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23-451: Beromünster is first mentioned in 1223 as villa Beronensis . In 1333 it was mentioned as Münster in Ergöwe . Until 1934 it was known simply as Münster (LU). Beromünster has an area of 42.12 km (16.26 sq mi). Of this area, 64.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%)

46-427: A Fachhochschule ). As of 2000 there are 1,542 households, of which 400 (or about 25.9%) contain only one individual. 253 or about 16.4% are large households, with at least five members. As of 2000 there were 917 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 669 were built only as housing, and 248 were mixed use buildings. There were 496 single family homes, 98 double family homes, and 75 multi-family homes in

69-504: A second tower, which was dismantled and rebuilt at Sankt Chrischona near Basel as a television transmission tower – a T-antenna for medium wave until 1962. After this date, it was transformed into a tower radiator, serving as a backup transmitter for the Blosenbergturm itself. The aircraft warning lights on the Blosenbergturm have a special feature: at dawn, a rotating beamer above the cabin comes into service. This beamer, which

92-606: Is a popular cycling route. The Wynental branch of the narrow-gauge Menziken–Aarau–Schöftland railway line serves the Wynental, running from Aarau to Menziken. Blosenbergturm The Blosenbergturm is a former radio transmission tower built for the German-language radio station DRS at Beromünster in the Canton of Lucerne , Switzerland , in 1937. It radiated first at 529 kHz and later at 531 kHZ,

115-746: Is also known as the Stumpenland due to the cigar industry that once centered in Menziken. The upper portions of the valley was carved by the Reuss Glacier. Large moraine deposits remain at Zetzwil and Gontenschwil. The surrounding hills are largely molasse . Connecting road 23 runs along the Wyna for the majority of the valley's length from Beromünster to Suhr. This road is referred to variously as Aargauerstrasse, Hauptstrasse, Aarauerstrasse, Wynentalstrasse, and numerous names north of Teufenthal and

138-475: Is much less bright than the beamers on the Stuttgart TV Tower , is switched off at night and the red aircraft warning lights are turned on. By watching the blinking light on the pinnacle of the tower, one could detect whether the transmitter was working. The high electrical field surrounding the top of the tower when the transmitter was powered meant that at such times the light glowed faintly, even in

161-431: Is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey, 16.32% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 72.03% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.54% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.29% is covered with buildings, 0.24% is industrial, 0.68% is classed as special developments, 0.27% is parks or greenbelts and 2.49% is transportation infrastructure. Of

184-829: The Wynetal (or Germanized also known as Wynental ), is fairly narrow, with an average width of about 500 meters, and drops very smoothly from 670m a.s.l. in Neudorf to 406m a.s.l. in Gränichen. Quite steep hills rise on both sides, carved by tributary valleys. In the east, a mountain range (about 810m to 600m a.s.l.) separate the Wynetal from the Seetal with the Hallwilersee and the Baldeggersee . The mountain range in

207-710: The Wynetal (the Wyne Valley). It is a tributary of the Suhre . The Wyna is 32 km long (main outflow in Reinach (AG) : 0.9 m /s). Larger towns in Wynetal are Beromünster , Menziken , Reinach (AG) and Gränichen . The Wyna is started by several headwaters south-west of Neudorf (LU) in the Lindewald (forest), 17 km north-east from Lucerne . Near Underdorf, the Lochbach , or Hole Creek, which starts in

230-443: The tertiary sector , with 96 businesses in this sector. As of 2000 50.5% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40.5% of the workforce. In the 2000 census the religious membership of Beromünster was; 3,650 (82.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 330 (7.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 73 (1.64%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 2 individuals (0.04% of

253-621: The Chegelwald, west of Neudorf, joins the Wyna. Then, it runs north through Beromünster (still canton of Lucerne), through Menziken and Reinach (now in canton of Aargau), west of Zetzwil , through Oberkulm and Unterkulm , through Teufenthal (AG) , and through Gränichen before joining the Suhre at 385m in Suhr , which joins the Aare further north, just three kilometres later. Tributaries that feed

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276-752: The Wyna include the Lochbach (left, in Underdorf), Moosbach (left, north of Beromünster), Schwarzenbach (right, south of Menziken), Rickenbach (left, south of Menziken), Vorderdorfbach Zetzwil/Totenbächli (right, in Zetzwil), and Dorfbach Gontenschwil/Sagenbach (left, after Zetzwil]), Dorfbach Teufenthal (right, in Teufenthal (AG)), Pfendelbach (left, west of the hamlet Bleien), Refentalbach (right, just after Bleien), Lochbach (left, in Gränichen). The valley,

299-523: The lowest officially allocated frequency in the European medium-wave band. The Blosenbergturm is a self-radiating tower insulated against ground, i.e. the entire tower structure is used as an antenna . With a total height of 217 metres (712 ft) it is currently the sixth tallest structure in Switzerland. It has a cabin at a height of 150 m (490 ft), containing a coil for feeding

322-401: The most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.7, but with only 126 mm (5.0 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is October with an average of 74 mm (2.9 in) of precipitation over 13.2 days. Wynental The Wyna (or Wyne ) is a river located mostly in canton of Aargau , but also in canton of Lucerne , Switzerland and runs through

345-409: The municipality of Gunzwil. The merged municipality in 2009 had an area of 29.35 km (11.33 sq mi). Beromünster has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 6,661. As of 2007, 13.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. The combined municipality has a population of 4,588 of which 10.1% are foreign. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.1%. Most of

368-451: The municipality. Most homes were either two (398) or three (192) story structures. There were only 40 single story buildings and 39 four or more story buildings. Beromünster has an unemployment rate of 1.18%. As of 2005, there were 91 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses were involved. 308 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 38 businesses in this sector. 709 people are employed in

391-425: The pinnacle, which is insulated against the rest of the tower, separately with high frequency power. Originally the tower was used as a dipole antenna, fed from the cabin. There was another, 126 m (413 ft) tall, freestanding lattice tower nearby, dismantled in 2011, which, like the Blosenbergturm, was a tower radiator insulated against the ground. This tower, which was built in 1931, carried – together with

414-669: The population (as of 2000) speaks German (90.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.1%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 45.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23%), the FDP (19.1%) and the Green Party (5.5%). The age distribution in Beromünster is; 1,190 people or 26.8% of

437-536: The population is 0–19 years old. 1,067 people or 24.1% are 20–39 years old, and 1,514 people or 34.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 502 people or 11.3% are 65–79 years old, 138 or 3.1% are 80–89 years old and 25 people or 0.6% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Beromünster about 71.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or

460-555: The population) who are Jewish. There are 165 individuals (3.71% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 1 (0.02%) individuals who belonged to another religion, 113 (2.54%) who did not belong to any organized religion, 114 (2.56%) who did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table: Beromünster is the site of the Blosenbergturm , a 215–217 m (705–712 ft) tall radio tower built in 1937. The castle at Beromünster

483-465: The unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.03% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located in the upper Wynental . It consists of two separate settlements, Flecken in a depression and the church owned village of Beromünster on the western side of a hill. Flecken consists of three rows of houses, built following a fire in 1764, along the main and parallel side road. Since 1 January 2009 it has also included

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506-605: The west (about 870m to 570m a.s.l.) separate the Wyne Valley from the Suhretal with the Sempachersee , from which the Suhre rises. Municipalities found in the Wynental from beginning to end of the Wyna are: Neudorf, Beromünster, Burg (AG) and Menziken, Pfeffikon and Reinach (AG), Leimbach (AG) , Gontenschwil , Zetzwil, Oberkulm and then Unterkulm , Teufenthal (AG), Gränichen, and finally Suhr. The general region

529-417: Was the site of one of the first printing presses in Switzerland, built in 1470. Beromünster has an average of 138.1 days of rain per year and receives an average of 1,223 mm (48.1 in) of precipitation . The wettest month is June, when Beromünster receives an average of 150 mm (5.9 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 13.2 days. The month with

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