Bremgarten is a municipality in the

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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 Hermetschwil-Staffeln is a former municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Hermetschwil-Staffeln merged into the municipality of Bremgarten.

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 founded near the present location of Bremgarten. Then, in 1238/39 it was mentioned as ''Bremegarten''. In 1258, it was granted city right by

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. Bremgarten's population grew rapidly, and it became an important market town with an outstanding Latin school. Because it was part of the Habsburg lands, the residents of Bremgarten fought at the Battles of Morgarten (1315) and Sempach on the Habsburg side. In 1379, a courthouse was built in Bremgarten, serving as center of a new legal district.

Berikon Berikon is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The village lies on a hill above and to the east of the Reuss Valley, covering part of the Mutschellen Pass. This municipality is bounded by R ...

joined Bremgarten in 1374. Later, in 1410,

Unterlunkhofen Unterlunkhofen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Since pre-Christian times people have inhabited the areas around Unterlunkhofen. Archeological digs document a settlement of the ...

, Oberlunkhofen, Jonen and

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joined.

Oberwil-Lieli Oberwil-Lieli is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History During the Roman era the municipal area was lightly settled. On the site of the current church there was a Roman farm. The ruin ...

joined in 1429,

Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Prior to 1953, the municipality was officially known simply as Rudolfstetten. History Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is first menti ...

in 1430, and finally Huserhof in 1482. Two districts were created: a "high" one for Ober- and Unterlunkhofen, Arni, Islisberg, Jonen, Werd and Huserhof and a "lower" one for the remaining village. Landvogtei Freie Aemter

In 1415, Aargau was conquered by the Old Swiss Confederation. While

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kept the southwest portion which consisted of

Zofingen Zofingen (french: Zofingue) is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement. History In ancient times Zofingen was a settleme ...

Aarburg Aarburg is a historic town and a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The small town lies in the southwest Aargau, in a narrow section of the Aare valley, at the confluence with the Wigger. It lies in ...

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, Lenzburg, and Brugg. Bremgarten became part of the ''Freie Ämter'' or ''free bailiwicks''. They remained relatively independent and were allowed to keep their own legal districts. Bremgarten, together with the rest of the ''Freie Ämter'' ( Mellingen, Muri,

Villmergen Villmergen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Two famous battles took place at Villmergen. In 2010 Hilfikon merged into Villmergen.Old Zürich War, in which it was besieged and captured. Bremgarten played an important role in the Reformation. An important Swiss reformer called Heinrich Bullinger was born there in 1504. As early as 1529, the official religion of the city changed from Catholicism. However, Catholicism was reintroduced by force in 1531 after the Battle of Kappel. Bullinger was forced into exile and moved to Zürich, where he became the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as the leader of the city after Zwingli had died in battle. Catholicism lost its influence after the second Villmerger War of 1712. Bremgarten became part of the area of Zürich, Bern and Glarus. During the French Revolution, it became for a short time host to Louis-Philippe, who sought refuge from the revolutionaries. Marshal André Masséna moved into Bremgarten, along with his headquarters, before his troops defeated those of Russia and Austria near Zürich. During the time of the

Helvetic Republic The Helvetic Republic (, , ) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, ma ...

, Bremgarten became part of the short-lived

Canton of Baden The Canton of Baden (german: Kanton Baden) was a canton of the Helvetic Republic (a Napoleonic-era precursor of modern-day Switzerland). Its capital was the town of Baden. Formation The canton was created in 1798 from the merger of the County of ...

. In 1803 it joined the canton of Aargau. The city flourished during the Industrial Revolution. Because of the growth, the city wall was taken down, and it was connected to the

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in 1876. Only since 1912 has the city been connected with Dietikon and

Wohlen Wohlen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest known settlements in Wohlen date from the late Hallstatt era (600-500 BC). This settlement left two clusters of burial moun ...

by rail. Like everywhere in Europe, the era after World War II marked a vast increase in motorised traffic. Bremgarten is located at the main road connecting Lenzburg to Zürich. Before the highway was opened, it was one of the busiest roads in Switzerland. This was a big problem, because all the traffic needed to pass a small wooden bridge in the middle of the old part of the town. The opening of the highway did not solve this problem. Only in 1994, when a bypass was constructed, the old part of the town has finally been quiet again. It is now closed to motorised traffic.

Geography

Bremgarten has an area, , of . Of this area, 10.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is the capital of the Bremgarten district. The upper city is located on the heights above the

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river. While the lower city is located along the banks of the river.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent a Lion rampant Gules.''

Demographics

Bremgarten has a population (as of ) of . , 21.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 17%. Most of the population () speaks German (86.2%), with Albanian being second most common (3.0%) and Italian being third (1.9%).
accessed 17-February-2010 The age distribution, , in Bremgarten is; 651 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 692 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 852 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 909 people or 14.6% are between 30 and 39, 1,069 people or 17.1% are between 40 and 49, and 834 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 648 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 383 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 180 people or 2.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 29 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 , there were 358 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 1,283 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 623 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.12 individuals. there were 549 single family homes (or 18.2% of the total) out of a total of 3,015 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 115 empty apartments for a 3.8% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.8 new units per 1000 residents. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.1%), the CVP (16.3%) and the FDP (12.7%). Bremgarten Stadtschulhaus

In Bremgarten about 69.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Of the school age population (), there are 475 students attending primary school, there are 186 students attending secondary school, there are 492 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width: auto height:500 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:35 bottom:90 right:35 Legend = columns:3 left:20 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:6500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0 Colors= id:HE value:yellowgreen legend:Hermetschwil-Staffeln id:BR value:green legend:Bremgarten PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:346 text:"346" color:HE bar:1860 from: 0 till:348 text:"348" color:HE bar:1870 from: 0 till:355 text:"355" color:HE bar:1880 from: 0 till:368 text:"368" color:HE bar:1890 from: 0 till:413 text:"413" color:HE bar:1900 from: 0 till:389 text:"389" color:HE bar:1910 from: 0 till:382 text:"382" color:HE bar:1920 from: 0 till:388 text:"388" color:HE bar:1930 from: 0 till:383 text:"383" color:HE bar:1940 from: 0 till:407 text:"407" color:HE bar:1950 from: 0 till:379 text:"379" color:HE bar:1960 from: 0 till:412 text:"412" color:HE bar:1970 from: 0 till:473 text:"473" color:HE bar:1980 from: 0 till:498 text:"498" color:HE bar:1990 from: 0 till:592 text:"592" color:HE bar:2000 from: 0 till:1087 text:"1,087" color:HE bar:1850 from: 346 till:1653 text:"1,307" color:BR bar:1860 from: 348 till:1899 text:"1,551" color:BR bar:1870 from: 355 till:1980 text:"1,625" color:BR bar:1880 from: 368 till:2026 text:"1,658" color:BR bar:1890 from: 413 till:2302 text:"1,889" color:BR bar:1900 from: 389 till:2598 text:"2,209" color:BR bar:1910 from: 382 till:2930 text:"2,548" color:BR bar:1920 from: 388 till:3076 text:"2,688" color:BR bar:1930 from: 383 till:3440 text:"3,057" color:BR bar:1940 from: 407 till:3597 text:"3,190" color:BR bar:1950 from: 379 till:3848 text:"3,469" color:BR bar:1960 from: 412 till:4567 text:"4,155" color:BR bar:1970 from: 473 till:5346 text:"4,873" color:BR bar:1980 from: 498 till:5313 text:"4,815" color:BR bar:1990 from: 592 till:5872 text:"5,280" color:BR bar:2000 from: 1087 till:6425 text:"5,338" color:BR

Heritage sites of national significance

There are nine sites in Bremgarten that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. Before the 2014 merger with Hermetschwil-Staffeln, seven were in Bremgarten while two came from Hermetschwil-Staffeln.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 17-Feb-2010 There are two government or administration buildings, the former ''Muri-Amthof'' at Antonigasse 2 as well as the addition to the ''Muri-Amthof'' at Antonigasse 4. Two churches are on the list, the Roman Catholic City Church with St. Klara Chapel, and the St. Anna Chapel together with the Mother of God Chapel (german: Muttergottes) on Pfarrgasse / Kirchgasse. Two fortifications are part of the inventory, the ''Schlössli'' at Schlossgässli 2 and the city walls. The final building on the list is the ''Weissenbach'' house at Antonigasse 24. The two from Hermetschwil-Staffeln were the Benedictine Convent of St. Martin, and the former ''Gasthaus'' (hotel-restaurant) at Dorfstrasse 9. The entire village of Bremgarten is designated as part of the

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. File:Bremgarten Muri-Amthof.jpg, ''Muri-Amthof'' File:Bremgarten Schloessli Mauer.jpg, The ''Schlössli'' or little castle File:Bremgarten Stadtkirche vorne.jpg, City Church File:Bremgarten Klarakapelle.jpg, St. Klara Chapel File:Bremgarten Muttergotteskape.jpg, Mother of God Chapel (german: Muttergottes) File:Bremgarten Kapellen.jpg, Mother of God Chapel, Organist house and St.Anna Chapel File:Bremgarten Bollhaus 02.jpg, Bollhaus, part of city wall

Economy

, Bremgarten had an unemployment rate of 3.32%. , there were 49 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 876 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 75 businesses in this sector. 2,345 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 316 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 2,921 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,978 or about 67.7% of the residents worked outside Bremgarten while 1,915 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 2,858 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 17.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 45% used a private car. Bremgarten has a large variety of small and medium-sized businesses. Two well known, international industrial companies are Georg Utz AG (Plastic technology) and Elro AG (Industrial kitchens). As everywhere else industry is slowly but surely being replaced by the

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. The best known company located here is probably the online grocer

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, which has a large distribution center here.

Transportation

Bremgarten is located on the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn railway, a

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railway that links Dietikon and

. There are five stations within the town, and listed in order from the Dietikon end of the line these are Bibenlos-Sonnenhof, Bremgarten, Bremgarten Obertor, Bremgarten Isenlauf and Bremgarten West. Bremgarten station also hosts the administration and the depot of the company. The line is served by route S17 of the S-Bahn Zürich, with a typical frequency of four trains per hour between Dietikon and Bremgarten West, of which two trains per hour continue to and from Wohlen. All trains stop at all stations, except in the morning, where two express trains only serve the most important stations.

Religion

From the , 2,720 or 51.0% were Roman Catholic, while 1,146 or 21.5% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. Of the rest of the population, there were 12 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the

Christian Catholic The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is an Old Catholic denomination in Switzerland. This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic). Recent developments In 1871 the Zürich Catholic community planned to build a chu ...

faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Notable people

Werner Schodoler Werner Schodoler (also Wernher Schodoler (1490 in Bremgarten, Aargau – 15 October 1541, in Bremgarten, Aargau) was a Swiss chronicler. He was the author of ''Swiss History'', the earliest of the Swiss illustrated chronicles. Literature *W ...

(1490-1541) a Swiss chronicler, author of ''Swiss History'', the earliest of the Swiss illustrated chronicles *

Johannes Aal Johannes Aal (c. 1500 – 28 May 1553) was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, composer and dramaturg. Aal was born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, and was pastor there until 1529, then ''Leutpriester'' in Baden until 1536. At the collegiate chur ...

(ca.1500–1553) a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, composer and dramaturg * Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575) a Swiss reformer, an influential theologian of the Protestant Reformation * Johann Melchior Gletle (1626–1683) a Swiss organist, Kapellmeister and composer *

Hans Hutmacher Hans Hutmacher (22 June 1921 – 21 June 1956) was a Swiss bicycle racing, racing cyclist. He rode in the 1949 Tour de France. References External links

* 1921 births 1956 deaths People from Bremgarten, Aargau Swiss male cyclists ...

(1921–1956) a Swiss racing cyclist, he rode in the

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Cesar Lüthi Cesar W. Lüthi (6 September 1930 – 18 July 2002) was a Swiss international sports marketing businessman. He was the founder of CWL Telesport and Marketing, and was involved with advertising for the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Ge ...

(1930–2002) a Swiss international sports marketing businessman *

Stephan Joho Stephan Joho (born 4 September 1963) is a Swiss former professional cyclist. He is most known for winning two stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the individual pursuit and points race events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 198 ...

(born 1963) a Swiss former professional cyclist, competed at the

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References

External links

Verkehrsverein Bremgarten
��the Tourist association in Bremgarten * {{Authority control Municipalities of Aargau Cities in Switzerland Free imperial cities Cultural property of national significance in Aargau