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Jonen
Jonen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The first traces of a settlement come from an extensive burial ground from the Hallstatt period. There are remains of a Roman estate in Schalchmatthau. Additionally, the municipality contains an Alemanni cemetery (including six stone box graves) from the 6th to 7th century, in the territory of the former Käppelireben. The first mention of the modern municipality was in 1243 when it was mentioned as ''Jonun''. It was acquired in 1291 by Rudolf von Habsburg. In 1376 Duke Leopold of Austria pledged the rights to the low justice in the ''Kelleramt'' (of which Jonen was part) to Gottfried Milliner of Zurich. Then, in 1415 the ''Kelleramt'' came under the sovereignty of Zurich. The church tithe was paid to Wettingen and Muri Abbey, St. Leodegar in Lucerne, and the church and the hospital of Bremgarten as well as the church of Zufikon. In the Middle Ages Jonan belonged to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremgarten (district)
Bremgarten District is a Swiss district in the Canton of Aargau, corresponding to the valleys of the Reuss and Bünz rivers in the area known as the ''Freiamt''. Geography Bremgarten District has an area, , of . Of this area, 48.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (18.1%) is settled. Demographics Bremgarten District has a population of (as of ). , there were 2,402 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 11,781 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 9,773 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.43 individuals. there were 10,969 single family homes (or 37.2% of the total) out of a total of 29,488 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 479 em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberlunkhofen
Oberlunkhofen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten, in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest signs of a settlement in Oberlunkhofen are scattered Bronze Age items. In Schalchmatthau there is the foundation of a rectangular Roman era farm with a portico and flanked by two wings. Also from the Roman era, there is a 1-3rd Century villa and a bathhouse with heated rooms. Near the villa, an Alemanni graveyard was also discovered. During initial excavation, the wall remains were uncovered in 1897-98. Then, between 1975-80 the wall ruins were preserved. The modern village of Oberlunkhofen is first mentioned in the 9th Century as ''Lunchunft'' though this record comes from an 11th Century copy of the original, older document. In 1232 it was mentioned as ''Lunchuft'' and in 1309 as ''obern Lunchuft''. There was a castle near the village, but no surviving records mention it. It was presumably destroyed in 1386. The village was owned by St. Leode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremgarten, Switzerland
Bremgarten is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It serves as seat of the district of Bremgarten. The medieval old town is listed as a heritage site of national significance. In 2013, Bremgarten was the first municipality in Europe to introduce laws forbidding asylum seekers from visiting certain public places such as libraries, swimming pools, schools and churches. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Hermetschwil-Staffeln merged into the municipality of Bremgarten.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014 History The area was known before 1140 as ''Bremgarten'', though the city wasn't founded until almost a century later. In 1230, a settlement was fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arni, Aargau
Arni is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the Swiss canton of Aargau. History Arni is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Arne''. In 1983 the, already independent, village of Islisberg separated from the municipality of Arni-Islisberg to form the municipalities of Arni, AG and Islisberg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 Geography 
Arni has an area, , of . Of this area, 58.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the res ...
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Hedingen
Hedingen is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Hedingen is first mentioned in 1116 as ''Hedingen''. Geography Hedingen has an area of . Of this area, 48% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality includes the village of Hedingen, the hamlets of Fromoos and Ismatt and scattered houses. Demographics Hedingen has a population (as of ) of . , 13.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.7%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.4%), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottenbach
Ottenbach is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Ottenbach is first mentioned in 831 as ''in loco vocato marcha Hotumbacharia''. In 1169 it was mentioned as ''Arnoldus de Ottonbac''. Since the end of the 18th century, the textile industry had expanded as a home industry (Putting-out system) in Ottenbach: In 1784, the cotton spinning mill employed 49% of the local population (430 people, 287 of whom worked all year round). At the beginning of the 19th century there were around 350 weaving looms and the Zurich Mechanical Silk Weaving Mill employed more than 200 people in Ottenbach from the village and the surrounding area. Geography Ottenbach has an area of . Of this area, 56.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It is located near the Reuss River on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottenschwil
Rottenschwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest trace of a human settlement in the area around Rottenschwil, is a Roman era farm. The modern municipality of Rottenschwil is first mentioned in 1281 as ''Rotolfswile''. The major land owner in the area was Hermetschwil Abbey, but the Habsburgs held the vogtei office over the Abbey's land. With the conquest of the Aargau in 1415 those rights transferred to the Swiss Confederation. From 1415 until 1798, Rottenschwil was a part of the district of Muri in the Freie Ämter, which were governed as "subject lands" by all or some of the Confederates. A ferry over the Reuss river is first mentioned in 1312. In 1510, Muri Abbey sold their quarter of the profits from the ferry to the city of Bremgarten. Frequent floods strongly affected the population and buildings. In 1580 Hermetschwil Abbey helped construct a milldam on the river. During the Helvetic Republic (1798 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Affoltern Am Albis
Affoltern am Albis (abbreviated as ''Affoltern a.A.''; Swiss German: ''Affoltere'') is a town and a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Affoltern is first mentioned in 1190 as ''Afiltre''. Geography Affoltern has an area of . Of this area, 45.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers, or mountains). The municipality is located west of the Albis hills in the moraine landscape around the Reuss. It was created in the 19th century through the merger of Ober- and Unteraffoltern, Zwillikon, and Loo-Fehrenbach. Demographics Affoltern has a population (as of ) of . , 25.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (82.5%), with Italian being second most common (5.0%) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—most recently part of the Eastern Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), district of the same name. With a population of approximately 82,000 people, Lucerne is List of cities in Switzerland, the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and a nexus of economics, transportation, culture, and media in the region. The city's urban area consists of 19 municipalities and towns with an overall population of about 220,000 people. Owing to its location on the shores of Lake Lucerne (german: Vierwaldstättersee) and its outflow, the river Reuss (river), Reuss, within sight of the mounts Pilatus (mountain), Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne has long been a destination for tourists. One of the city's landm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zufikon
Zufikon is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History A single archeological find dates human habitation in the area to the Bronze Age. The first written reference to the village occurred in 1150. Geography Zufikon has an area, , of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent a Pale Sable between two Keys palewise Azure with wards downwards and inwards.'' accessed 4 March 2010 Demographics Zufikon has a population (as of ) of . , 17.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish Church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, often allowing its premises to be used for non-religious community events. The church building reflects this status, and there is considerable variety in the size and style of parish churches. Many villages in Europe have churches that date back to the Middle Ages, but all periods of architecture are represented. Roman Catholic Church Each diocese (administrative unit, headed by a Bishop) is divided into parishes. Normally, a parish comprises all Catholics living within its geographically defined area. Within a diocese, there can also be overlapping parishes for Catholics belonging to a particular rite, language, nationality, or community. Each parish has its own central church called the parish church, where religious services take pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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