Lungern
Lungern | |
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Obwalden | |
District | n.a. |
Area | |
• Total | 46.47 km2 (17.94 sq mi) |
Elevation | 715 m (2,346 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 2,119 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 6078 |
SFOS number | 1405 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-OW |
Surrounded by | Brienzwiler (BE), Giswil, Hasliberg (BE), Hofstetten bei Brienz (BE), Kerns, Meiringen (BE), Sachseln |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Lungern is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It encompasses Lake Lungern and, besides the village of Lungern, the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee.
Geography
The village of Lungern lies 750 metres (2,460 ft) above sea level in the highest part of the canton of Obwalden, on the eastern shore of the
To the south-west the municipality extends to the Brünig Pass. On its north-western side, the municipal boundary is set by the Wilerhorn and Höch Gumme mountains, and includes the whole of the Lake of Lungern. To the east, the boundary reaches as far as the Hochstollen and Chingstuel mountains, and includes the Güpfi mountain and part of the Kleine Melchtal valley.[3][4]
Besides the village of Lungern, the municipality includes the settlements of Kaiserstuhl and Bürglen that lie at the northern end of the lake, and Obsee on the south-western end of the lake.[3]
The municipal district of Lungern has an area of 46.33 square kilometres (11,450 acres), of which 6.48 square kilometres (1,600 acres) are meadow and tilled land, 19.2 square kilometres (4,700 acres) are pastureland, 15.97 square kilometres (3,950 acres) are wooded and the remaining 2.91 square kilometres (720 acres) are unproductive.[5]
History
The first legal proof of Lungern's existence is contained in a tax register for the diocese of the bishop of Konstanz in Germany dating from the year 1275. It is mentioned as Lutigern and also as de Lungern.[6]
In 1861 it became easier to reach the village with the construction of the old road over the
Population and economy
Nowadays the village of Lungern has about 2120 inhabitants. The population is stable, so there is a rise in the ratio of elderly to total population. In fact 17.5% of the total population of Lungern are of a pensionable age, compared with an average of 12% in the canton. If work opportunities remain limited this will likely grow even further in the future.[citation needed]
Demographics
Lungern has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 2,138.[7] As of 2007[update], 8.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[8] Over the last 10 years[vague] the population has grown at a rate of 2.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (94.8%), with Albanian being second most common (2.2%) and French third (0.7%).[5] As of 2000[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. In 2000 there were 681 households in Lungern.[8]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was[dubious ] just classed as other, which received 41.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.2%), the CVP (25.6%) and the SPS (6.5%).[5]
In Lungern about 71.5% of the population (between ages 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[5]
Economy
Lungern has[when?] an unemployment rate of 0.6%. In 2005, there were 156 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 66 businesses involved; 443 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 27 businesses involved; 394 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 54 businesses.[5] About 24% of the workers were involved in agriculture and forestry, 40% were considered artisans or craftsman. Of the rest of the working population, 13% were in commercial business or teaching staff, 12% were self-employed and 11% were domestic and hotel employees.[9]
Economically, agriculture, forestry and wood-working are predominant. Agriculture comprises cattle-breeding and dairy-farming. All of the agricultural farms are cultivated by native highlanders, and they are mainly situated not in the bottom of the valley but on its slopes.[dubious ]
Lungern has a large industrial sector with the main employers being
Historic population
The historical population is given in the following table:[6]
year | population |
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1790 | 1,234 |
1850 | 1,413 |
1900 | 1,828 |
1950 | 1,878 |
1990 | 1,859 |
2000 | 1,965 |
2005 | 1,950 |
2006 | 1,975 |
2007 | 2,023 |
2008 | 2,035 |
Weather
From 1961 to 1990, Lungern had an average of 149.5 days of rain per year and on average received 1,491 mm (58.7 in) of
Churches
There is one Catholic church and five chapels. The church is fairly new, about 110 years old, because the old one was destroyed in a flood of the lake.[citation needed] Chapels are located in the center of the village (Dorfkapelle), Obseekapelle, Kapelle Bürglen, Kapelle Breitenfeld and Kappele Krummelbach.[11]
Tourist sights
The main sights of Lungern are:
- the old church tower (Alter Kirchturm), a neo-Gothic church, and the hamlet Obsee
- the Lungern-Turren cablecar to Turren and then hike to Schönbüel[n 4]
- the underground shooting range[n 5]
Transport
The Brünig railway line passes through the municipality, on its route between Interlaken and Lucerne. Both Lungern station and Kaiserstuhl OW station are on the line and in the municipality; and in 2013 were served by one train per hour in each direction.[12]
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
- ^ "Arnihaaggen 2207m". Hikr.org. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
- ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 03-Sep-2009
- ^ a b Lungern in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ a b Canton Obwalden Statistics Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine accessed 2 September 2009 (in German)
- ^ Municipality of Lungern-Welcome (in German) accessed 3 September 2009
- ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961–1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the weather station elevation is 740 meters above sea level.
- ^ Chapels in Lungern
- ^ "Luzern–Brünig–Interlaken" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
External links
- Official site of the municipal Lungern
- Tourism Lungern
- Lungern in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.