Risch-Rotkreuz

Geschichte

Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages (Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern) belong to the municipality Risch. On the 24th of November, 2007 it was decided to promote the municipality as Risch-Rotkreuz. The change was made because the village Rotkreuz has become much bigger than Risch.GeographyThe municipality is between the Lake of Zug and the river Reuss. In the south, the Rooterberg is a part of the municipality. Many little rivers and two little lakes flow in Risch-Rotkreuz. The municipality historically consists of the four villages of Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern and Rotkreuz.Risch had an area, of 14.8km2. Of this area, 61% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The combined municipality of Risch-Rotkreuz has an area of 22.9km2.DemographicsRisch-Rotkreuz has a population of., about 25.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 29.3%. Most of the population speaks German (84.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.3%) and Italian being third ( 2.7%).The population of Risch is 337, while Rotkreuz has a population of 7,425.In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.6%), the CVP (18.2%) and the Green Party (12.2%).