Reinach, Aargau
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Reinach is a municipality
in the district of Kulm
in the canton
of Aargau
in Switzerland
.
items indicated that the area around Reinach has been occupied since at least that time. Several Hallstatt
era tumuli
(at Sonnenberg), Roman era
buildings (at Chilebreiti) and Alamanni
graves (at Herrenweg) confirm the early settlement of the region. Reinach is first mentioned in 1036 as Rinacha. At around the same time, the Lords of Reinach (named after their castle of Unter-Rinach, in a neighboring village), owned much of the property in the village. Reinach, together with Menziken
, Burg
and Wilhof, formed the lands of the Lords of Reinach. The sovereign rights of the Lords of Reinach fell in 1402 or 1404 to the Ribi family, the schultheiss of Lenzburg, and the alsatian
noble family of Mörsberg. In 1572 Reinach separated from Menziken to each become independent municipalities. After the conquest of Aargau by Bern in 1415, Reinach remained the center of the court of Reinach within the bailiwick of Lenzburg.
Ecclesiastically, before the Protestant Reformation
in 1528, Reinach belonged to the parish
of Pfeffikon. After it converted to the new religion, it formed at parish with Menziken, Beinwil am See
, Burg
and Leimbach. The parish church
was built in 1528-29. Menziken and Burg separated from the parish in 1890 and Beinwil left in 1933.
From the 14th Century, two mills and a tavern are mentioned in Reinach. In 1588 the town was granted market rights and a marketplace was built. In the 16th and 17th Centuries, the canvas weaving industry spread to the village. From about 1850 to 1970 Reinach was a center of the tobacco and cigar industry. The Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
connected the municipality in 1904 to Aarau
as part of the Reinach-Menziken line. In the 20th Century several companies in the metals industry settled in Reinach. Merger negotiations with neighboring communities in the upper Wynental were suspended because of little financial participation by the canton. Regional cooperation will be improved as part of a regional development concept.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 16.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. 26.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 26.5% is used for growing crops and 15.0% is pastures, while 3.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is located in the Kulm district, in the upper Wynental
(Wyna river valley).
of the municipal coat of arms
is Or a Lion rampant Gules with head and tongue Azure.
The age distribution, , in Reinach is; 783 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,002 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,058 people or 13.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 957 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 1,309 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 1,057 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 795 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 547 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 317 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 50 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 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 43.1% 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 313 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 1,649 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 939 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.39 individuals. , there were 2,964 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 1,085 single family homes (or 29.9% of the total) out of a total of 3,623 homes and apartments. There were a total of 89 empty apartments for a 2.5% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.5 new units per 1000 residents.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 44.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(15%), the SP
(14.9999%) and the CSP
(6%).
In Reinach about 59.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
). Of the school age population , there are 536 students attending primary school, there are 249 students attending secondary school, there are 241 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there were 3,646 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 2,333 or about 64.0% of the residents worked outside Reinach while 1,638 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 2,951 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 8.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.7% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic
faith.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Kulm
Kulm (district)
Kulm District is a district in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It is located west of Lake Hallwil and covers parts of the Wyna and Suhre valleys. The principal town is Unterkulm; the largest municipality is Reinach. The district contains 17 municipalities, is 101.35 km² in area and has a...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Aargau
Aargau
Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Scattered neolithicNeolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
items indicated that the area around Reinach has been occupied since at least that time. Several Hallstatt
Hallstatt culture
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Central European culture from the 8th to 6th centuries BC , developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC and followed in much of Central Europe by the La Tène culture.By the 6th century BC, the Hallstatt culture extended for some...
era tumuli
Tumulus
A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...
(at Sonnenberg), Roman era
Switzerland in the Roman era
The history of Switzerland in the Roman era encompasses the roughly six centuries during which the territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire...
buildings (at Chilebreiti) and Alamanni
Alamanni
The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Rhine river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Roman Emperor Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211 to 217 and claimed thereby to be...
graves (at Herrenweg) confirm the early settlement of the region. Reinach is first mentioned in 1036 as Rinacha. At around the same time, the Lords of Reinach (named after their castle of Unter-Rinach, in a neighboring village), owned much of the property in the village. Reinach, together with Menziken
Menziken
Menziken is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Menziken is first mentioned in 1045 as Manzinchouen though that comes from a 14th Century copy of the original document. In 1295 it was mentioned as Menzchon. However, the current site of Menziken...
, Burg
Burg, Aargau
Burg is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Unter-Rinach Castle, which the village name references, was probably built in the 12th Century. It was the family seat of the lords of Rinach, who were vassals of the Habsburgs...
and Wilhof, formed the lands of the Lords of Reinach. The sovereign rights of the Lords of Reinach fell in 1402 or 1404 to the Ribi family, the schultheiss of Lenzburg, and the alsatian
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
noble family of Mörsberg. In 1572 Reinach separated from Menziken to each become independent municipalities. After the conquest of Aargau by Bern in 1415, Reinach remained the center of the court of Reinach within the bailiwick of Lenzburg.
Ecclesiastically, before 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 1528, Reinach belonged to 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 Pfeffikon. After it converted to the new religion, it formed at parish with Menziken, Beinwil am See
Beinwil am See
Beinwil am See is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:There are traces of neolithic, Hallstatt, Roman and Alamanni settlements in or near Beinwil. However, Beinwil am See is first mentioned in 1036 as Beinwile. In 1045 it was mentioned as...
, Burg
Burg, Aargau
Burg is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Unter-Rinach Castle, which the village name references, was probably built in the 12th Century. It was the family seat of the lords of Rinach, who were vassals of the Habsburgs...
and Leimbach. The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
was built in 1528-29. Menziken and Burg separated from the parish in 1890 and Beinwil left in 1933.
From the 14th Century, two mills and a tavern are mentioned in Reinach. In 1588 the town was granted market rights and a marketplace was built. In the 16th and 17th Centuries, the canvas weaving industry spread to the village. From about 1850 to 1970 Reinach was a center of the tobacco and cigar industry. The Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
The Wyna Valley and Suhre Walley Railway is a privately owned narrow gauge railway company in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It operates under the brand AAR bus+bahn, together with the Busbetrieb Aarau...
connected the municipality in 1904 to Aarau
Aarau
Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura...
as part of the Reinach-Menziken line. In the 20th Century several companies in the metals industry settled in Reinach. Merger negotiations with neighboring communities in the upper Wynental were suspended because of little financial participation by the canton. Regional cooperation will be improved as part of a regional development concept.
Geography
Reinach has an area, , of 9.47 square kilometres (3.7 sq mi). Of this area, 4.24 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi) or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.57 square kilometre (0.992282547582815 sq mi) or 27.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.69 square kilometres (1 sq mi) or 28.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.2% 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 3.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 16.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. 26.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 26.5% is used for growing crops and 15.0% is pastures, while 3.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is located in the Kulm district, in the upper Wynental
Wynental
The Wynental is the Wyna River valley mostly in Canton Aargau, but also Canton Lucerne, Switzerland. Municipalities found in the Wynental include Beinwil am See, Beromünster, Burg, Gontenschwil, Leimbach, Menziken, Neudorf, Oberkulm, Pfeffikon, Reinach, Teufenthal, Unterkulm, and Zetzwil.The...
(Wyna river valley).
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Or a Lion rampant Gules with head and tongue Azure.
Demographics
Reinach has a population of , 35.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.2%. Most of the population speaks German (82.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.5%) and Italian being third ( 4.0%).The age distribution, , in Reinach is; 783 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,002 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,058 people or 13.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 957 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 1,309 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 1,057 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 795 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 547 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 317 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 50 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 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 43.1% 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 313 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 1,649 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 939 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.39 individuals. , there were 2,964 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 1,085 single family homes (or 29.9% of the total) out of a total of 3,623 homes and apartments. There were a total of 89 empty apartments for a 2.5% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.5 new units per 1000 residents.
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 44.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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....
(15%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(14.9999%) and the CSP
Christian Social Party (Switzerland)
The Christian Social Party is a political party in Switzerland. The CSP is more social democratic than the CVP. With the moderate Christian left as its background, the CSP commits itself to social democratic and environmentalist political solutions...
(6%).
In Reinach about 59.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
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...
). Of the school age population , there are 536 students attending primary school, there are 249 students attending secondary school, there are 241 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1,261 |
| 1803 | 1,672 |
| 1850 | 2,846 |
| 1900 | 3,668 |
| 1950 | 4,891 |
| 2000 | 7,258 |
| 2010 | 7,979 |
Economy
, Reinach had an unemployment rate of 2.85%. , there were 82 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 1,237 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 98 businesses in this sector. 1,803 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 321 businesses in this sector.there were 3,646 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 2,333 or about 64.0% of the residents worked outside Reinach while 1,638 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 2,951 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 8.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.7% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 2,070 or 28.5% were Roman Catholic, while 3,283 or 45.2% 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 were 6 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic
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...
faith.