Herznach-Ueken is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of Laufenburg in the

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

Aargau Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...

in Switzerland. It was established on 1 January 2023 with the merger of the municipalities of

Herznach Herznach is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Laufenburg (district), Laufenburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Herznach and Ueke ...

and

Ueken Ueken is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Laufenburg (district), Laufenburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Herznach and Ueken me ...

History

On 1 January 2023, the two municipalities of

and

merged to form the new municipality of Herznach-Ueken.

Coat of arms

The first

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of the municipal

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is ''Gules a Pitcher Vert lip dexter and handled Or.'' The pitcher on the coat of arms is an attribute of Saint Verena to whom the chapel of Herznach is devoted. The second blazon is ''Or a St.Catherine's Wheel Sable.''

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{{Authority control Municipalities of Aargau 2023 establishments in Switzerland