Zufikon

Village with church

Zufikon (Swiss German: tsufikχə ) is a municipality in the district Bremgarten in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It lies immediately east of the district municipal seat Bremgarten in the Reuss valley.

Geography

The historic village center consists of the upper village and about 300 meters from the lower village. Both are located at an altitude of approximately 405 meters on the edge of the flat plain east of the River Reuss. The western boundary of the municipality essentially follows the river, except when Zopfhau, where she runs across the peninsula. In the far south rises at the confluence of the wooded hills Buechholderen (420 m above sea level. M. ), in the southeastern Nüeschwaldhügel (435 m above sea level. M. ). To the east, the land rises steeply to the plateau of Holzbirrlibergs at, to the north east to Mutschellen Pass ( 551 m above sea level. M. ). The southwestern slope of Mutschellen was built over in the second half of the 20th century, virtually seamlessly with single family homes. For this reason Zufikon is not just grown together with Bremgarten, but also with Widen and Berikon.

The area of the municipality is 480 hectares, of which 125 hectares are covered by forest and built over 117 hectares. The highest point is located at an altitude of 542 meters below the Mutschellen, the deepest at 373 meters on the river Reuss.

Neighboring municipalities are Widen the north, Berikon the east, Oberwil- Lieli the southeast, Unterlunkhofen in the south and in the west Bremgarten.

History

A single find points to a settlement in the Bronze Age. The first mention of Zuffinchofa place in the year 1150th The village name comes from the Old High German Uffinghofun and means " in the courts of the clan of Uffo ". After 1200 Zufikon came under the rule of the Counts of Habsburg Racing Castle, a branch of the Habsburgs. The Bailiwick of 1318 came into the possession of the Knights of Schönenwerd, this was followed by the Lords of Seengen. Both were servants of the Habsburgs and were those of the lower courts, while the high court stayed the Habsburgs reserved.

The most significant landowners in the Middle Ages were the monasteries St. Blaise and Muri. In the 14th and 15th centuries Bremgarten could buy more and more goods and fundamental rights, either directly or by city citizens. 1415 conquered the Swiss Canton Aargau. During the part of the village to the north of the church tower, part of the Office pipe village was the county of Baden and was administered jointly by the Confederates, belonged to the southern part of the basement office and thus was under the sole dominion of the city of Zurich.

1450 acquired Bremgarten the lower jurisdiction over Zufikon and the church record and the tithes of grain and wine. The population occurred in 1529 on the Protestant denomination, but was re-Catholicised 1531 after the Second Kappel War. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. The reunited parts of the village formed a municipality in the canton of Baden short-lived, since 1803, the commune in the canton of Aargau.

1893/94 established the Zurich company Escher -Wyss on the Reuss river in Zufikon the first three-phase hydroelectric power plant in Europe. It was demolished in 1975 and replaced by a more modern system. On May 1, 1902 Zufikon received with the opening of Bremgarten -Dietikon train a connection to the railway network. From about 1960 began a building boom, in which the whole, once planted with vines southwest slope of Mutschellen was overbuilt. The population increased within forty years fourfold.

Attractions

The history of the Catholic parish church of St. Martin extends at least back to 1275, the year of its first documentary mention. The dilapidated building was 1865/68 is replaced by a Canton, designed by architect Carl Roth Pletz, neo-Romanesque church hall. A native of the Middle Ages the church tower remained. The interior of the building is dominated style of late Classicism.

Near the river bank at the power station is the Emauskapelle. It was built in 1552-1556, at the site of a former hermitage. Worth seeing are in particular three -painted baroque pictures cycles. Make Anthony the Great, Anthony of Padua and dar. Niklaus von Flue

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is: ". Among the main red shield in black and white pile, beseitet of two fallen blue keys with zugekehrtem beard " Since 1915, there was an unofficial coat of arms, which showed a red landmark in white. The council wanted 1949 but not what divides us but what unites symbolize. For this reason, the symbols of the County of Baden were pooled ( main shield with pile ) and the basement Office ( keys) in a coat of arms image.

Population

Population development:

On December 31, 2013 4343 people lived in Zufikon, the proportion of foreigners was 19.4 %. At the 2000 census, 51.8 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 28.9 % and 4.3 % Muslim; 1.9% belonged to other faiths. 90.1 % identified German as their main language, 2.2 % speak Italian, 1.5% Turkish, Serbo-Croatian 1.1%, Albanian 0.9%.

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 Bremgarten is responsible. Zufikon part of the Justice of the Peace District Bremgarten.

Economy

In Zufikon there according to census of 2008, around 750 jobs, of which 4% in agriculture, 22 % in industry and 74 % in services. All of the approximately 150 businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises. Most workers are commuters and work in neighboring Bremgarten or in the city of Zurich and their agglomeration.

Traffic

The northern, lying on a hillside district is opened up by the Bremgarten - Dietikon railway. The municipal area are the four stops Zufikon, Hammergut, Heinrüti and Belvédère. The flat part of the village at the foot of the hill is located near the train station and is also Bremgarten by the postal bus Bremgarten - Jonen and the local bus Zufikon developed.

Education

In Zufikon primary school, secondary school and secondary school are housed in three school buildings. The school district can be visited in neighboring Bremgarten, the nearest district school (high school ) is located in Wohlen.