Adligenswil

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Adligenswil

Canton	Lucerne
District	Lucerne
Coordinates	47°04′N 08°22′E
Population	5345 (December 2004)
Area	6.99 km²
Elevation	532 m
Postal code	6043
SFOS number	1051
Website	www.adligenswil.ch
Surrounded by	Dierikon, Ebikon, Küssnacht (SZ), Lucerne, Meggen, Udligenswil
Adligenswil

Adligenswil is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is east of the city of Lucerne and borders on canton Schwyz.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 Politics
5 Economy
6 Resources
7 External links

[edit] Geography

Adligenswil is a spread out community on the north side of the valley of the Würzenbach river. Three kilometers to the south-west, the Würzenbach flows into Lake Luzerne. The western part of the municipality is drained into the Ron valley. The main settlement, Adligenswil is located in a depression between Mount Dietschiberg and Mount Dottenberg, Stuben is on the western border of the municipality, and Dottenberg is on the slope of the hill of the same name.

Of the municipal lands, 54.5% are used for agriculture, 24.3% are forested, and 19.5% are developed. The neighboring municipalities are Dierikon to the north, Udligenswil to the north-east, Küssnacht to the east, Meggen to the south, Lucerne in the south-west and Ebikon in the north-west.

[edit] History

The community was first mentioned in 1210 by its historic name "Adalgeswile." Until the 13th century Adligenswil, as well as all the area nearest to Lucerne, was under the control of Lucerne and the Alsatian Murbach Abbey. In 1291 Lucerne fell to the Habsburgs. Between the Battle of Morgarten (1315) and the Battle of Sempach ([[1386]), the Habsburg influence gradually declined. In 1406 Lucerne acquired control of the "Vogtei" of the Habsburgs, to which Adligenswil belonged. Adligenswil was made its own parish in 1861.

View of Pilatus from Adligenswil

[edit] Population

From 1798 until 1970 the population increased only slowly, from 433 to 953 inhabitants, so Adligenswil retained the character of a peasant village. Beginning in the 1970s construction began, and has grown ever faster since 1975. Today the municipality counts over 5300 inhabitants. Typical for the town, the numerous communities are without public transportation.

Until long into the 20th century, Adligenswil retained an exculsively Roman-Catholic population. At the time of the 2000 census, only 64.29% of the citizens belonged to the Catholic Church. Religious minorities included 19.98% Protestant, 1.82% Muslim and 9.66% atheist.

[edit] Politics

Adligenswil is rather progressive. For a long time three of the five seats on the municipal council have been held by women. At the municipal council election during Spring 2004, the former party composition (2 CVP, 2 FDP, 1SP) changed by the addition of a new seat for the SP party. The municipal council is:

Pia Hirschi-Schmid (CVP), Municipal President; Culture and Youth
Hans Lustenberger (FDP), Vice President; Social and Health
Markus Sigrist (CVP), Finances and construction
Marianne Häflinger-Näf (SP), Public Education
Irma Kerbler-Stadler (SP), Environment and Safety

At the time of the last canton-level elections the parties received the following portions of the votes from Adligenswil: CVP 26.56%, FDP 22.12%, SP 20.96%, SVP 18.19%, Green Alliance 8.12%, Chance21 2.16%.

[edit] Economy

The proportion of the employed citizens working in agriculture has dropped sharply in the last decade. Only 6.2% of the work force is employed in agriculture at 23 agricultural operations. More important today are industry and trade (51.2% of the work force), and services (42.1%). The biggest employers are the printing company Ringier and the market research institute DemoScope. There is a total of 2,730 jobs in Adligenswil. Despite this the commuter balance is still negative, with 1,933 locals who commute from Adligenswil (51.8% to Lucerne) and only 897 (mostly from neighboring municipalities) who commute to Adligenswil.