 73.2 % identified German as their main language, 7.6 % speak Italian, 3.2% Albanian, Serbo-Croatian 3.0%, 2.5% Turkish, 1.6% Portuguese, 1.5% English, 1.3% 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 has jurisdiction Baden. Turgi part of the justice of the peace circle Mellingen.
Economy
The industry, which owes the village Turgi ever its origin, has been largely replaced in recent decades by service providers. The resulting from the ABB and still in the old mill building garrisoned Ampegon AG is a market leader for radio stations in the short and medium wave range as well as high-voltage and high-frequency amplifiers. Electronics manufacturer Enics has a plant in Turgi.
There are a total Turgi according to census of 2008, around 700 jobs, including 59 % in industry and 41 % in services. Many working population commuters and work in the nearby towns of Baden and Brugg.
Traffic
Turgi is developed excellent transport moderate. The Turgi station is located on the SBB main line Zurich -Basel ( Bözbergstrecke ) and is served by the S12 line of the S -Bahn Zurich. Here the trail branches off to the lower Aare Valley, with trains to Zurzach and Waldshut. At the railway station and the post bus line from Gebenstorf about Untersiggenthal runs on Würenlingen. The district Wil and the high zone of Turgi served by the RVBW bus lines 1 and 4 ( in the rush hour in 10 -minute intervals ).
Due to the high zone and Wil the busy main road 3 runs from Baden to Brugg. Three bridges cross the Limmat after Untersiggenthal.
Education
In Turgi the school children can attend kindergarten, primary school and the school district. Youth who attend secondary school and the secondary school must go to the neighboring Untersiggenthal and Gebenstorf. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Baden and betting rings.