Veltheim, Aargau

Veltheim

Veltheim ( the V as an F spoken; Swiss German: Fält ː ə ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It lies about six kilometers southwest of the district municipal seat.

Geography

The village lies in a plane at the output of Schenkenbergertals, approximately one kilometer from the banks of the Aare. In the south of the township, the 572 meters high, indented by three small valleys Veltheimerberg, a spur of the Jura Mountains rises. The Veltheimerberg passes into up to 772 meters Gislifluh to the west. On the eastern slope of the Veltheimerbergs is located on a ledge Wildenstein Castle. On the south side again there are three extensive quarries. A little more than two kilometers south of the village is located by the river of the district of Au ( 352 m above sea level. M. ).

The area of the municipality is 524 hectares of which 176 hectares are forested and built over 77 hectares. The highest point is 700 meters on the ridge of Gisifluh, the deepest at 340 meters on the banks of the Aare.

Neighboring municipalities are Schinznach the northwest, Holder Bank in the east, Möriken -Wildegg the southeast and Auenstein in the south.

History

The earliest traces of human settlement date back to Roman times. Was between the 1st and 3rd century a farm that supplied the fort of Vindonissa with food. The village was probably built about the 6th or 7th century, when settlers in the area Alemanni settled. The first mention of Veltein place in the year 1261st The village name comes from the Old High German fëldheim and means " field Lives ." The oldest surviving part of the church dates from the 11th century.

At the beginning of the 13th century was about one mile south of the village on a promontory Wildenstein Castle. The castle and the village was owned by the lords of Rinach, a Ministerialengeschlecht in the service of the Habsburgs. In 1415 the city of Bern conquered the western part of the Aargau, together with the rule of Wildenstein. From 1460 Veltheim formed a judicial district within the bailiwick Schenkenberg. After the abandonment of the castle Schenkenberg Wildenstein Castle in 1720 was the seat of the Bernese bailiff. In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Veltheim since then is the canton of Aargau.

In the second half of the 19th century, the agriculture and viticulture lost more and more important, forcing many residents to emigrate overseas. In the 20th century Veltheim transformed from a peasant to a workers' village. Many industrial enterprises settled (production of shoes, clothes, cement and building materials ). A particularly strong growth had Veltheim recorded in the 1960s, when the population increased by more than 40%. Since a period of stagnation in the 1970s, it is again risen by more than a third.

On April 5, 2009, the voters of Veltheim rejected a planned merger with neighboring communities Oberflachs, Schinznach Village, Schinznach bath and Villnachern the new community Schenkenberg from clear, while the other communities you agreed.

Attractions

The baroque castle Wildenstein is on a prominent hill spur approximately one mile south of the village. It is privately owned and can be seen from outside. The system is in the form of an irregular quadrilateral. Around the courtyard are grouped the two Bergfriede, the curtain wall, the Palas and farm buildings.

The first parish church was built from the ruins of the former Roman estate. Around 1040 a successor building in the Romanesque style was born. After the Reformation, the church was disrepair and was finally replaced in 1760 by the still existing church hall. The parsonage was built 1681/83 and in 1783 rebuilt in the late Baroque style. The church district is supplemented by the two late Gothic " Pfaff houses ," which were made around 1650.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In Blue on green hill border, yellow reinforced white rooster with red comb and beard, surmounted by sechsstrahligem white star. » The oldest known representation can be found on a fire bucket from the year 1789. The municipality's seal of 1811 the cock stood in the meantime on a branch, in 1872 came the star. Until 1926, the cock was natural, but then received a white, heraldic correct plumage. In 2002 an amendment to the bill color from red to yellow; according to heraldic rules must beak, legs and feet have a uniform color.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 1414 people lived in Veltheim, the proportion of foreigners was 15.4 %. At the 2000 census, 55.0% were reformed, 25.4 % Roman Catholic, 1.5% Orthodox Christian and 1.7% Muslim; 1.0% belonged to other faiths. 91.0 % identified German as their main language, 2.4 % speak Italian, Serbo-Croatian 1.6% and 1.0 % Albanian.

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 Brugg is responsible. At the local level there is a justice of the peace, who is also responsible for the communities Auenstein, Oberflachs, Schinznach village and Thalheim.

Economy

In Veltheim there according to census of 2008, around 600 jobs, of which 10 % in agriculture, 48 % in industry and 42 % in services. Many working population commuters and work in the region Brugg / Lenzburg / Aarau. Veltheim is known as the site of the former Veltheim Driving Center, a road safety center two kilometers south of the village. In disused quarry Unteregg there was a 2.5 -kilometer test track, were able to complete on the motor vehicle driver training in order to improve safety while driving. The Veltheim Driving Center was closed in 2008 because the mine had to be returned to the Jura Cement factories.

Traffic

Veltheim is on the main road leading to the western banks of the Aare along from Brugg to Aarau. A local access road runs through the Schenkenbergertal to Staffelegg. From the hamlet of Au from a bridge leads across to Wildegg. The connection to the public transport network by two postal routes, the railway station Wildegg after Schinznach village and the train Brugg to Thalheim.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten and a school house with primary, secondary and junior high school. The last two classes of secondary and high school and the school district can be visited in Schinznach village. The nearest Canton schools ( high schools ) are located in Aarau and Baden.