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Adligenswil is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in canton Lucerne in Switzerland. It is east of the city of Lucerne and borders on canton Schwyz. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Lucerne (German Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Lucerne (German Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: (helpÂ· info)) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne. ... The town Schwyz is the capital of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. ...

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. Lake Lucerne may be: Lake Lucerne, the lake in Switzerland places in the United States: Lake Lucerne, Florida (population 9132 in 2000) Lake Lucerne, Georgia Lake Lucerne, Ohio See also: Lake Luzerne-Hadley, New York (population 2240 in 2000) Lucerne (disambiguation) This is a disambiguation page — a...

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. KÃ¼ssnacht am Rigi (official name since 2004: KÃ¼ssnacht) is a district and municipality in the Canton of Schwyz in Central Switzerland, consisting of three villages: KÃ¼ssnacht, Immensee and Merlischachen. ... Meggen is a municipality in the district of Lucerne, in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: (helpÂ· info)) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne. ...

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 monastery of Murbach. 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. Events End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210 Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan about 1210 Beginning of Delhi Sultanate Births... On November 15, 1315, the soldiers of Duke Leopold I of Austria were thoroughly defeated by an ambush of the Swiss Confederation near the Morgarten pass. ... Events August 13 - Louis X of France marries Clemence dAnjou. ... The Battle of Sempach was fought on July 9, 1386 between Duke Leopold III of Austria and the Swiss Confederation. ...

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. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... A Muslim (Arabic: Ù…Ø³Ù„Ù…, Turkish: MÃ¼slÃ¼man, Persian and Urdu: Ù…Ø³Ù„Ù…Ø§Ù†, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ...

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:

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%.

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. Ringier AG is the largest media corporation in Switzerland based in Zofingen. ... Location within Switzerland View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: (helpÂ· info)) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne. ...

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Municipalities in the district of Lucerne, Switzerland

Canton of Lucerne | Districts of Canton Lucerne | Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne Lucerne (German Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Lucerne (German Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland. ...

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