Baar () is a

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in the

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Zug , neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri , twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina) Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

History

Baar is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Barra''.

Geography

Baar has an area, , of . Of this area, 51% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the northern portion of the flood plain of the Lorze river. It was originally a linear village along the road between Lake Zug and

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. Since the 1960s it has grown rapidly. It consists of the village of Baar and the former hamlets of Allenwinden, Blickensdorf and Inwil, as well as the farm houses of Deinikon.

Demographics

Baar has a population (as of ) of . , 24.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 20.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (83.1%), with Italian being second most common (3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (3.1%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
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, the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (22.9%), the FDP (18.2%) and the

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(17.7%). The historical population is given in the following table:

Education

In Baar about 72% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Baar is home to the

International School of Zug and Luzern The International School of Zug and Luzern (ISZL) is a private, coeducational, non-profit day school in Switzerland for students aged 3 to 18 in the greater Zurich area. Founded in 1961, the school enrolls about 1,200 students from more than 50 ...

, or ISZL. The ISZL is an independent co-educational, non-profit day school, from Pre-School to Grade 12 serving the international community of Central Switzerland. The municipality has a stadium, named ''Waldmannhalle'', with fixed seating for 1,200 people. This regular capacity can be extended to 3,000 for larger events.

Industry

From 1980 to 2006, it was also home to Lego Produktions AG Schweiz, a toy manufacturing plant owned by the

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where some Lego parts, especially those for the Lego Technic building sets, were manufactured. In 2006, the Lego Group announced a restructuring of the current production setup including the outsourcing of some of the production work to

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, a

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an electronics company. Lego Produktion AG in Baar was to be shut down and its operations moved to a plant now owned by Flextronics in

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. Lego Technic parts would still be manufactured in the headquarters at Billund,

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, which then had a workforce of 3,000. Baar serves as the official headquarters of

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, the global producer and trader of commodities,

Sika AG Sika AG is a Swiss multinational specialty chemical company that supplies to the building sector and motor vehicle industry, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. The company develops and produces systems and products for bonding, sealing, dampin ...

, a chemical company with products for construction and automotive, and Veeam, an independent software vendor. Baar has an unemployment rate of 2.26%. , there were 333 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 94 businesses involved in this sector. 3,810 people are employed in the

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and there are 278 businesses in this sector. 9,335 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1,415 businesses in this sector. Baar is also home to the Typo3 Association, which moderates the free

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Transportation

Baar railway station is a stop on the InterRegio service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Lucerne, serviced every full hour, as well as on the Zurich S-Bahn service S24 between

and Zürich Oerlikon. Several stops of the Stadtbahn Zug are in Baar. In the summer months it is possible to rent free bikes to bike around Baar. This can be done near the Rathaus.

Notable people

Martin Schmid Martin Schmid, also known as ''Esmid'' (September 26, 1694 – March 10, 1772) was a Swiss Jesuit, missionary, musician and architect, who worked mainly in the Chiquitos Province of what is now Bolivia. Life Martin Schmid was born in B ...

(1694 in Baar – 1772) Jesuit, missionary, musician and architect, worked mainly in Bolivia. * Max Huber (1919 in Baar – 1992) an influential

graphic designer A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...

Yvonne Gilli Yvonne Gilli (born 7 March 1957) is a physician and a Swiss political personality. She is a member of the Green Party of Switzerland. Biography Gilli was born in Baar in the Canton of Zug. She completed a three-year diploma as a nurse after comp ...

(born 1957 in Baar) physician and politician, Swiss National Council 2007-2015 ;Sport *

Harry Froboess Friedrich Harald August Froboess (23 October 1899 – 12 January 1985) was a German Stuntman, stunt diver, and Diving (sport), high diver. Biography Diving from an early age, his mother taught him to be a "jumping fish" and his father taught him ...

(1899–1985 in Baar) a German stunt diver and high diver *

Kurt Schmid Kurt Schmid (11 February 1932 – 2 December 2000) was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Schmid was born in 1932 in Baar, Switzerland, the son of Olympic rower Karl Schmid. Schmid Jr. r ...

(born 1932 in Baar) rower, competed in the

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and

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* Pirmin Stierli (born 1947 in Baar) former Swiss football player, 187 club caps and 16 for

* Martin Andermatt (born 1961 in Baar) football manager who coaches AC Bellinzona * Marcel Rohner (born 1964 in Baar) bobsledder, silver medallist in the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

Brigitte McMahon Brigitte McMahon-Huber (born 25 March 1967 in Baar) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competed in triathlon. McMahon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal with a total time of 2:00:40. ...

(born 1967 in Baar) former triathlete, competed in the

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Patrick de Napoli Patrick de Napoli (born 17 November 1975) is a footballer from Switzerland who is also of Italian descent. He primarily plays as a forward but can also play as an attacking midfielder and has played for a variety of clubs in Switzerland and Ge ...

(born 1975 in Baar) footballer of Italian descent, about 650 club caps *

Moreno Merenda Moreno Merenda (born 17 May 1978) is a former Swiss footballer and the current assistant manager of SC Cham. Career Merenda was born in Baar, and began his football career at home town club FC Baar. He made the transition to professional footb ...

(born 1978 in Baar) former footballer, about 400 club caps, assistant manager of

SC Cham SC Cham 1910 is a Swiss football team which plays in the third tier of the Swiss football pyramid. They are based in Cham and were founded in 1910. History The club was founded on 14 June 1910 and was the first football club in Canton Zug. ...

Kimi Räikkönen Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One Wo ...

(born 1979) Formula-1 driver and former WRC-driver, lives in Baar. *

Daniela Diaz Daniela Diaz (born 16 June 1982) is a Swiss ice hockey coach and former player. She coached the Swiss national team at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship. Her brother Raphael Diaz Raphael Salvador Diaz (born January 9, 1986) is a Swis ...

(born 1982 in Baar) ice hockey coach and former player, coached the Swiss national team *

Raphael Diaz Raphael Salvador Diaz (born January 9, 1986) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the National League (NL). Diaz previously played with the Rangers during the 2014 season after the trade ...

(born 1986 in Baar) ice-hockey player with the

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Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in Formula One ...

(born 1987) Formula-1 driver lives in a house in Baar *

Jannik Fischer Jannik Fischer (born June 29, 1990) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HC Ambrì-Piotta of the Swiss National League (NL). Fischer made his National League A debut playing with EV Zug during the 2008–0 ...

(born 1990 in Baar) ice hockey defenceman

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Cities in Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Zug