Unterendingen

Unterendingen

Unterendingen (Swiss German: nɪdər ˌ ændigə ) was until December 31, 2013, municipality in the district of the Swiss canton of Aargau Zurzach. It is located in Surbtal, about four kilometers from the border with Germany. On 1 January 2014 merged with the municipality of things Endingen.

Geography

The village is situated in the narrow valley of the Surb at the mouth of the striae Bach. This flows east of the village by a deeply cut ravine which separates the hill Buhalden and Teufelskanzel each other. Both hills are part of the Jura mountains; the lower, extremely steep area each has a difference in altitude of about 150 meters and then goes to a small plateau. To the west lies the jolt field, a broad flat plain, which is bounded at their edges by very steep, up to 40 meters high slopes.

The area of the municipality is 345 hectares, of which 131 hectares are forested and built over 280 hectares. The highest point is 544 meters on the Devil's Pulpit, the deepest to 375 meters at the Surb.

Neighboring communities were up on December 31, 2013 Tegerfelden in the north, Baldingen in the northeast, Lengnau in the east, the south and Endingen Würenlingen in the West.

History

In the High Middle Ages, the village belonged to the dominion of the Barons of Tegerfelden. Assumed you were the first mentioned in 1239 the Knights of Endingen who owned south of Unterendingen a small castle. The clan was first connected after the extinction of Tegerfeldner in 1254 with the barons of Rain Mountain, later with the diocese of Constance. The first mention of Nider - Endingen so explicitly with extra to distinguish it from neighboring Endingen, took place in the year 1298th The village name comes from the Old High German Antingun and means " among the people of Anto ». To 1305, the Habsburgs acquired the high justice. Major landowners were the monastery of St. Blaise and St. John Coming in Leuggern.

The Confederates conquered the Aargau in 1415 and Unterendingen now belonged to Siggenamt the County of Baden, a commons regime. 1529 came a large part of the population over to the Reformation, but had to after the Second Kappel War of 1531 the old faith accept again. 1661 built the Catholics from the neighboring village denominationally mixed Tegerfelden own church in Unterendingen. In 1798, the French marched into Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Unterendingen became a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau.

After the opening of the railway lines Turgi - Waldshut (1859 ) and Dielsdorf- Niederweningen (1891 ) presented the municipalities of Surbtals a concession for the construction of a railway connection between Niederweningen and Doettingen. But the First World War prevented the construction and the project was finally written off in 1937. For many decades, the population stagnated. At the beginning of the 1980s, then a larger building area was opened up and the village grew within ten years by 78 percent.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " Split of blue half white lily and red ' The community Endingen had decided in 1926 to take over the coat of arms of the lords of Endingen. But after 1934, the remains of their castle on the territory of Unterendingen had been discovered, also raised this community are entitled to the coat of arms. After a complaint to the Governing Council in 1953, both communities were able to agree: In the meantime, had been found that already existed on the map of the Canton of Zurich in 1667 a coat of arms for Unterendingen, which differed only in the colors and finally also been taken over.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 362 people lived in Unterendingen, the proportion of foreigners was 16%. At the 2000 census, 50.1 % Roman Catholic, and 34.5 % were reformed; 2.4% belonged to other faiths. 94.9 % identified German as their main language, Serbo-Croatian 1.9%.

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. Unterendingen part of the Justice of the Peace District Zurzach.

Economy

In Unterendingen there according to Census 2008, approximately 70 jobs, 35 % in agriculture, 22 % in industry and 43 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in the surrounding communities or in the Baden region.

Traffic

Unterendingen is on the main road 17 that leads from Doettingen by the Surbtal and Wehntal to Dielsdorf. Three postal bus lines provide access to the village; of Tegerfelden to Baden, of Doettingen to Niederweningen and Zurzach to Brugg.

Education

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