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 use our decentralized village development and build on it.


Mission statement

The mission statement is the vision and ideal basis for shaping municipal policy in a meaningful and effective way. The citizens of the municipality of Gurzelen should be able to identify with it.

The mission statement guides the thoughts and actions of the authority. It is an overall concept, but also an ongoing process that makes it possible to continuously adapt ideas and concepts.

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

 

Village

• We preserve and promote an intact environment
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• We promote rural living and a healthy environment. We identify with our village
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• We strengthen the community.
• We use 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 a basis for sociability and cohesion.


Culture and landscape

Education, leisure, culture and the environment

• We are committed to the elementary school in the village.
  We maintain and promote different interests and
• Activities. We preserve our cultural assets
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• We protect and maintain our rich cultural landscape
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• We support our agriculture in preserving our landscape.


Business and agriculture

Working, shopping

• We promote local businesses
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• We support an innovative economy
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• We support an economically strong agricultural sector.


Authority

Planning, management, development

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


Finance

Taxes, projects

• We defend our healthy municipal budget
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Transport and energy

Roads, squares, buildings

• We use public space sensibly
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• We optimize traffic and transport
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Communication

Events, announcements, meetings

• We invite our citizens to contribute their concerns and play an active role in shaping the future
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• We communicate openly, transparently and create trust. We foster targeted cooperation, even beyond the municipal boundaries.


Geological

The municipality of Gurzelen is largely shaped by the glacial masses of the ice ages, which were once up to 800 meters thick. They pressed the subsoil into hard layers of sandstone and Nagelfluh, carved out hill shapes and excavated depressions that were later filled in to form moors.

When the glaciers retreated, the stones that were carried over long distances on their backs were left behind, such as the "Fuchsenstein" in Steinhölzli, which originates from the Grimsel region, and the erratic boulder in the forest near Kühweid from the Kleine Scheidegg region.

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