Unterentfelden

Meeting house

Unterentfelden (Swiss German: ʊndər ˌ æmpfæʊd ) is a municipality in the district of Aarau in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the lower Suhrental and borders the Canton of Solothurn.

Geography

The village is located northwest of the mouth of the Uerke in the Suhre, on the edge of a vast flat plane. Both waters were completely straightened, but were renaturisiert again. The plain is bounded by gently sloping, wooded hills: (. 495 m asl ). Ischlag the west by the (. 470 m asl ), on the north by the Distelberg and in the northeast by the Gönert ( 468 m asl. ). The two waters were completely straightened in the municipality. The covered area is completely grown together with that of the neighboring community Oberentfelden.

The area of the municipality is 287 hectares, of which 86 hectares are forested and built over 123 hectares. The highest point is located on 495 meters on the mountain thistle, the deepest at 406 meters at the Suhre.

Neighboring municipalities are in the north of Aarau Suhr in the east, Oberentfelden in the south and Solothurn communities Schönenwerd and Eppenberg- Wöschnau in the West.

History

In the year 965 of the German Emperor Otto the Great gave the court Endiveld the Disentis Monastery. Originally from the Old High German place name means " end of the field ." The lower part of the yard was from 1045 the pin Beromunster, which after several changes of ownership, finally fell to the Counts of Habsburg- run castle. At least since 1306 practiced the main line of the Habsburgs from the high court. 1415 conquered the Swiss Aargau; Unterentfelden now lay in the subject territory of Berne, the so-called Bernese Aargau. 1528 resulted in the Bernese the Reformation.

The relations with the neighboring town of Aarau were very tight, but also fraught with problems. Already in 1312 the lower courts to the Aarau citizens Ulrich Trutmann was passed, in 1411 at the city itself Frequent quarrels over land use led the Aarau, assign the lower courts in 1576 in Bern, in exchange for a share of the customs revenue in Beaver stone. Over time, the city and numerous townspeople acquired more and more land on the Distelberg and on the Gönert, according to a boundary adjustment again came Unterentfeldens in the possession of the inhabitants until 1793. The Steckhof Roggenhausen, belonging to the city since 1527, but was not part of this Agreement.

In March 1798, the French marched into Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Unterentfelden was an independent municipality in the new canton of Aargau. The village was then inhabited mainly by Taunern that relied on additional income besides agriculture. This offered primarily in the homework for Aarau textile industry.

The Suhrentalbahn adopted on 19 November 1901 its operation. The construction of a new school building in 1911 almost led to bankruptcy of the community, which sought then a merger with Aarau. However, this did not materialize because the city feared tax increases. After 1950 Unterentfelden developed more and more into a residential community. Due to the comprehensive redevelopment of the Distelberg the southern side and the population rose within twenty years by almost threefold. Since 1970, however, it is stagnant because land reserves are almost fully developed.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Yellow standing on green Dreienberg brown duck, accompanied in chief of three beams as provided six-pointed red stars. » The crest first appeared in 1828 on a seal. It is based on a misinterpretation of the name in the sense of " duck box " what linguistic research has now been disproved. In addition, the color of the duck is not correct, because brown is inadmissible in heraldry.

There were several unsuccessful attempts to correct this condition. 1948 suggested the cantonal coat of arms Commission to replace "false" by a duck etymologically justifiable emblem. The next amendment in 1964, the Commission was willing to compromise: the coat of arms was granted the duck, but it should now be white and be embedded floating in a green background on a blue waters. The community also rejected this proposal. In order to post a heraldic coat of arms proper collection on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the foundation of Canton, came from Canton in 2002, now the proposal that there should be only the color of the duck von Braun be changed to correct heraldic red. The local council could indeed just friends with a red duck, but not the population. It was quickly taken the referendum. Thus, the Unterentfelder were allowed to vote on 18 May 2003 on the crest question their community. More than two thirds of voters voted against the red duck.

Attractions

The Village Museum is housed in Staufferhaus. Issued the collection " Old Unterentfelden ", which includes various items from the history of the community.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 4067 people lived in Unterentfelden, the proportion of foreigners was 24%. At the 2000 census, 51.6 % were reformed. 29.3 % Roman Catholic, 4.8% Muslim and 1.3% Christian Orthodox; 0.5 % belonged to other faiths. 88.2 % identified German as their main language, 4.0 % speak Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.9%, Albanian 1.6% and 1.1% 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 Aarau. Unterentfelden together with Oberentfelden, deer valley, and mooing Justice of the Peace District Entfelden.

Economy

In Unterentfelden there are operating according to Census 2008 about 1,900 jobs, of which 1% in agriculture, 36 % in industry and 63 % in the service sector. There are some medium -sized industrial enterprises, including a stamping, a furniture factory, a metal processing plant, the CARDAG (firms in the turbidity AG) and the Leica company (producer of geosystems ). In the parish exists only a single farm. Most workers are commuters and work in Aarau and other municipalities of the agglomeration.

Traffic

Unterentfelden is on the main road 24 between Aarau and Sursee. It runs east of the village as a ring road, and also serves as a feeder for connection Aarau-West of the A1 highway, located three kilometers to the south. The access to public transport is carried out by the narrow- Suhrentalbahn between Aarau and Schöftland that runs right next to the main road; on municipal area are stops Distelberg, Post and Oberndorf.

Education

The municipality has three kindergartens and two school houses in which the primary school and secondary school are taught. The middle school and the school district can be visited in neighboring Oberentfelden. Since 1876 Unterentfelden is the site of the Swiss municipality of school for the hearing impaired Landenhof, in the hearing-impaired children can attend all school levels of compulsory education. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau. In addition, the Swiss school of architecture is based in Unterentfelden.

Personalities

• Friedrich Frey (1882-1953), Swiss entrepreneur
• Beat Unternährer (1942-2012), Swiss politician (SVP )