Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg
Encyclopedia
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is a municipality
in the district of Bremgarten
in the canton
of Aargau
in Switzerland
. Prior to 1953, the municipality was officially known simply as Rudolfstetten.
Engelberg Abbey
. In addition to Engelberg, Wettingen
, Gnadenthal and St. Blasien Abbeys also owned property in the village. The village vogt
ei or bailiwick
was an originally a Habsburg
fief, though in the 14th Century it transferred to the Schwendauer in Zurich
. Then, in 1438 it went to Bremgarten
.
Between 1415-1798 the village belonged to the county of Baden. During the short-lived Helvetic Republic
it was part of the Canton of Baden
from 1798 until 1803. Following the Act of Mediation
it became part of the district of Bremgarten of Canton Aargau in 1803. In 1966 the municipalities of Rudolfstetten and Friedlisberg joined together.
Religiously, until 1861 the Catholics were part of the Dietikon
parish
, then they became part of the Berikon
. Friedlisberg remained in the parish Berikon, but in 1964 Rudolfstetten broke away and formed a parish with Bergdietikon
. The two villages belong to the Reformed
parish of Bremgarten-Mutschellen.
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg was an important stopping place on the road from the Reuss river over the Reppisch to the Limmat
river. In 1902, the village was connected to Zurich by the Bremgarten-Dietikon electric tram
line. After 1960, due to the favorable location, the municipality experienced rapid growth. As of 2000, 82% of the employed residents are commuters.
The municipality is located in the Bremgarten district. It consists of the village of Rudolfstetten and the hamlets
of Friedlisberg.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per fess Or a Lion passant Sable armed and langued Gules and Gules two Keys in saltire Argent.
The age distribution, , in Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is; 430 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 469 teenagers or 11.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 547 people or 13.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 578 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 698 people or 17.0% are between 40 and 49, and 561 people or 13.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 454 people or 11.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 272 people or 6.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 80 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 8 people or 0.2% 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 42.3% 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 189 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 884 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 496 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.32 individuals. there were 619 single family homes (or 33.0% of the total) out of a total of 1,876 homes and apartments. There were a total of 17 empty apartments for a 0.9% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.8 new units per 1000 residents.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 39.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(19.2%), the CVP
(15.6%) and the FDP
(11%).
In Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg about 77.5% 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 308 students attending primary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there was a total of 2,143 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,793 or about 83.7% of the residents worked outside Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg while 488 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 838 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 21.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.6% used a private car.
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 Bremgarten
Bremgarten (district)
Bremgarten District is a Swiss district in the Canton of Aargau, corresponding to the valleys of the Reuss and Bünz rivers in the area known as the Freiamt.-Geography:...
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....
. Prior to 1953, the municipality was officially known simply as Rudolfstetten.
History
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is first mentioned in 1190 as Rudolfstetin in a deed to the BenedictineOrder of Saint Benedict
The Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
Engelberg Abbey
Engelberg Abbey
Engelberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Engelberg, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. It was formerly in the Diocese of Constance, but now in the Diocese of Chur...
. In addition to Engelberg, Wettingen
Wettingen Abbey
Wettingen Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Wettingen in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It was founded in 1227 and dissolved during the secularisation of 1841, but re-founded at Mehrerau in Austria in 1854...
, Gnadenthal and St. Blasien Abbeys also owned property in the village. The village vogt
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
ei or bailiwick
Bailiwick
A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...
was an originally a Habsburg
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
fief, though in the 14th Century it transferred to the Schwendauer in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. Then, in 1438 it went to Bremgarten
Bremgarten, Switzerland
Bremgarten is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It serves as seat of the district of Bremgarten. The medieval old town is listed as a heritage site of national significance.-History:...
.
Between 1415-1798 the village belonged to the county of Baden. During the short-lived Helvetic Republic
Helvetic Republic
In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then consisted mainly of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance, and conquered territories such as Vaud...
it was part of the Canton of Baden
Canton of Baden
The Canton of Baden was a canton of the Helvetic Republic . Its capital was the town of Baden....
from 1798 until 1803. Following the Act of Mediation
Act of Mediation
The Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803 establishing the Swiss Confederation. The act also abolished the previous Helvetic Republic, which had existed since the invasion of Switzerland by French troops in 1798. After the withdrawal of French troops in July 1802,...
it became part of the district of Bremgarten of Canton Aargau in 1803. In 1966 the municipalities of Rudolfstetten and Friedlisberg joined together.
Religiously, until 1861 the Catholics were part of the Dietikon
Dietikon
Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area.- Geography :...
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...
, then they became part of the Berikon
Berikon
Berikon is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.The village lies on a hill above and to the east of the Reuss Valley, covering part of the Mutschellen Pass...
. Friedlisberg remained in the parish Berikon, but in 1964 Rudolfstetten broke away and formed a parish with Bergdietikon
Bergdietikon
Bergdietikon is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley -History:...
. The two villages belong to 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 Bremgarten-Mutschellen.
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg was an important stopping place on the road from the Reuss river over the Reppisch to the Limmat
Limmat
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. It is the continuation of the Linth river, known as Limmat from the point of effluence from Lake Zurich, in the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare...
river. In 1902, the village was connected to Zurich by the Bremgarten-Dietikon electric tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
line. After 1960, due to the favorable location, the municipality experienced rapid growth. As of 2000, 82% of the employed residents are commuters.
Geography
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg has an area, , of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi). Of this area, 49.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Bremgarten district. It consists of the village of Rudolfstetten 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 Friedlisberg.
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 Per fess Or a Lion passant Sable armed and langued Gules and Gules two Keys in saltire Argent.
Demographics
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg has a population (as of ) of . , 21.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 4.8%. Most of the population speaks German (87.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.1%).The age distribution, , in Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is; 430 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 469 teenagers or 11.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 547 people or 13.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 578 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 698 people or 17.0% are between 40 and 49, and 561 people or 13.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 454 people or 11.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 272 people or 6.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 80 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 8 people or 0.2% 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 42.3% 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 189 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 884 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 496 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.32 individuals. there were 619 single family homes (or 33.0% of the total) out of a total of 1,876 homes and apartments. There were a total of 17 empty apartments for a 0.9% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.8 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 39.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(19.2%), 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...
(15.6%) 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....
(11%).
In Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg about 77.5% 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 308 students attending primary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 434 |
| 1900 | 438 |
| 1950 | 755 |
| 1970 | 2,384 |
| 2000 | 3,738 |
Economy
, Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg had an unemployment rate of 2.68%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 242 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 43 businesses in this sector. 498 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 120 businesses in this sector.there was a total of 2,143 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,793 or about 83.7% of the residents worked outside Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg while 488 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 838 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 21.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.6% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,731 or 46.3% were Roman Catholic, while 1,188 or 31.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 individuals (or about 0.11% of the population) who belonged to the Christian CatholicChristian 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.