Gemeindeverwaltung

We preserve and promote an intact environment. We promote rural living and a healthy environment. We identify with our village. We strengthen the community. We utilize our decentralized village development and build on it.


Mission statement

The mission statement is the vision and ideological basis for meaningful and effective community policy. The citizens of the community of Gurzelen should be able to identify with it.

The mission statement guides the thinking and actions of the authorities. It is an overall concept but also an ongoing process that allows ideas and concepts to be adapted on an ongoing basis.

The corresponding measures for implementing the guiding principles are set out in the target and project definitions. As a management tool, the mission statement is intended to help the authorities lead the municipality into a successful future.

 

Village

• We preserve and promote an intact environment.
• We promote rural living and a healthy environment. We identify with our village.
• We strengthen the community.
• We utilize our decentralized village development and build on it.

Citizens

• We create a high quality of life for families, young and old.
• We support our active community life as the basis for socializing and cohesion.

Culture and landscape

Education, leisure, culture, and environment

• We are committed to the village elementary school.
  We maintain and promote a variety of interests and
• activities. We preserve our cultural assets.
• We protect and care for our rich cultural landscape.
• We support our agriculture in preserving our landscape.

Trade and agriculture

Working, shopping

• We promote local business.
• We support an innovative economy.
• We stand for economically strong agriculture.

Authorities

Planning, leadership, development

• The municipal council and municipal administration are citizen-oriented and fair.
• The municipal council has clear goals and acts consistently.
• We are committed to the well-being of our citizens.
• We look ahead and maintain our self-determination.

Finances

Taxes, projects

• We defend our healthy municipal budget.

Attitude toward transportation and energy

Roads, squares, buildings

• We make sensible use of public space.
• We optimize traffic and transport.

Communication

Events, announcements, meetings

• We invite our citizens to contribute their concerns and actively shape the future.
• We communicate openly and transparently and build trust. We foster targeted cooperation even beyond municipal boundaries.

Geology

The municipal area of Gurzelen was largely shaped by glacial masses up to 800 meters thick during the Ice Age. They pressed the subsoil into hard layers of sandstone and conglomerate, ground down hills and pushed out depressions, which were later filled with moors.

When the glaciers retreated, the stones they had carried over long distances remained behind, such as the "Fuchsenstein" in Steinhölzli, which originated in the Grimsel area, and the boulder in the forest near Kühweid, which came from the Kleine Scheidegg region.