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Municipalities Of The Canton Of Aargau
These are the 200 Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities of the Swiss canton, canton of Aargau, Switzerland (). List *Aarau *Aarburg *Abtwil, Aargau, Abtwil *Ammerswil *Aristau *Arni, Aargau, Arni *Auenstein, Aargau, Auenstein *Auw, Aargau, Auw *Baden, Aargau, Baden *Beinwil (Freiamt) *Beinwil am See *Bellikon *Bergdietikon *Berikon *Besenbüren *Bettwil *Biberstein *Birmenstorf, Aargau, Birmenstorf *Birr, Aargau, Birr *Birrhard *Birrwil *Boniswil *Boswil *Bottenwil *Böttstein *Bözberg *Böztal *Bremgarten, Aargau, Bremgarten *Brittnau *Brugg *Brunegg *Buchs, Aargau, Buchs *Bünzen, Aargau, Bünzen *Burg, Aargau, Burg *Büttikon *Buttwil *Densbüren *Dietwil *Dintikon *Dottikon *Döttingen, Aargau, Döttingen *Dürrenäsch *Eggenwil *Egliswil *Ehrendingen *Eiken, Aargau, Eiken *Endingen, Aargau, Endingen *Ennetbaden *Erlinsbach, Aargau, Erlinsbach *Fahrwangen *Fischbach-Göslikon *Fisibach *Fislisbach *Freienwil *Frick, Aargau, Frick *Full-Reuenthal *Gansingen *Gebenst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergdietikon
Bergdietikon is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). History Bergdietikon was originally part of the municipality of Dietikon in the Swiss County of Baden and was part of the short lived Canton of Baden. Following the Act of Mediation in 1803, the Canton of Baden was dismantled and the municipality of Dietikon was split. The mountain settlements in the west became the ''Berggemeinde Dietikon'' (Mountain municipality of Dietikon) until 1840 when it was renamed Bergdietikon. While Dietikon went to the Canton of Zurich, Bergdietikon went to Aargau. The creation of a municipality without any historic roots together and with a scattered geography meant that it took quite a while for any municipal center to appear. Geography Bergdietikon has an area, , of . Of this area, 54.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.8% is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bözberg
Bözberg is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It ceased to exist in 1873, when it was split into the two new municipalities Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Aargau, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Gallenkirch Gallenkirch is first mentioned in 1338 as ''Gallenkilch''. During the Middle Ages, Gallenkirch was part of the district of Hornussen, Aargau, Hornussen under the c ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Böttstein
Böttstein is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Some scattered La Tène culture items have been discovered near Böttstein. The modern village of Böttstein is first mentioned in 1087 as ''Botistein''. During the 11th to 13th Centuries it was the seat of the lords of Böttstein, who ruled over the village. The other, neighboring villages were under the lower court of the Knights Hospitaller order house at Leuggern. After the conquest of the Aargau in 1415, the '' Herrschaft'' was held by the district of Leuggern in the County of Baden. The ownership of the administrative rights of the village wend through about ten changes until 1606 when it was bought by the von Roll family of Uri. Between 1615-17, they replaced the original castle with a late-Gothic - early Baroque mansion with chapel. Through marriage, the property came in 1674 to the Schmid family of Bellikon, who ruled over the village until 1798 and occupied the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottenwil
Bottenwil is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Bottenwil is first mentioned in 1189 as ''Botanwile''. Geography Bottenwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 39.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.7% is used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boswil
Boswil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The village lies in the Bünztal valley at the foot of the Lindenberg mountain. The hamlet Wissenbach and Sentenhof (a former estate of the Benedictine Muri Abbey) belong to the municipality. History During Neolithic times, between 10000 and 8000 BCE, settlements were first established near the fish-rich Bünzersee (a small lake). In 1930, a cemetery, dated to have been from between 350-325 BCE, was discovered north of Boswil, and is seen as evidence that the area was occupied by Celtic peoples during the same time period. Various wall remains of farm estates and mansions from Roman times lie nearby. Boswil was first mentioned as ''Bozuuila'' in a document found in the Grossmünster church in Zürich. Although this document is not dated, recent research places the document's origin between 874 and 887 CE. Boswil and the surrounding regions were ruled by successions of counts and duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boniswil
Boniswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lenzburg (district), Lenzburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Boniswil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as ''Bonoltswile''. The village was ruled by the Counts of Lenzburg, then the counts of House of Kyburg, Kyburg and then the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs and finally in 1415 the city of Bern. The rights to High, middle and low justice, low justice were held by the Habsburg vassals, the lords of Rinach in the 13th Century. These rights, in turn, came in 1486 to the possession of the lords of Hallwyl and passed in 1616 to Bern. Einsiedeln Abbey collected rent on about three fifths of the land in the village. Religiously, it was part of the Seengen parish until 1842 when it joined Leutwil parish. In the 18th Century, the major economic sources in the village were the cotton industry with home spinning and weaving and agriculture. In the 19th Century, cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birrwil
Birrwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Isolated finds of artifacts indicate settlement during the Neolithic, Roman and Alamanni eras. The beginnings of the modern town go back to an Alamanni named Bero (meaning Bear), who founded the village Beriwilare (meaning Bero's village) in the area. Birrwil is first mentioned in 1185 as ''Beriuuillare''. Between 1185 and 1331 there was a noble ''von Birrwil'' family. No traces remain of their family castle. The village was part of the lands of the Counts of Lenzburg, the Kyburgs and the finally the Habsburgs. The power of '' Zwing und Bann'' ( Manor rights as well as low justice) over the village, was held by the Lords of Hohenklingen through the von Birrwil family. In 1326 those rights were acquired by the Lords of Liebegg who held them until the 1798. Following the Bernese conquest of the Aargau in 1415 became part of Bern until the end of the Old Swiss Confederacy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birrhard
Birrhard is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located about south east of the town of Brugg. History Birrhard is first mentioned in 1254 as ''Birharth'' when it belonged to the Habsburgs. The authority over the village went to the monastery Königsfelden in Windisch in 1397. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528, the authority went to Bern. Geography Birrhard has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birr, Aargau
Birr is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau and the capital of Brugg (district). The village lies halfway between Lenzburg and Brugg. Birr has grown with its neighbour Lupfig into a conurbation. Birr is known as one of the places where the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established new standards in education. His gravesite in Birr is listed as a heritage site of national significance. History While a few artifacts from the Roman and Alamanni eras have been found in Birr, there was no known settlement. Birr is first mentioned in 1270 as ''Bire''. Throughout the High Middle Ages the village belonged to the Habsburgs. The rights to rule the village went to Königsfelden Abbey at Windisch in 1397 and 1411. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528 those rights transferred to Bern. The chapel, which was a subsidiary of Windisch, became a parish church during the Reformation. This parish includes Lupfig, Birrhard, Scherz, Schinznach-Bad and Brune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmenstorf, Aargau
Birmenstorf is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The first written mention of Birmenstorf dates to 1146. In 1415, the '' Eidgenossenschaft'' conquered the Aargau, and Birmenstorf as part of the Habsburg County of Baden came under their sovereignty. During the Reformation, about a third of the population converted to Protestantism. The choir of the old church with frescos dating to 1440 still exists . For over 600 years, vineyards have been cultivated in Birmenstorf. Archeology Archeological findings indicate that the area was inhabited as early as the Stone Age. The village proper was most likely founded by Alamanni settlers probably in the 6th century. Geography Birmenstorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 44% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biberstein
Biberstein is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Biberstein is located on the north bank of the Aar River near Aarau. The town is a 17-minute bus ride from downtown Aarau. The neighboring communities are Auenstein to the east, Küttigen to the west, Rohr to the south, Rupperswil to the south-east and Thalheim to the north-east. The community of Biberstein occupies of which is wooded.Community of Biberstein-Numbers and Facts accessed 28 November 2008 Biberstein has an area, , of . Of this area, 34.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). History |
