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Wynetal
The Wyna (or Wyne) is a river located mostly in canton of Aargau, but also in canton of Lucerne, Switzerland and runs through the ''Wynetal'' (the Wyne Valley). It is a tributary of the Suhre. The Wyna is 32 km long (main outflow in Reinach, Aargau, Reinach (AG): 0.9 m3/s). Larger towns in Wynetal are Beromünster, Menziken, Reinach, Aargau, Reinach (AG) and Gränichen. River The ''Wyna'' is started by several headwaters south-west of Neudorf, Lucerne, Neudorf (LU) in the Lindewald (forest), 17 km north-east from Lucerne. Near Underdorf, the ''Lochbach'', or Hole Creek, which starts in the Chegelwald, west of Neudorf, joins the Wyna. Then, it runs north through Beromünster (still canton of Lucerne), through Menziken and Reinach (now in canton of Aargau), west of Zetzwil, through Oberkulm and Unterkulm, through Teufenthal, Teufenthal (AG), and through Gränichen before joining the Suhre at 385m in Suhr, Aargau, Suhr, which joins the Aare further north, just three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynetal
The Wyna (or Wyne) is a river located mostly in canton of Aargau, but also in canton of Lucerne, Switzerland and runs through the ''Wynetal'' (the Wyne Valley). It is a tributary of the Suhre. The Wyna is 32 km long (main outflow in Reinach, Aargau, Reinach (AG): 0.9 m3/s). Larger towns in Wynetal are Beromünster, Menziken, Reinach, Aargau, Reinach (AG) and Gränichen. River The ''Wyna'' is started by several headwaters south-west of Neudorf, Lucerne, Neudorf (LU) in the Lindewald (forest), 17 km north-east from Lucerne. Near Underdorf, the ''Lochbach'', or Hole Creek, which starts in the Chegelwald, west of Neudorf, joins the Wyna. Then, it runs north through Beromünster (still canton of Lucerne), through Menziken and Reinach (now in canton of Aargau), west of Zetzwil, through Oberkulm and Unterkulm, through Teufenthal, Teufenthal (AG), and through Gränichen before joining the Suhre at 385m in Suhr, Aargau, Suhr, which joins the Aare further north, just three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gränichen
Gränichen is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography The river Wyna flows north at first and heads northwest thereafter. The valley has an average width of about . On both sides of the valley there are steep hills with tributary valleys and small high plateaus. The landscape is not dissimilar to that of the Tafeljura, even though - geographically and geologically speaking - Gränichen lies in the Midland of Switzerland. The hills on the left side of the valley are (from north to south): Manzenberg ( ), Wällenen (559 m), Moosberg (550 m), Heidberg () and Pfendel (). These are foothills of the Schornig (), which marks the transition to the valley of the river Suhre. The hills on the right side of the valley are called Fuden (), Räckholderen (), Breitenberg () and Surberg (). In front of the Breitenberg is the Schulthess () which has almost the shape of an ellipsis. The Dossen () und the high plateau of the Liebegg are foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhre
The river Suhre is a 34 kilometer long tributary of the river Aare in the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Aargau. The river rises in Sempachersee (or Lake Sempach) at an elevation of 504 meters above sea level, and joins the Aare east of the town Aarau at an elevation of 362 meters. The most important side valley is the Ruedertal, which joins the Suhretal (or Suhre Valley) at Schöftland. In the medieval age, the river had several names: ''Suron'' (1036), ''Suranum flumen'' (1210), ''Sure'' (1241). Today, the name is written without "h" in the canton of Lucerne, and with "h" in the canton of Aargau. The most important tributaries are the Ruederchen joining at Schöftland, the Ürke joining at Unterentfelden and the Wyna joining at Suhr. River and valley The Suhre flows from the Sempachersee in Oberkirch (LU) north of the lake just next to medieval town of Sursee, which it traverses afterwards. After the underpass of the A2 motorway the creek Ron from the Mauesee joins the Suh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neudorf, Lucerne
Neudorf is a former municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Neudorf merged into the municipality of Beromünster.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013 History Neudorf is first mentioned in 924 as ''Niwidorf'' and as ''Niudorf''.Geography Before the merger, Neudorf had a total area of . Of this area, 60.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 33.52% of the t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinach, Aargau
Reinach is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Scattered neolithic items indicated that the area around Reinach has been occupied since at least that time. Several Hallstatt era tumuli (at Sonnenberg), Roman era buildings (at Chilebreiti) and Alamanni graves (at Herrenweg) confirm the early settlement of the region. Reinach is first mentioned in 1036 as ''Rinacha''. At around the same time, the Lords of Reinach (named after their castle of Unter-Rinach, in a neighboring village), owned much of the property in the village. Reinach, together with Menziken, Burg and Wilhof, formed the lands of the Lords of Reinach. The sovereign rights of the Lords of Reinach fell in 1402 or 1404 to the Ribi family, the schultheiss of Lenzburg, and the Alsatian noble family of Mörsberg. In 1572 Reinach separated from Menziken to each become independent municipalities. After the conquest of Aargau by Bern in 1415, Reinach remained the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
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Baldeggersee
__NOTOC__ Lake Baldegg (german: Baldeggersee) is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 5.2 km2 and its maximum depth is 69 m. See also *List of lakes of Switzerland This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, that have a surface area of at least , regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric. The ... References External links * *Waterlevels of Lake Baldeggat Gelfingen Lakes of Switzerland Lakes of the canton of Lucerne LBaldegg {{Switzerland-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sempachersee
__NOTOC__ Lake Sempach (German: ''Sempachersee'') is a lake in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about and its maximum depth is . A island named ''Gamma Insel'' is located east of Sursee. In the 17th century the lake counted with five ferries, that brought goods to the weekly market in Sursee. Many inhabitants of local areas swim, boat, paddle, and fish in Lake Sempach, due to its ease of accessibility. References External links *Sempachersee *http://www.sempachersee.ch Information about the municipalities on the lakeat Sempach Sempach is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History It has retained some traces of its medieval appearance, especially the main gateway, beneath a watch tower, and reached by a bridge over th ... Lakes of Switzerland Lakes of the canton of Lucerne LSempach {{Switzerland-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burg, Aargau
Burg is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Unter-Rinach Castle, which the village name references, was probably built in the 12th Century. It was the family seat of the lords of Rinach, who were vassals of the Habsburgs. The castle was destroyed in the Battle of Sempach by the Swiss and was never rebuilt. The first reference to Burg was in 1412 when two farms that were "by the castle" (german: Burg) were mentioned. As early as 1400, the '' Zwing und Bann'' or manor rights were divided evenly between the Teutonic Order and the family of the Schultheiss of Lenzburg. From 1415 until 1798 the village was under the authority of the city of Bern. It was part of the ''Oberamt'' or district of Lenzburg, and the court of Reinach. Geography As of 2009, Burg has an area of . Of this area, or 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 33.0% is settled (buildings or roads).< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leimbach, Aargau
Leimbach () is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Leimbach is first mentioned in 1300 as ''Leimbach''. During the Middle Ages the rights to collect tithes was divided between the Lords of Reinach, Hallwyl, Heidegg, Rupperswil, Büttikon, Falkenstein, Liebegg, and the Monastery at Beromünster. Starting in 1415 Leimbach was under Berner authority. At the behest of Bern, it broke away in 1528 from the Catholic parish of Pfeffikon and in 1529 joined the Reformed parish of Reinach. It wasn't until 1751 that the village received from Bern its own municipal law and mayor. In 1803, after the Act of Mediation, it became part of the newly formed Canton of Aargau. In the 18th and 19th Centuries the main sources of income were small scale cotton and tobacco production. Starting in the 1920s, a sheet metal and wire factory was built in the municipality. Geography Leimbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.4% is used for agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfeffikon
Pfeffikon is a former municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Pfeffikon merged into the municipality of Rickenbach.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013 History Pfeffikon is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Faffinchouen'' though this comes from a 14th Century copy of the original document. In 1173 it was mentioned as ''Phafinchon''.Geography Before the merger, Pfeffikon had a total area of . Of this area, 38.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51% is forested. The rest of the land, (10.1%) is settled. , 51.0 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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