Villigen

Villigen ( the V as an F spoken; Swiss German: [ filigə ] ) is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. It is located about five kilometers north of the main town in the district Aare valley. On 1 January 2006 Stilli was incorporated.

Geography

The village lies between the western bank of the Aare River and the eastern slope of Geissberg (700 m above sea level. M. ). The Geissberg is a typical elevation of the Jura plateau with a broad, eastward slightly inclined plateau and steep slopes on three sides. In the west and south, the boundary of the municipality of Villigen runs exactly on the terrain along the edge, while the slopes are located on the territory of the neighboring communities. In the north of Geissberg goes into Rotberg ( 633 m above sea level. M. ).

On the eastern slope of the Geissberg protrude four short, steep, almost semicircular spur into the river level. From north to south these are the Tüeliboden (495 m above sea level. M. ), the Gugelen (452 m above sea level. M. ), the better- stone ( 549 m above sea level. M. ) with the same castle ruins and the Buck ( 526 m above sea level. M. ). The old village center is located between the Gugelen and the better stone. Lie on the southern slopes of the four hills vineyards with a cultivated area of 17 hectares.

On the western bank of the Aare River, approximately one mile north of the mouth of the Limmat River, is located in the so-called moated castle in the village of Switzerland Stilli. The former municipality was limited to a three- kilometer long and 25 to 210 meters wide strip along the banks of the Aare, the river bed took up more than one third of the area. A 40 -meter-high embankment formed the non-existent border with Villigen. In the Aare the small island Fischergrieni, created by alluvial sediment located.

The area of the municipality is 1121 hectares, of which 550 hectares are forested and built over 151 hectares. The highest point is 700 meters on the northwest corner of the Geissberg, the deepest at 325 meters on the river Aare.

Neighboring municipalities are Mandach and Böttstein in the north, Würenlingen in the east, in the southeast Untersiggenthal, Brugg and Rüfenach in the south, southwest, and Mettauertal Remigen in the northwest.

History

The oldest traces of human settlement found in Villigen are about 5000 years old and come from the Neolithic period, around 3000 years old pottery sherds are from the bronze age. Around the year 200 a Roman estate, which was destroyed in raids of the Alemanni in the years 259/270 was born. On the Rotberg found the remains of a Roman watch tower. There coins discovered date from the period between 260 and 375 When excavation work we came across a alamannisches burial ground dating from the 6th and 7th centuries. In the Middle Ages unknown noblemen built two castles in Villigen. Those on the Mount of Olives was inhabited about 1100 to 1150 and was then abandoned, the castle was better stone at the beginning of the 13th century. 1247 plunged Heinricus de Viligen in a document on; this is the oldest known mention of the village. The place name comes from Old High Filingun and means " in the Filo people ( short form of Filibertus )».

Villigen was part of the yard clean, which belonged to the monastery Murbach in Alsace ( as court one called then the basic rule over a larger area ). In the 13th century, the Habsburgs made up their sovereign rights west and north of Brugg together in the court Bözberg. These included Villigen also Oberbözberg, Unterbözberg, Lauffohr, Linn, Mönthal, pure, Remigen, Riniken, Rüfenach and Stilli. In these villages, the Habsburgs were those of the high jurisdiction, in Mönthal, Remigen Villigen and the lower courts. King Rudolf I of Habsburg in 1291 bought the farm clean and was thus not only the supreme judge, but also the most important landowner. 1345 gave Queen Agnes of Hungary the courtyard of the monastery Wittichen in the Kinzig Valley (Black Forest). 1458 grazing areas for Stilli was excreted, which exactly corresponded to the valid until the end of 2005 town limits.

When in 1460 the city of Bern conquered the area west of the Aare, changed to the rights of the monastery nothing. However, the nuns had to accept the introduction of the Reformation in 1528. 1544 sold the monastery clean the yard to the Count Hartmann of Hallwyl. In 1566, the separation of the judicial district Bözberg and the court cases of the court were negotiated clean from now on in Stilli was. Between 1588 and 1599 the city of Brugg acquired two-thirds of the court, the city of Bern, the remaining third. In March 1798, the French conquered Switzerland, the disempowered " Gracious gentlemen " of Bern and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. The Court came to the net new canton of Aargau. 1799 was the front line during the Second Coalition War right through the lower Aare valley. In the region there were several military camp of the French army. By requisitions and looting the villagers suffered great distress.

1803 sparked the Canton of Aargau in the yard clean and raised the villages to independent communities. Until the beginning of the 20th century Villigen was agricultural. The operated since at least the 13th century, viticulture was around 1880 because of the entrained phylloxera sharply. In the second half of the 19th century some 200 impoverished villagers emigrated to overseas. Until about 1960, the population stagnated, then doubled but within thirty years. This development was made possible primarily by the opening of the Swiss Institute for Nuclear Physics ( SIN) in 1968. The SIN merged in 1988 with the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research in Würenlingen to the Paul Scherrer Institute.

In September 2003, voters approved the incorporation of Villigen of Stilli, which was completed on 1 January 2006.

Attractions

On the high and steep rock head of Geissberg is the remains of the castle Better stone. In the village itself there are no less than ten wells, why Villigen is also referred to as the " village of the beautiful fountain ." Two of these, the iron collar and Schmitt fountain, built in 1583 and 1814 in the late Renaissance style stand, now a listed building, as well as the church.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: " In blue over green Dreienberg cut up fallen, flipped yellow bear's paw, accompanied by three five-pointed yellow stars. » The coat of arms goes back to that of the lords of Villingen, Habsburg ministeriales in the 13th and 14th centuries. The oldest known depiction dates from 1548, but the bear claw grows from the lower plate edge upwards into the field. The municipality's seal of 1872, the bear paw appeared now reversed, together with the three stars whose meaning is not known. In 1988, the council determined that the outside of the paw is present.

Population

Population development (not Stilli ):

On December 31, 2013 2037 people lived in Villigen, the proportion of foreigners was 25.8 %. At the 2000 census (based only on Villigen ) were 48.2 % and 35.0 % reformed Roman Catholic; 2.2% belonged to other faiths. 89.8 % identified German as their main language, the Albanian and 1.7% Italian, 1.6% Portuguese, 1.0% 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 Brugg is responsible. Villigen part of the justice of the peace circle clean.

Economy

Villigen, in comparison with the neighboring communities relatively large number of jobs, namely over 1300 according to Census 2008. These, 4% in agriculture, 4 % in industry and 92 % in services. By far the largest employer is the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), a multi-disciplinary research center for natural sciences and engineering. In addition, there is a small furniture factory as well as several commercial and service enterprises. Around one and a half kilometers north-west of the village lies on the eastern slope of the Geissberg a quarry. The degraded stones (limestone and marl ) are transported with a four kilometer long conveyor belt over the Aare across the Holcim cement plant in Würenlingen. Covering an area of 17 hectares is operated on the slopes above Villigen viticulture.

Traffic

Villigen and Stilli are on the main road that runs from Brugg from the western banks of the Aare River to body city. In Stilli a bridge over the Aare Würenlingen. The connection to the public transport network is carried out by a post bus line from Brugg railway station according to Doettingen, with numerous additional courses between Brugg and PSI. By Stilli addition, on line between Brugg and Zurzach, by PSI from a line across Untersiggenthal to Gebenstorf.

Education

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

Personalities

Esther Süss ( * 1974 ), mountain biker

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