Weggis
Weggis, Lake Lucerne towards the south
Weggis ( pronunciation: [ vɛkis ] ) is a municipality in the constituency Lucerne Land of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
- 3.1 Tourism
- 3.2 traffic
Geography
Weggis is located in a follow named him bulge ( Rigibucht ) of Lake Lucerne at the southwest foot of the Rigi. The place has a very mild climate and is known for the flourishing of numerous southern plants (among chestnut trees, palms, grapes and orchids).
The village of Weggis lies on a plane located to the south on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Earlier, it was merely east of the two hamlets of the village to the west and Oberndorf it. Due to the construction boom due to the situation the quarters Hintersdorf emerged ( east of Oberndorf ), Rain and Laugneri in recent decades ( during back village), trees and Doerfli the sub- village - and Tischital and Rigiblick on the hillside above the upper village. Located in the southwest corner, a peninsula, the district Hertenstein LU is (2,3 km south-west of the village; lakefront ). Located in the outskirts to Vitznau, 1,9 km south-east of the village, another district is quasi emerged. From the lake shore to 436 m above sea level. M. to a height of 794 m above sea level. M. grown together various hamlets. These are: Riedsort ( lakefront ), Bannholz, soil and Sentiberg mountain ( 667 m asl. ) ( 642 m asl. ) ( 794 m asl. ). (. ; 1,438 m above sea level to 1,471 m asl 2.8 km northeast of the village. ) Perched on the hillside, reached by cable car and cog railway, the village of Rigi is cold bath. Many other groups of houses and farmsteads belong to the community.
With the exception of Mr. Forest north of Hertenstein the west and the center of the village is treeless. Situation is quite different at Rigihang east of the village behind. This part of the community is heavily covered by forest. Larger forest areas of the church forest on the hillside northeast of the village behind, through which the Kienbach flows to Lake Lucerne and the Luetzel Auerswald on the eastern boundary of the municipality.
The municipal boundary goes from the lake, west of sub Wilen (municipality Vitznau ) to the north 1,000 meters up to Rigi- First ( already in the Canton of Schwyz ). And then in a north -westerly direction north to the cold bath Rigi over to Rotstock ( 1'659 m above sea level. M. ). Then she turns to the west and south of Greppen pushes back on Lake Lucerne.
From the community area of 1182 ha ( without Sean part ) 46.0 % are agricultural land. Almost as much - 38.7 % - are covered by forest and woodland and 14.0 % are settlement area. Weggis is adjacent to Küssnacht SZ and Greppen in the north, at Arth in the Canton of Schwyz in the northeast, east and southeast of Vitznau and Lake Lucerne.
Population
From 1850 to 1880 - with the exception of the year 1870 - the number of inhabitants remained constant. Thereafter, it began to 1970 - two stagnation phases ( 1930-1941 and 1950-1960 ) interrupted - a constant growth of the inhabitants number ( 1880 to 1970: 94.5 %). In these ninety years, the population has almost doubled so. The 1970s saw a backlash ( 1970-1980: -6.0 %). Since then, the population is growing because of the good location and the hotel management schools with their large number of pupils very strong (1980-2008: 76.7 %). A special feature is the fact that over 200 Chinese ( mostly from the Shanghai region ) live in Weggis, which make the hotel schools, their education. On 31 December 2010 the community numbered 4'226 inhabitants. The female share of the population is 50.5 %. 44.8 % of all persons living in Weggis are married, 41% single.
Languages
The population used as an everyday language a highly Alemannic dialect. The dialect of Weggis is markedly different from that in the city of Lucerne from and similar to that of the canton of Schwyz (Examples I go / / Lucerne: ech goh; Canton Schwyz and Weggis: I gah / new / / Lucerne: Noei; Canton Schwyz and Weggis: nüü ). At the last census in 2000 gave 84.90 % German, Portuguese 1.63% and 1.41 % English as a primary language. However, the second largest Chinese language, that goes down, however, under the collective term East Asian languages in the census.
Religions - faiths
Previously, all the inhabitants were members of the Roman Catholic Church. By leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad, this has changed. Today ( as of 2000) provides for the religious composition of the population as follows. There are 59.98 % Roman Catholic, 16.70% Protestant Reformed and 1.66% Orthodox Christians. In addition, one finds 10.01% and 1.99 % non-religious Muslims. Among the persons who did not respond to the Creed, are probably some of Buddhist Chinese. The Chinese are also an important part of the unchurched. The Orthodox and Muslims are almost entirely people from the former Yugoslavia ( Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Albanians and Bosniaks ).
Origin - Nationality
End of 2009, 3,338 residents of 4'203 Swiss and 865 ( = 20.6%) foreigners. Of the resident foreign nationals in Weggis is Germany with 327 people or 7.8 % in Weggis most represented nation, followed by Portugal with 137 people or 3.4 %.
Economy
Tourism
After Lucerne Weggis is the second largest tourist destination in the canton of Lucerne. With a cable car takes you to Rigi - cold bath, in the neighborhood of the viewpoint Känzeli is. From Rigi- cold bath one can continue uphill on the cog railway ( Vitznau- Rigi -Bahn ). Weggis is also known as the Riviera of Central Switzerland because of its Mediterranean climate.
Traffic
Weggis is well served by public transport, v. a by boat, bus by the shipping company of Lake Lucerne ( SGV ). The bus (Riviera Line) Küssnacht ( station ) Weggis Gersau Fountain ( station) -Schwyz connects the communities on the Rigisüdseite together. The train station of Küssnacht SZ lies on the line Luzern- Goldau and the train station of wells along the Gotthard line (Basel -Chiasso ). Ships from and to Lucerne run mostly every hour.
Weggis lies on the road Küssnacht - Gersau Fountain. The nearest motorway junction Küssnacht SZ on the A4 is 10 km away.
History
Around 800 acquires the monastery Ragaz ( SG) the court Wattawis. The municipality was populated at that time but for some time. For the community name derives from the Celtic and means place of the ferrymen. The first mention of Weggis by his Latin name Guategisso dates from the year 1116, when Pope Paschal II the monastery Ragaz its ownership confirmed. The freedom-loving residents were under some time the rule of the Habsburgs. Both for the monks as for the Habsburgs practiced the Lords of Hertenstein from the regency. But already in 1332 were Weggis and Gersau Free Republics and allies of the neighboring Urschweizer. This was confirmed in 1359 in a Federal Charter of the Confederates. Nevertheless, the lords of Hertenstein sold their rights in 1380 to the city of Lucerne. These managed Weggis to 1798 as part of the bailiwick of Weggis. However, the Weggiser fought in several uprisings to 1588 against the men of Lucerne. During the Peasants' War of 1653 they were for once on the side of the reign of Lucerne. The village belonged from 1798 to 1803 for the district of Lucerne, then to the newly created district of Lucerne. In 1798 the district of Vitznau Weggis was separated and an independent municipality. The Fusion Project of the three Lucerne Rigigemeinden Weggis, Vitznau and Greppen 2005 was placed indefinitely on hold.
Others
Weggis is one of many tax havens by the lake. In 1919 the first bathing Switzerland was opened in the community in which men and women did not have to bathe separately. In 1946, the Hertensteiner program has been in the district Hertenstein passed that establishing the Union of European Federalists ( UEF, or European Union) contributed to the founding of the European Union. Since 1990, in Weggis a vineyard, which is registered in the Federal Rebbaukataster. The vineyard Eggisbühl below the hill chapel of the former manor house and later citizens home is managed by the vineyard club Eggisbühl.
From 22 May the training camp of the Brazilian national football team in Weggis found to June 4, 2006 ahead of the World Cup held in Germany. A total of 70,000 spectators attended the 14 public training sessions of the World Champion of 2002, accompanied with a big party program. A huge media entourage moved the community Weggis during this time in the spotlight.
Personalities
Mark Twain stayed in 1897 with his family in Weggis and referred to this place as " the most beautiful places on earth." After he was deposed as emperor lived Emperor Charles I of Austria and his wife Zita at the Schlosshotel in Hertenstein, before he left for the recovery of domination and flew over Dübendorf to Sopron. Sergei Rachmaninov had from 1934 to his home temporarily in Weggis; the pianist Edwin Fischer also lived long in Weggis 1956 and received the rights of citizenship. The jazz pianist and composer John Wolf Brennan lives in Weggis.