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'''Göschenen''' ([[German language|German]], {{lang-it|Casinotta}}, {{lang-rm|Caschanuttais}}) a village and [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Canton of Uri|Uri]] in [[Switzerland]].
'''Göschenen''' ({{langx|it|Casinotta}}, {{langx|rm|Caschanuttais}}) is a village and [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[canton of Uri]] in [[Switzerland]]. It sits at the northern end of the [[Gotthard tunnel]]. The [[Göschenen riots]] (1875) saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.tagesanzeiger.ch/articles/551af30bab5c377738004f67|title=Der brutale Gotthard|date=12 October 2010|website=Www.tagesanzeiger.ch|access-date=2018-04-19}}</ref>


==Name==
==Name==
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''Geschenen auch Gestinen, Göschenen, Gestilen'' in Leu, ''Lexikon'' (1754) 8, p. 473.
''Geschenen auch Gestinen, Göschenen, Gestilen'' in Leu, ''Lexikon'' (1754) 8, p. 473.
''Gestinen oder Göschenen'' Ebel, ''Anleitung'' (1804) 2, p. 44.
''Gestinen oder Göschenen'' Ebel, ''Anleitung'' (1804) 2, p. 44.
The form ''Gestinen'' falls out of use in the 19th century. The spelling in ''ö'' becomes prevalent after 1870, and is recognized as hypercorrection by Brandstätter, 'Urseren', ''Vaterland'' 69 (1907): "Die unrichtige Schreibweise mit ‹ö› entstand dadurch, das im Urnerdialekt das ‹ö› eben auch wie ‹e› ausgesprochen wird. Das ‹e› in den beiden genannten Namen ist aber Umlaut von ‹a›, d. h. ursprünglich ‹ä›." </ref>
The form ''Gestinen'' falls out of use in the 19th century. The spelling in ''ö'' becomes prevalent after 1870, and is recognized as hypercorrection by Brandstätter, 'Urseren', ''Vaterland'' 69 (1907): "Die unrichtige Schreibweise mit ‹ö› entstand dadurch, das im Urnerdialekt das ‹ö› eben auch wie ‹e› ausgesprochen wird. Das ‹e› in den beiden genannten Namen ist aber Umlaut von ‹a›, d. h. ursprünglich ‹ä›."</ref>


==Geography==
==Geography==
[[File:Göschenen Bahnhof.jpg|thumb|left|[[Göschenen railway station]] right above the entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel]]
[[File:Göschenen Bahnhof.jpg|thumb|left|[[Göschenen railway station]] right above the entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Göschenen-LBS H1-023885.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1963)]]
Göschenen has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|104.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 7.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (80.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|1993|alt=In the 1993/97 land survey}}, 5.1% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 5.5% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 6.6% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.1% is covered with buildings, 0.3% is classed as special developments, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.9% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 62.8% is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.4% is other unproductive land.<ref>[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.10_02_areal92_97_gemeinden.pdf Canton Uri - Ground use statistics] {{de icon}} accessed 8 September 2009</ref>
Göschenen has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|104.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 7.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (80.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|1993|alt=In the 1993/97 land survey}}, 5.1% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 5.5% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 6.6% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.1% is covered with buildings, 0.3% is classed as special developments, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.9% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 62.8% is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.4% is other unproductive land.<ref>[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.10_02_areal92_97_gemeinden.pdf Canton Uri - Ground use statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707004706/http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.10_02_areal92_97_gemeinden.pdf |date=2011-07-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 September 2009</ref>


Göschenen and its [[Göschenen railway station|railway station]] are located at the northern end of the [[Gotthard Road Tunnel]] and the [[Gotthard Rail Tunnel]]. The village grew up around a bridge over the [[Reuss (river)|Reuss]]. The [[Schöllenen Gorge|Schöllenen]] [[Canyon|Gorge]] in the [[Reuss (river)|Reuss Valley]] between [[Andermatt]] and Göschenen is the location of the infamous [[Devil's Bridge]]. A very short {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} railway line, the [[Schöllenenbahn]], connects Göschenen railway station with [[Andermatt railway station]], via the Schöllenen Gorge.
Göschenen and its [[Göschenen railway station|railway station]] are located at the northern end of the [[Gotthard Road Tunnel]] and the [[Gotthard Rail Tunnel]]. The village grew up around a bridge over the [[Reuss (river)|Reuss]]. The [[Schöllenen Gorge]] in the [[Reuss (river)|Reuss Valley]] between [[Andermatt]] and Göschenen is the location of the infamous [[Teufelsbrücke|Devil's Bridge]]. A very short {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} railway line, the [[Schöllenenbahn]], connects Göschenen railway station with [[Andermatt railway station]], via the Schöllenen Gorge.


Until 1875 it was part of the municipality of [[Wassen]]. It consists of the village of Göschenen and the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Abfrutt and the Göscheneralp.
Until 1875 it was part of the municipality of [[Wassen]]. It consists of the village of Göschenen and the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Abfrutt and the Göscheneralp.
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==Demographics==
==Demographics==
[[File:Goschenen.JPG|thumb|left|Goschenen church]]
[[File:Goschenen.JPG|thumb|left|Goschenen church]]
Göschenen has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-UR}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-UR|1208}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-UR}} {{as of|2007}}, 4.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -26.9%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (94.9%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 2.0%) and Spanish being third ( 1.2%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 09-Sep-2009</ref> {{as of|2007}} the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.<ref name=Uri_pop>[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.09_01_espop_2007.pdf Uri Population statistics] {{de_icon}} accessed 8 September 2009</ref>
Göschenen has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-UR}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-UR|1208}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-UR}} {{as of|2007}}, 4.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -26.9%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (94.9%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 2.0%) and Spanish being third ( 1.2%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116031935/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/gemeindesuche.html |date=2011-11-16 }} accessed 09-Sep-2009</ref> {{as of|2007}} the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.<ref name=Uri_pop>[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.09_01_espop_2007.pdf Uri Population statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707004722/http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.09_01_espop_2007.pdf |date=2011-07-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 September 2009</ref>


In the 2007 [[Swiss federal election, 2007|federal election]] the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] party received 90.4% of the vote.<ref name=SFSO/>
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] party received 90.4% of the vote.<ref name=SFSO/>


The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Göschenen about 58.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Göschenen about 58.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>
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Göschenen has an unemployment rate of 0.81%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 34 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 75 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 96 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 17 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
Göschenen has an unemployment rate of 0.81%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 34 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 75 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 96 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 17 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>


The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|697|Göschenen}}</ref><ref name=Uri-in-zahlen>[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.25_uri-in-zahlen.pdf Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition] {{de icon}} accessed 8 September 2009</ref>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|697|Göschenen}}</ref><ref name=Uri-in-zahlen>[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.25_uri-in-zahlen.pdf Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707004727/http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.25_uri-in-zahlen.pdf |date=2011-07-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 September 2009</ref>
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==Weather==
==Weather==
[[File:Göschenerreuss 2018.jpg|thumb|right|Göschenen in winter]]
Göschenen has an average of 151.4 days of rain per year and on average receives {{convert|1424|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. The wettest month is April during which time Göschenen receives an average of {{convert|139|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 15.3, but with only {{convert|139|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. The driest month of the year is September with an average of {{convert|102|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation over 14.2 days.<ref name=MeteoSchweiz>{{cite web| url =http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html | title =Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990 | accessdate= 8 May 2009| publisher =Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss | language = German, French, Italian}}, the weather station elevation is 1099 meters above sea level.</ref>
Göschenen has an average of 151.4 days of rain per year and on average receives {{convert|1424|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. The wettest month is April during which time Göschenen receives an average of {{convert|139|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 15.3, but with only {{convert|139|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. The driest month of the year is September with an average of {{convert|102|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation over 14.2 days.<ref name=MeteoSchweiz>{{cite web | url =http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html | title =Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990 | access-date =8 May 2009 | publisher =Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss | language =de, fr, it | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090627163841/http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html | archive-date =27 June 2009 }}, the weather station elevation is 1099 meters above sea level.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Göschenen}}

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* {{Official website}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{HDS|697|Göschenen|author=Hans Stadler|date=2005-09-14}}
* {{HDS|697|Göschenen|author=Hans Stadler|date=14 September 2005}}
* [https://lohncheck.ch Wages Switzerland]


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Göschenen
Flag of Göschenen
Coat of arms of Göschenen
Location of Göschenen
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Göschenen is located in Switzerland
Göschenen
Göschenen
Göschenen is located in Canton of Uri
Göschenen
Göschenen
Coordinates: 46°40′N 8°35′E / 46.667°N 8.583°E / 46.667; 8.583
CountrySwitzerland
CantonUri
Districtn.a.
Area
 • Total
104.15 km2 (40.21 sq mi)
Elevation
1,111 m (3,645 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
448
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6487
SFOS number1208
ISO 3166 codeCH-UR
Surrounded byAndermatt, Gadmen (BE), Gurtnellen, Hospental, Oberwald (VS), Realp, Wassen
Websitewww.goeschenen.ch
SFSO statistics

Göschenen (Italian: Casinotta, Romansh: Caschanuttais) is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots (1875) saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.[3]

Name

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Göschenen is first mentioned in 1280 as Gesschenden. The name is from Rumantsch *cascina (modern caschigna) "alpine hut", from Latin capsum "corral", but influenced by the word for cheese, cascio. The e in the first syllable is due to Germanic i-umlaut, changed to ö in modern spelling is a hypercorrection based on the phonology of the dialect of Uri.[4]

Geography

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Göschenen railway station right above the entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel
Aerial view (1963)

Göschenen has an area, as of 2006, of 104.1 km2 (40.2 sq mi). Of this area, 7.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (80.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[5] In the 1993/97 land survey, 5.1% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 5.5% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 6.6% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.1% is covered with buildings, 0.3% is classed as special developments, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.9% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 62.8% is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.4% is other unproductive land.[6]

Göschenen and its railway station are located at the northern end of the Gotthard Road Tunnel and the Gotthard Rail Tunnel. The village grew up around a bridge over the Reuss. The Schöllenen Gorge in the Reuss Valley between Andermatt and Göschenen is the location of the infamous Devil's Bridge. A very short 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge railway line, the Schöllenenbahn, connects Göschenen railway station with Andermatt railway station, via the Schöllenen Gorge.

Until 1875 it was part of the municipality of Wassen. It consists of the village of Göschenen and the hamlets of Abfrutt and the Göscheneralp.

Demographics

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Goschenen church

Göschenen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 428.[7] As of 2007, 4.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -26.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.9%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 2.0%) and Spanish being third ( 1.2%).[5] As of 2007 the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.[8]

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 90.4% of the vote.[5]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Göschenen about 58.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[5]

Göschenen has an unemployment rate of 0.81%. As of 2005, there were 34 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 75 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 96 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector.[5]

The historical population is given in the following table:[9][10]

year population
1837 344
1850 348
1880 2,992a
1900 773
1920 974
1950 698
1960 1,284
1970 888
2000 511
2005 473
2007 450
2010 410
^a Population increase due to construction of the Gotthard rail tunnel.

Weather

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Göschenen in winter

Göschenen has an average of 151.4 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,424 mm (56.1 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is April during which time Göschenen receives an average of 139 mm (5.5 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 15.3, but with only 139 mm (5.5 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is September with an average of 102 mm (4.0 in) of precipitation over 14.2 days.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Der brutale Gotthard". Www.tagesanzeiger.ch. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. ^ ortsnamen.ch 1280 Gesschenden, 1290s Gescheldun, Gescheldun, Geschendon, Geschentun, Geschenden, Geschenen. 1353 Geschinen; latinized as Gestinum in Ortelius (1570), Mercator (1585). Göschinen first in 1455, the modern spelling Göschenen first in 1620. Geschenen auch Gestinen, Göschenen, Gestilen in Leu, Lexikon (1754) 8, p. 473. Gestinen oder Göschenen Ebel, Anleitung (1804) 2, p. 44. The form Gestinen falls out of use in the 19th century. The spelling in ö becomes prevalent after 1870, and is recognized as hypercorrection by Brandstätter, 'Urseren', Vaterland 69 (1907): "Die unrichtige Schreibweise mit ‹ö› entstand dadurch, das im Urnerdialekt das ‹ö› eben auch wie ‹e› ausgesprochen wird. Das ‹e› in den beiden genannten Namen ist aber Umlaut von ‹a›, d. h. ursprünglich ‹ä›."
  5. ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed 09-Sep-2009
  6. ^ Canton Uri - Ground use statistics Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 8 September 2009
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Uri Population statistics Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 8 September 2009
  9. ^ Göschenen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  10. ^ Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 8 September 2009
  11. ^ "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 1099 meters above sea level.
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