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Seetal
The Seetal is a valley in the cantons of Lucerne and Aargau in Switzerland. The valley descends from south to north from near Eschenbach (in the canton of Lucerne) to Lenzburg (in the canton of Aargau), and is drained by the Aabach and the Ron. The valley is distinguished by Lake Hallwil and Lake Baldegg, from which it takes its name (''Lake Valley''). Communities The following municipalities lie within the Seetal: * Aesch, Altwis * Ballwil, Beinwil am See, Birrwil, Boniswil * Dürrenäsch * Egliswil, Ermensee, Eschenbach * Fahrwangen * Hallwil, Hitzkirch, Hochdorf, Hohenrain * Leutwil * Meisterschwanden * Römerswil * Seengen, Seon, Schongau Transport The valley is followed throughout its length by the ''Seetalstrasse'' main road and by the Seetal railway line, which both serve to link Lucerne and Lenzburg Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the Lenzburg District. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenzburg
Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the Lenzburg District. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neighbouring municipalities of Niederlenz and Staufen have grown together in an agglomeration. History A Neolithic grave field of the Cortaillod culture has been discovered on the ''Goffersberg'' (close to the Lenzburg Castle) dating from 4300 - 3500 BCE. A Roman theater was uncovered when a motorway was built in 1964. It was part of a small settlement with 500 inhabitants that existed for approximately 200 years. The settlement was abandoned in the 3rd century. In the 5th and 6th centuries, an Alamanni settlement existed. Lenzburg is first mentioned in 924 as ''de Lencis''. In 1036, Lenzburg Castle was used for the first time as seat for the Count of Lenzburg, then an important lord. The house however died out in 1173, and the castle was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beinwil Am See
Beinwil am See is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History There are traces of neolithic, Hallstatt, Roman and Alamanni settlements in or near Beinwil. However, Beinwil am See is first mentioned in 1036 as ''Beinwile''. In 1045 it was mentioned as ''Peinuuilare''. The noble von Beinwil family is first mentioned in 1153. This family was, in succession, vassals to the Lenzburg, Kyburg and Habsburgs before becoming extinct in the mid-14th Century. The family castle has disappeared. The power of '' Zwing und Bann'' ( Manor rights as well as low justice) over the village, were inherited in about 1300 by the Stewards of Wolhusen, then donated in 1501 to Beromünster, and sold in 1520 to Bern. The Counts of Hallwyl owned land on the lake (''Dingstätte'') to safeguard their maritime rights, which were first stipulated in 1419. Starting with the conquest of the Aargau in 1415 by Bern, until the French conquest and creation of the Helveti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boniswil
Boniswil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the 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 Kyburg and then the Habsburgs and finally in 1415 the city of Bern. The rights to 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 was replaced by the straw industry. The construction of the Seetalbahn train line in 1883 brought economic recovery and new industries (to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seon, Aargau
Seon is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Seon lies within the Seetal valley, on the banks of the Aabach river. The municipality has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area Out of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallwil
Hallwil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The Castle of Hallwyl is located in the neighboring municipality Seengen. History Hallwil is first mentioned in 1167 as ''de Allewilare''. Between 1566-1950 it was, legally, known as Niederhallwil. The high court and rights to high justice of the Habsburgs in Hallwil ended in 1415 with the conquest of the Aargau by Bern. The rights to low justice were held by the Lords of Rinach and Hallwyl before they went into the possession of Bern, as part of the court district of Trostberg. The tithes, originally collected by Säckingen Abbey, later went to the Lords of Hallwyl who then gave them as a gift to the church of Seengen. In 1528 Bern converted to the Protestant Reformation and Hallwil became part of the Seengen parish. Agriculture was the major economic activity until the 18th Century. In the 18th Century, the straw plaiting, silk ribbon and linen weaving industries became import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermensee
Ermensee is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Ermensee is first mentioned in 1036 as ''Armense''. Geography Ermensee is located in the Seetal valley between Lake Hallwil and Lake Baldegg. It is on the road between Lenzburg and Emmenbrücke. The municipality has an area of . Of this area, 58.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 35.26% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 53.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.44% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.46% is covered with buildings, 0.53% is industrial, 0.35% is classed as special developments, 0.35% is parks or greenbelts and 1.75% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, it is all unproductive flowing water (rivers). Demographics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egliswil
Egliswil is a municipality and village in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History It appears that there was a Roman estate in Egliswil, though the only archeological evidence is a single Roman era grave. The modern village of Egliswil is first mentioned in 924 as ''Egirichiswilare''. In 1331 the Habsburgs pledged the low justice rights to the Lords of Hallwyl. They merged Egliswil into the court of Hallwil. In 1677 they raised the, now much larger, village into its own independent court. The '' Untervogtei'' was placed in the ''Haus zum Sonnenberg'' a stone building from 1694. The romanesque aisleless church, with a churchtower from the 16th century, was a branch of the church in Seengen. In addition to grain, the main businesses of the village were vineyards (since the 17th century) and home working for the cotton industry (from 18th century). From the 1950s, small-scale industry moved into the edge of the village. Geography Egliswil is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leutwil
Leutwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Leutwil is first mentioned in 1273 as ''Lutwile''. The rights to high justice in the village in the late 13th and 14th Century was held by the Habsburgs. The rights to low justice was held by the lords of Trostburg, and later those of Reinach and Hallwyl. Between 1415 and 1798 the municipality belonged to the city of Bern as part of the bailiwick of Lenzburg. The village church was first mentioned in 1273. In the 13th Century, the first frescoes were painted in the church. Additional paintings were added during two periods in the 14th and 15th Centuries. In 1528, the Protestant Reformation entered the village, and the church transitioned to the new religion. In 1616, the Leutwil-Dürrenäsch parish was founded. There are two monuments that remember the plague epidemic that hit the village in 1629. In the 18th and 19th Century cotton processing and agriculture provided most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aabach (Seetal)
The Aabach is a small river that runs through the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Canton of Lucerne, Lucerne and Canton of Aargau, Aargau, in the Aare catchment area. It flows from south to north through the valley called Seetal (lit.: ''Lake Valley'') and ends in the Aare. Course The Aabach has its origin in Lake Baldegg, which is fed by the Ron (river, Switzerland), Ron and a number of smaller streams. In the village of Mosen, Lucerne, Mosen it empties into Lake Hallwil, Lake Hallwil (the Hallwilersee). The Aabach leaves the lake between the villages of Boniswil and Seengen. Hallwyl Castle, one of the most important water-controlling ''castles'' in Switzerland, sits in the middle of the river on two artificial islands, about north of the northern end of the lake. On the southern outskirts of Lenzburg a tunnel takes much of the flow of the Aabach under the town to rejoin the river in Niederlenz township. It was built as a relief tunnel to mitigate flooding in the town, which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschenbach, Lucerne
Eschenbach is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Eschenbach is first mentioned in 924 as ''Eskinpah'' or as ''Essinpahc''. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Or, a Castle Sable ensigned with a cross of four flesh-hooks of the same''. accessed 20-January-2010 Geography Eschenbach is located on the glacier carved plains between the and the Seetal valley. The municipality has an area of . Of this area, 74.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.5% is settled (buildings ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenrain
Hohenrain is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Since January 1, 2007, Lieli has been part of the municipality. accessed 18 August 2009 History Hohenrain is first mentioned in 1182-83 as ''Hohenrein''.Geography Hohenrain is located in the Seetal valley, on the western slope of Lindenberg mountain above . The municipal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochdorf, Lucerne
Hochdorf is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Hochdorf is first mentioned in 924 as ''Hodorf''. Geography Hochdorf is located in the upper Seetal valley, in the canton of Lucerne. The municipality consists of the village of Hochdorf and the hamlets of Baldegg, Huwyl, Urswil and part of Ligschwil. It has an area of . Of this area, 61.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 10.21% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 64.69% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.33% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 10% is covered with buildings, 4.27% is industrial, 0.42% is classed as special developments, 1.35% is parks or greenbelts and 5.21% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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