Amlikon-Bissegg
Encyclopedia
Amlikon-Bissegg is a municipality
in the district of Weinfelden
in the canton
of Thurgau
in Switzerland
.
The municipality was created on 1 January 1995 by a merger of Amlikon
, Bissegg
, Griesenberg
and Strohwilen
.
of Bissegg is first mentioned in 1324 as Bynssegge. Bissegg also includes the hamlets of Holzhäusern (mentioned in 1397 as Holtzhusern), Hünikon (mentioned in 857 as Huninchova) and Junkholz (mentioned in 1324 as Junkholtz). The village of Griesenberg is first mentioned in 1256 as Griessinberc and it also includes the hamlet of Fimmelsberg (mentioned in 1228 as Vilmarsperc) as well as other hamlets.
it was part of the lands of the Baron of Bussnang. From the mid-13th Century until 1798, it was part of the court of Griesenberg, which came from a side line of the Bussnang family. Amlikon has always been part of the parish
of Bussnang. The ferry over the Rhine in Amlikon, was first mentioned in the 14th Century. It was replaced around 1727 by a bridge. The flood of 15 June 1910 destroyed the covered bridge that had been built in 1821. It was replaced in 1911-12 by an iron structure, which was replaced in 1995 by a concrete bridge. The municipality lies on both sides of the Thur River.
Until the 19th Century the main economic activities were grain cultivation in a three-field system
and hemp production. This was mostly replaced in the 19th Century by cattle and dairy farming. The first cheese factory was built in 1908. Wine grapes are cultivated today. In the 19th Century there was an oil press. The steep lane to the village was replaced in 1832 by the S-shaped village street. At the turn of the 20th Century there were several local embroidery shops. However, larger factories did not permanently settle in the village.
en. During the High Middle Ages
it was under the influence of the Baron of Bussnang. Between the mid-13th Century to 1798, it was under the court of the Griesenberg family, which was a side branch of the Bussnang family. It was always part of the parish
of Bussnang, until in 1857 Bissegg and Junkholz became part of the Reformed
parish of Leutmerken.
The local economy was based on grain cultivation, and some vineyard
s until the 19th Century when it transitioned to cattle and dairy farming. Starting about 1870 milk from the village went to Holzhof village in the municipality of Griesenberg. Finally, in 1905, a cheesemaker
opened in Bissegg.
it was under the Baron of Bussnang. At the beginning of the 13th Century, the west half of the Bussnang lands came under a limited self rule. Its administrative center was the fortress of Alt-Griesenberg at Altenburg, until its destruction in 1289 by the Habsburgs. The new administrative center became the castle of Neu-Griesenberg at Tümpfel. After the death of the last of the male Griesenberg, Lütold von Griesenberg, in 1325, the new ruler was his daughter Adele. In 1367 the village had to be pledged as collateral to the Harzer brothers from Constance
. Then, in 1397, Adelaide's daughter from her first marriage, Clementia, sold the village to Konrad von Hoff of Constance
. In the 15th and early 16th Centuries it became the property of various families until it was acquired in 1529 by Henry of Ulm, who was also a citizen of Constance. His descendants sold it in 1759 in Lucerne
, who sold it again in 1793. Karl Anton Kraft, Austrian bailiff
of Stockach, sold it in 1795 to the Schulthess Family of Zurich. A Gerichtsoffnung or village law of 1475 (which was updated in 1605) defined the rights of the citizens of the village. The church of Griesenberg was part of the parish
of Leutmerken, and converted to the new faith during the Protestant Reformation
in 1529. When Marx von Ulm converted back to the old religion in 1607, the Counter-Reformation
came into the village.
Until the 19th Century, the local economy was based on grain cultivation. This changed to livestock raising and then dairy farming followed by fruit cultivation. The Holzhof, which has been in the possession of the Wartmann family since 1858, is one of the cradles of Swiss Tilsit cheese
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, 20.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 61.2% is used for growing crops, while 7.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 1.0% is in rivers and streams.
In 1995 the municipality was created when the Munizipalgemeinde of Amlikon merged with the Ortsgemeinden
of Amlikon, Bissegg, Griesenberg and Strohwilen.
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Thur River on the Konstanz
-Wil
road. It consists of the villages of Amlikon, Griesenberg and Strohwilen and the hamlets
of Bissegg, Holzhäusern, Hünikon, Junkholz, Altenburg, Bänikon, Fimmelsberg, Holzhof, Leutmerken and Tümpfel as well as other settlements.
(97.4%), with French
being second most common ( 0.5%) and Polish
being third ( 0.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.6% male and 48.4% female. The population was made up of 598 Swiss men (47.8% of the population), and 48 (3.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 566 Swiss women (45.2%), and 40 (3.2%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man, 5 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 4 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 5 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 19 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.0%.
The age distribution, , in Amlikon-Bissegg is; 126 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 218 teenagers or 16.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 124 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 161 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 237 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 195 people or 15.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 107 people or 8.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 79 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 46 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 64.6% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 412 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household. there were 202 single family homes (or 88.6% of the total) out of a total of 228 inhabited buildings. There were 18 two family buildings (7.9%), 6 three family buildings (2.6%) and 2 multi-family buildings (or .9%). There were 288 (or 24.0%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 741 (or 61.8%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 38 (or 3.2%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 16 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 6 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 11 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 23 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.06%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.8 new units per 1000 residents. there were 443 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 152. There were 4 single room apartments and 152 apartments with six or more rooms.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 57.87% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(10.66%), the Green Party
(9.48%) and the FDP
(8.74%). In the federal election, a total of 457 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.7%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
of Leutmerken and the Griesenberg are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
there were 809 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 356 or about 44.0% of the residents worked outside Amlikon-Bissegg while 114 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 567 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 49% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 Old Catholic who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
there are 3 individuals (or about 0.25% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 62 individuals (or about 5.17% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 3 (or about 0.25% of the population) who are Islam
ic. There are 11 individuals (or about 0.92% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 85 (or about 7.09% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 31 individuals (or about 2.59% of the population) did not answer the question.
).
Amlikon-Bissegg is home to the Amlikon primary school district. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 58 students. There were 10 children in the kindergarten
, and the average class size was 10 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 5 or 50.0% were female, 1 or 10.0% were not Swiss citizens and 1 or 10.0% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 31 children in who were at the lower primary level and 17 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 16 students. At the lower primary level, there were 21 children or 67.7% of the total population who were female, 3 or 9.7% were not Swiss citizens and 2 or 6.5% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 11 or 64.7% who were female, .
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in the district of Weinfelden
Weinfelden (district)
Weinfelden District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is the town of Weinfelden.The district contains the following municipalities:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
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of Thurgau
Thurgau
Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
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.
The municipality was created on 1 January 1995 by a merger of Amlikon
Amlikon
Amlikon is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.-History:In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Bissegg, Griesenberg and Strohwilen to form a new and larger municipality Amlikon-Bissegg.It was first recorded in year 1282 as...
, Bissegg
Bissegg
-History:In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Amlikon, Griesenberg and Strohwilen to form a new and larger municipality Amlikon-Bissegg.It was first recorded in year 1324 as Bynssegge....
, Griesenberg
Griesenberg
Griesenberg is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.-History:In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Amlikon, Bissegg and Strohwilen to form a new and larger municipality Amlikon-Bissegg.It was first recorded in year 1256 as...
and Strohwilen
Strohwilen
Strohwilen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Amlikon, Bissegg and Griesenberg to form a new and larger municipality Amlikon-Bissegg....
.
History
Amlikon village is first mentioned in 1282. The hamletHamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Bissegg is first mentioned in 1324 as Bynssegge. Bissegg also includes the hamlets of Holzhäusern (mentioned in 1397 as Holtzhusern), Hünikon (mentioned in 857 as Huninchova) and Junkholz (mentioned in 1324 as Junkholtz). The village of Griesenberg is first mentioned in 1256 as Griessinberc and it also includes the hamlet of Fimmelsberg (mentioned in 1228 as Vilmarsperc) as well as other hamlets.
Amlikon
During the High Middle AgesHigh Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
it was part of the lands of the Baron of Bussnang. From the mid-13th Century until 1798, it was part of the court of Griesenberg, which came from a side line of the Bussnang family. Amlikon has always been part of the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Bussnang. The ferry over the Rhine in Amlikon, was first mentioned in the 14th Century. It was replaced around 1727 by a bridge. The flood of 15 June 1910 destroyed the covered bridge that had been built in 1821. It was replaced in 1911-12 by an iron structure, which was replaced in 1995 by a concrete bridge. The municipality lies on both sides of the Thur River.
Until the 19th Century the main economic activities were grain cultivation in a three-field system
Crop rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.Crop rotation confers various benefits to the soil. A traditional element of crop rotation is the replenishment of nitrogen through the use of green manure in sequence with cereals...
and hemp production. This was mostly replaced in the 19th Century by cattle and dairy farming. The first cheese factory was built in 1908. Wine grapes are cultivated today. In the 19th Century there was an oil press. The steep lane to the village was replaced in 1832 by the S-shaped village street. At the turn of the 20th Century there were several local embroidery shops. However, larger factories did not permanently settle in the village.
Bissegg
Much of the village was owned by the Abbey of St. GallAbbey of St. Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Carolingian-era Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th century, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It was...
en. During the High Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
it was under the influence of the Baron of Bussnang. Between the mid-13th Century to 1798, it was under the court of the Griesenberg family, which was a side branch of the Bussnang family. It was always part of the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Bussnang, until in 1857 Bissegg and Junkholz became part of the Reformed
Swiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
parish of Leutmerken.
The local economy was based on grain cultivation, and some vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
s until the 19th Century when it transitioned to cattle and dairy farming. Starting about 1870 milk from the village went to Holzhof village in the municipality of Griesenberg. Finally, in 1905, a cheesemaker
Cheesemaker
A cheesemaker is a person who makes cheese.The craft of making cheese dates back at least 4,000 years. Archaeological evidence exists of cheesemaking by the ancient Egyptian civilizations....
opened in Bissegg.
Griesenberg
Originally the village was owned by the Abbey of St. Gallen. During the High Middle AgesHigh Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
it was under the Baron of Bussnang. At the beginning of the 13th Century, the west half of the Bussnang lands came under a limited self rule. Its administrative center was the fortress of Alt-Griesenberg at Altenburg, until its destruction in 1289 by the Habsburgs. The new administrative center became the castle of Neu-Griesenberg at Tümpfel. After the death of the last of the male Griesenberg, Lütold von Griesenberg, in 1325, the new ruler was his daughter Adele. In 1367 the village had to be pledged as collateral to the Harzer brothers from Constance
Constance
Constance is a female given name that derives from Latin and means "constant." Variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, Constanze, Constanza, Stanzy, and Konstanze.Constance may refer to:-People:*Constance Bennett , American actress...
. Then, in 1397, Adelaide's daughter from her first marriage, Clementia, sold the village to Konrad von Hoff of Constance
Constance
Constance is a female given name that derives from Latin and means "constant." Variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, Constanze, Constanza, Stanzy, and Konstanze.Constance may refer to:-People:*Constance Bennett , American actress...
. In the 15th and early 16th Centuries it became the property of various families until it was acquired in 1529 by Henry of Ulm, who was also a citizen of Constance. His descendants sold it in 1759 in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
, who sold it again in 1793. Karl Anton Kraft, Austrian bailiff
Bailiff
A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
of Stockach, sold it in 1795 to the Schulthess Family of Zurich. A Gerichtsoffnung or village law of 1475 (which was updated in 1605) defined the rights of the citizens of the village. The church of Griesenberg was part of the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Leutmerken, and converted to the new faith during the Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
in 1529. When Marx von Ulm converted back to the old religion in 1607, the Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation was the period of Catholic revival beginning with the Council of Trent and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648 as a response to the Protestant Reformation.The Counter-Reformation was a comprehensive effort, composed of four major elements:#Ecclesiastical or...
came into the village.
Until the 19th Century, the local economy was based on grain cultivation. This changed to livestock raising and then dairy farming followed by fruit cultivation. The Holzhof, which has been in the possession of the Wartmann family since 1858, is one of the cradles of Swiss Tilsit cheese
Tilsit cheese
Tilsit cheese or Tilsiter cheese is a light yellow semi-hard smear-ripened cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley. The original buildings from the cheese plant still exist in Sovetsk, Russia, formerly Tilsit, on the Neman...
.
Geography
Amlikon-Bissegg has an area, , of 14.43 square kilometres (5.6 sq mi). Of this area, 9.88 km² (3.8 sq mi) or 68.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi) or 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.18 km² (0.455600547139191 sq mi) or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 km² (0.0694983885466563 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, 20.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 61.2% is used for growing crops, while 7.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 1.0% is in rivers and streams.
In 1995 the municipality was created when the Munizipalgemeinde of Amlikon merged with the Ortsgemeinden
Bürgergemeinde
The Bürgergemeinde is a statutory corporation in public law in Switzerland...
of Amlikon, Bissegg, Griesenberg and Strohwilen.
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Thur River on the Konstanz
Konstanz
Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...
-Wil
Wil
Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St...
road. It consists of the villages of Amlikon, Griesenberg and Strohwilen and the hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Bissegg, Holzhäusern, Hünikon, Junkholz, Altenburg, Bänikon, Fimmelsberg, Holzhof, Leutmerken and Tümpfel as well as other settlements.
Demographics
Amlikon-Bissegg has a population of , 7.0% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 9.5%. Most of the population speaks GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(97.4%), with French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
being second most common ( 0.5%) and Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
being third ( 0.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.6% male and 48.4% female. The population was made up of 598 Swiss men (47.8% of the population), and 48 (3.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 566 Swiss women (45.2%), and 40 (3.2%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man, 5 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 4 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 5 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 19 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.0%.
The age distribution, , in Amlikon-Bissegg is; 126 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 218 teenagers or 16.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 124 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 161 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 237 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 195 people or 15.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 107 people or 8.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 79 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 46 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 64.6% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 412 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household. there were 202 single family homes (or 88.6% of the total) out of a total of 228 inhabited buildings. There were 18 two family buildings (7.9%), 6 three family buildings (2.6%) and 2 multi-family buildings (or .9%). There were 288 (or 24.0%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 741 (or 61.8%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 38 (or 3.2%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 16 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 6 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 11 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 23 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.06%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.8 new units per 1000 residents. there were 443 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 152. There were 4 single room apartments and 152 apartments with six or more rooms.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 57.87% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(10.66%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(9.48%) and the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(8.74%). In the federal election, a total of 457 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 50.7%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| Year | Population Amlikon | Population Bissegg | Population Griesenberg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 278 | - | 500 |
| 1870 | - | 205 | - |
| 1900 | 303 | 187 | 438 |
| 1920 | - | 138 | - |
| 1950 | - | 153 | 397 |
| 1960 | 258 | 161 | - |
| 1990 | 352 | 185 | 352 |
| Year | Population, Amlikon-Bissegg | ||
| 2000 | 1,199 | ||
Sights
The entire hamletHamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Leutmerken and the Griesenberg are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
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Economy
, Amlikon-Bissegg had an unemployment rate of 1.24%. , there were 196 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 72 businesses involved in this sector. 73 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 14 businesses in this sector. 150 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 40 businesses in this sector.there were 809 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 356 or about 44.0% of the residents worked outside Amlikon-Bissegg while 114 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 567 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 49% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 349 or 29.1% were Roman Catholic, while 654 or 54.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 Old Catholic who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
there are 3 individuals (or about 0.25% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 62 individuals (or about 5.17% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 3 (or about 0.25% of the population) who are Islam
Islam
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ic. There are 11 individuals (or about 0.92% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 85 (or about 7.09% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 31 individuals (or about 2.59% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Amlikon-Bissegg about 72.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
).
Amlikon-Bissegg is home to the Amlikon primary school district. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 58 students. There were 10 children in the kindergarten
Kindergarten
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, and the average class size was 10 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 5 or 50.0% were female, 1 or 10.0% were not Swiss citizens and 1 or 10.0% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 31 children in who were at the lower primary level and 17 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 16 students. At the lower primary level, there were 21 children or 67.7% of the total population who were female, 3 or 9.7% were not Swiss citizens and 2 or 6.5% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 11 or 64.7% who were female, .