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24-519: Flühli is first mentioned in the 17th century as güetli uf dem Flüöli . The battle of Sörenberg was fought in 1380 between Obwalden and Entlebuch . The region was only settled year-round in the 17th century. The municipality of Flühli is the largest in the canton of Lucerne and is located in the Alpine foothills in the valley of the Waldemme river. It consists of the villages of Flühli and, further up

48-490: A herald each to meet at the border, who would either declare war or make peace. The two heralds met and were later found to have killed each other. As the heralds did not return, both sides assumed the other had taken their herald, and mobilised for war. The two forces met at Schlachtalp . The Entlebuch side was victorious and took the Obwalden banner, which was kept until modern times in the tower at Schüpfheim . Cysat reports that

72-579: A single individual. 97 or about 16.3% are large households, with at least five members. As of 2000 there were 401 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 217 were built only as housing, and 184 were mixed use buildings. There were 137 single family homes, 47 double family homes, and 33 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (122) or three (72) story structures. There were only 10 single story buildings and 13 four or more story buildings. Flühli has an unemployment rate of 0.64%. As of 2005, there were 250 people employed in

96-488: Is 205 people or 10.7% are 65–79 years old, 69 or 3.6% are 80–89 years old and 8 people or 0.4% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flühli about 58.1% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). As of 2000 there are 595 households, of which 177 households (or about 29.7%) contain only

120-431: Is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey, 37.89% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 44.79% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.06% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 0.94% is covered with buildings, 0.06% is industrial, 0.18% is classed as special developments, 0.04% is parks or greenbelts and 0.99% is transportation infrastructure. Of

144-471: The Glaubenbühl Pass . The raiders were drunk from celebrating, and Wintrüeb entered the stable unnoticed and managed to steal back the cattle. The legend goes on to report a deception carried out by Windtrüeb involving cow bells , which for the 14th century is an anachronism . In the battle, the same Windtrüeb is said to have killed the Obwalden banner bearer. In this legend Windtrüeb was assassinated by

168-431: The canton of Lucerne , Switzerland . Its administrative center is the village of Schüpfheim . Entlebuch District roughly corresponds to the basin of the river Kleine Emme . The district receives its name from the village of Entlebuch , which is in turn named for the rivers Grosse and Kleine Entle , a right tributary of Kleine Emme. From 1803 to 2013, it was known as Amt Entlebuch , one of five districts ( Ämter ) of

192-411: The primary economic sector and about 102 businesses involved in this sector. 87 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 24 businesses in this sector. 346 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 65 businesses in this sector. As of 2000 45.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 35.2% of the workforce. In

216-505: The 1370s, Entlebuch was in conflict with Obwalden over the right to alpine pastures , culminating in the Battle of Sörenberg in 1380. As a result of the conflict, the Entlebuch sought an alliance with the city of Lucerne and in 1385 became a subject territory of that city. After the Battle of Sempach in 1405, when a central Swiss alliance fought an army of House Habsburg, the contract of 1385

240-427: The 2000 census the religious membership of Flühli was; 1,412 (81.3%) were Roman Catholic, and 136 (7.8%) were Protestant, with an additional 14 (0.81%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 40 individuals (2.3% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 32 (1.84%) individuals who belong to another religion, 50 (2.88%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 53 (3.05%) who did not answer

264-633: The 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 48.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.5%), the FDP (20.8%) and the SPS (2.3%). The age distribution in Flühli is; 502 people or 26.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 577 people or 30% are 20–39 years old, and 561 people or 29.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution

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288-482: The Obwalden party a few years later, in 1384, at Steinibach, halfway between Flühli and Schüpfheim . In the aftermath of the battle, the Entlebuch sought an alliance with Lucerne , and became a subject territory of that city, and by extension part of the Swiss Confederacy, in 1385. At the Battle of Sempach in 1386, Obwalden and Entlebuch fought side by side. A memorial stone at Steinibach (Krutacker) marked

312-426: The banner was lost because the banner bearer of Obwalden believing the battle was already won climbed on top of a rock, challenging any man of Entlebuch to come and take the banner. A man called Ring Rüegk ( Ring Rüegg ) of Entlebuch climbed the rock, killed the banner bearer and took the banner, turning the battle in favour of Entlebuch. Later legend adds additional elements. The hero of Entlebuch now appears under

336-481: The canton. It corresponds to the basin of the river Kleine Emme , which had been a territory of the canton of Lucerne de facto since 1385, de jure since 1405. Its area of 395 km² is roughly equivalent to that of the historical bailiwick of Entlebuch, first mentioned in the 12th century. The bailiwick was owned by the lords of Wolhusen in the 13th century, and passed to the House of Habsburg shortly before 1300. In

360-404: The name Windtrüeb (also Wintrüeb , Wintrüb ). In the cattle raid, the Obwalden invaders are said to have thrown the tenant of Schlachtalp into his cauldron of boiling rennet , killing him. They then collected the cattle and drove it away. Windtrüeb, the tenant of the neighboring Blattalp, is said to have pursued the invaders, catching up with them at Mörhalp, back in Obwalden territory beyond

384-453: The question. The historical population is given in the following table: Battle of S%C3%B6renberg 46°48′23″N 8°2′44″E  /  46.80639°N 8.04556°E  / 46.80639; 8.04556 The Battle of Sörenberg was fought in 1380, between the Entlebuch (at the time subject to the House of Habsburg ) and Obwalden (a canton of the early Swiss Confederacy ). It

408-454: The site of Wintrüeb's assassination. The memorial stone to Windtrüeb at Steinibach remained standing into the 17th century. In the Swiss peasant war of 1653, as the peasants were uniting under Christian Schybi , the people of Flühli rallied at the stone for their battle prayer, vowing to build a chapel at the spot should they return victorious. They were defeated and killed without exception, and

432-439: The stone has since been weathered away. An undated wooden plaque exhibited at Schlachtalp has an inscription mentioning the discovery of a document ( Schrift ) discovered when the previous wooden building was torn down which explained the name Schlacht . A modern Wintrüeb monument was erected at the bridge of Flühli in 1980. Entlebuch region Entlebuch District is one of six districts ( German : Wahlkreise ) of

456-508: The unproductive areas, 0.02% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.01% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 14.03% is other unproductive land. Flühli has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,836. As of 2007, 15.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Italian being third ( 0.8%). In

480-516: The valley, Sörenberg . The municipality then rises up to its highest points, at the Brienzer Rothorn and Tannhorn summits of the Emmental Alps . The municipality of Flühli has an area of 108.1 km (41.7 sq mi). Of this area, 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (15.1%)

504-641: Was de jure certified. Territorial conflicts with Bern were resolved with a treaty in 1470. Historically characterised by dispersed settlement , villages formed around churches as from the 16th century. The local population revolted repeatedly against the rule of Lucerne during the 15th to 17th century, most notably the Amstaldenhandel (1478), the Zwiebelnkrieg (1513) and the finally the Swiss Peasant War of 1653. The modern Amt (district) Entlebuch

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528-488: Was close to 17,000 in 1850. The region was long known as the " poorhouse of Switzerland " (also as the " Wild West of Lucerne") and is struggling for economic independence even today. In 2001 UNESCO accepted the region of Entlebuch to become part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves , in which conservation of the natural and cultural landscape is coupled with strengthening the local economy. Entlebuch consists of

552-473: Was established in 1803 as a consequence of the restructuring of Switzerland after the dissolution of the Helvetic Republic . Werthenstein was incorporated to the district only in 1889. The bailiwick had 2,260 inhabitants in 1453, and 5,377 in 1715. Population grew significantly in the later 18th century due to industrialisation, recorded at 12,182 as of 1795. At the height of industrialisation, population

576-426: Was the culmination of a conflict over the right to alpine pastures ( alps ). The immediate cause was a cattle raid at an alp now known as Schlachtalp , at the slope of the Brienzer Rothorn , above the village Sörenberg . As recorded by Renward Cysat in c. 1600, the cattle raid took place in 1374, and the tensions between Entlebuch and Obwalden continued for several years. Finally, the two sides agreed to send

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