Rheinfelden ( gsw, Rhyfälde, ) 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
canton of
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
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, seat of the district of
Rheinfelden. It is located 15 kilometres east of
Basel
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, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
. The name means the fields of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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, as the town is located on the
High Rhine
The High Rhine (german: Hochrhein) is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine ...
. It is home to
Feldschlösschen, the most popular beer in Switzerland. The city is across the river from
Rheinfelden in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
; the two cities were joined until
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
fixed the
Germany–Switzerland border
The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to , mostly following the High Rhine between Lake Constance and Basel.
Much of the border is within the sphere of the Zurich metropolitan area and there is substantial traf ...
on the Rhine in 1802 and are still socially and economically tied.
Geography
The old town of Rheinfelden lies on the left bank of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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, where the river is divided into two arms by the "Inseli", a roughly long island. Downstream of the Inseli and the ''Rheinbrücke'', the river bottoms drops to about deep, creating a huge and deadly vortex, known as the ''St-Anna-Loch. Nearly east is the ''
Magdenerbach''.
The wooded, gently-rising foothills of the ''
Tafeljura'' lie south of the town. These are the Steppberg (above
sea level
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) and the "Berg" (), both in the south-east. Between these two hills lie the deeply incised valleys of the ''Magdenerbach''.
Rheinfelden has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 20.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 6.7% is unproductive land. In the 2013/18 survey a total of or about 13.3% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1982 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by and is now about 3.43% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, is used for orchards and vineyards, is fields and grasslands. Since 1982 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by . Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality.
[Regionalporträts 2017: Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 18 May 2017
The highest point () is located on "Berg", the lowest point () is on the Rhine. Neighbouring cities are
Kaiseraugst
Kaiseraugst (Swiss German: ''Chäiseraugscht'') is a municipality within the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is named after the Ancient Roman city of Augusta Raurica whose ruins are situated nearby. The pref ...
to the west,
Olsberg to the south-west,
Magden
Magden (Swiss German: ''Magde'') is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
It is located 3 km to the south of the Rheinfelden. Its Roman name was Magdinium, and it is the site of the ancient ...
to the south and Möhlin to the east (all in the Aargau); over the river in Germany lies
Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg.
History
The area around Rheinfelden was already settled in the
Middle Stone Age
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, around 10,000 years
before the present day. At that time, people lived in the "Hermitage", a small natural cave next to the current highway. In the year 45 BC, a few kilometres further west, the settlement
Augusta Raurica
Augusta Raurica is a Roman archaeological site and an open-air museum in Switzerland located on the south bank of the Rhine river about 20 km east of Basel near the villages of Augst and Kaiseraugst. It is the site of the oldest known Roma ...
was founded, the first
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
town in Switzerland, near modern Kaiseraugst. In the plains at Rheinfelden was then a large
estate. Towards the end of the 4th century a border fort was constructed at the western settlement.
Rheinfelden is first mentioned about 851 as ''Rifelt'' and in the first half of the 12th century it was called ''Rinfelden''.
[ In the second half of the 10th century, the entire ]Fricktal
The Fricktal ("Frick Valley") is a region on Northwestern Switzerland, comprising the Laufenburg and Rheinfelden districts of the Swiss canton of Aargau.
The region was known as ''Frickgau'' in the medieval period, ultimately from a Late L ...
area—the Frick valley, a finger of land in northwestern Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
east of present-day Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, between the Jura Mountains
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to the south, and the High Rhine
The High Rhine (german: Hochrhein) is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine ...
border with present-day Germany to the north—was within Kingdom of Burgundy
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. At that time, Rheinfelden was granted to the von Wetterau family. They later adopted the title of Count of Rheinfelden. The Rheinfeldens built a fortress, "Stein", on the strategically located island; a riverbank settlement stood at the "Altenburg". The last of this comital
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line was Rudolf of Rheinfeld
Rudolf of Rheinfelden ( – 15 October 1080) was Duke of Swabia from 1057 to 1079. Initially a follower of his brother-in-law, the Salian emperor Henry IV, his election as German anti-king in 1077 marked the outbreak of the Great Saxon Revolt an ...
en, Duke of Swabia
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(1057–79) and German antiking
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(1077–80) during the Investiture Controversy
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.
When Rudolf died on October 15, 1080, in Merseburg
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, his territories were inherited by Berthold II of Zähringen
Berthold II ( – 12 April 1111), also known as Berchtold II, was the Duke of Swabia from 1092 to 1098.
After he conceded the Duchy of Swabia to the Staufer in 1098, the title of "Duke of Zähringen" was created for him, in use from c. 1100 and c ...
.but the town went to his son Otto and his family the von Wetter's. Berhold's second son, Conrad, awarded market rights
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to the city, making it the oldest Zähringerstadt
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The first expansion of Bern occurred as the city was founded in 1191. This central and oldest neighbourhood was known as the ''Zähringerstadt'' ( Zähri ...
in Switzerland and the oldest city in the Aargau; in 1150 he also had the first bridge built across the Rhine, between Konstanz
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and Strasbourg
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. In 1218, Berthold V died without issue. In 1225, Rheinfelden gained ''Reichsfreiheit
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'' to become an Imperial City
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.
A little over a century later, in 1330, the city pledged itself to the Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
s, becoming a part of Further Austria
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. In 1445, when the Habsburgs were fighting the Old Zürich War
The Old Zurich War (german: Alter Zürichkrieg), 1440–46, was a conflict between the canton of Zurich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg.
In 1436, Count Friedrich VII of ...
, insurgents destroyed the castle on the "Inseli", due to the city's allegiance with Basel. After a siege lasting several months, Rheinfelden was returned to Austrian subjugation in 1449. After the Waldshut War
Waldshut-Tiengen (; gsw, label=Alemannic language, Alemannic, Waldshuet-Düenge, italic=no), commonly known as Waldshut, is a city in southwestern Baden-Württemberg right at the Switzerland, Swiss border. It is the district seat and at the same t ...
from 1468, all of Fricktal Burgundy pledged to the Habsburgs. After the Burgundians were beaten by the Old Swiss Confederacy
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in the Burgundian Wars
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, Rheinfelden land, not Title, was restored to Austria in 1477.
During the 17th century, there was very little time during which the city enjoyed peace. During the Rappenkrieg, a peasant uprising that lasted from 1612 until 1614, the city was unsuccessfully besieged but devastated. Between 1633 and 1638 the Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
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reached Fricktal, where Rheinfelden played an important role. On 15 July 1633, Swedish
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* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
and French troops devastated the city. On 5 February 1638, the city was besieged by Protestant
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troops under the command of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (german: Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar; 16 August 160418 July 1639) was a German prince and general in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography
Born in Weimar within the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Bernard was the eleventh son of Joha ...
. On 28 February the Battle of Rheinfelden
The Battle of Rheinfelden (28 February and 3 March 1638) was a military event in the course of the Thirty Years' War, consisting in fact of two battles to the north and south of the present-day town of Rheinfelden. On one side was a French-all ...
began, as the city was attacked by numerically-superior Imperial
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United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
* Imperial, Texa ...
and Bavarian troops under the command of Johann von Werth
Johann von Werth (1591 – 16 January 1652), also ''Jan von Werth'' or in French ''Jean de Werth'', was a German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography
Werth was born in 1591 most likely at Büttgen in the Duchy of Jülich ...
and Federico Savelli Federico Savelli (died 19 December 1649) was an Italian military commander who fought in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography
Born into a noble family of Rome, he was the son of Bernardino Savelli, lord of Palombara, and Lucrezia degli Anguillara.
...
. The Protestants lost this encounter and withdrew. Bernhard brought them weapons, but in the second action, on 3 March, they were victorious, as he and his men unexpectedly re-appeared on the battlefield; both Savelli and Werth were captured.
By the end of the Thirty Years' War, the Austrians had built a fortress on the island to secure the southwestern border of the Breisgau
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. In 1678, French troops under the command of François de Créquy
François de Blanchefort de Créquy, later Marquis de Marines, 2 October 1629 to 3 February 1687, was a 17th-century French noble and soldier, who served in the wars of Louis XIV of France.
He came from a powerful and well-connected family, hi ...
fired at the city. In 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession
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, the French made a fortress on the same ground and also blasted a portion of the city wall. On 17 July 1796 Rheinfelden was again occupied and looted by the French.
As a result of the Treaty of Campo Formio
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in 1797, the Fricktal became a French protectorate, forming the front line
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between the French Revolution
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ary and the Austria
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n troops in the War of the Second Coalition
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. On 20 February 1802 Rheinfelden was made a district capital of the newly created Canton of Fricktal
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, (Principality of Frickgau), joining the Helvetic Republic
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in August, the point at which the city became decisively Swiss. After the removal of the governor Sebastian Fahrländer at the end of September 1802, the seat of the cantonal government was relocated here from Laufenburg. With the beginning of the ''Reichsdeputationshauptschluss'' (the German Mediatisation
German mediatisation (; german: deutsche Mediatisierung) was the major territorial restructuring that took place between 1802 and 1814 in Germany and the surrounding region by means of the mass mediatisation and secularisation of a large number ...
), Napoleon Bonaparte dissolved the canton of Fricktal. Since 19 March 1803, Rheinfelden has been the capital of a district of the same name, in the canton of 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 ...
. With the ''Reichsdeputationshauptschluss'', the remaining (German) parts of the city lost their independence to the Grand Duchy of Baden
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It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subs ...
, becoming Rheinfelden, Germany
Rheinfelden ( gsw, Badisch-Rhyfälde, ) is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel. The population is ...
.
Mayors
*1945: Eugen Walz
*1945–1946: Franz Fischer
*1946–1948: Alois Maier
*1948–1988: Herbert King
*1988–2012: Eberhard Niethammer
*since 2012: Klaus Eberhardt (born 1956)
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Barry of Six Or and Gules with three Mullets of the first.''
Demographics
Rheinfelden has a population () of . , 27.6% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.1%. Most of the population () speaks German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
(82.9%), with Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
being second most common (3.8%) and Serbo-Croatian
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being third (2.0%).
The age distribution, , in Rheinfelden is; 1,031 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,173 teenagers or 10.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,418 people or 12.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,652 people or 14.6% are between 30 and 39, 1,904 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 1,544 people or 13.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 1,260 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 790 people or 7.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 441 people or 3.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 77 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.
, there were 682 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 2,876 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 1,250 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 4,953 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.1 persons per household. there were 958 single family homes (or 15.7% of the total) out of a total of 6,087 homes and apartments. There were a total of 86 empty apartments for a 1.4% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.8 new units per 1000 residents.[
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 27.64% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.15%), the FDP (16.05%) and the CVP (11.13%). In the federal election, a total of 2,934 votes were cast, and the ]voter turnout
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was 42.9%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Heritage sites of national significance
The entire old town of Rheinfelden is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
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Sites of national importance
Types
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. There are seven sites in Rheinfelden that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. Two religious buildings are on the list, the Christian Catholic collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a ...
of St. Martin and the ''Johanniter'' Chapel at Johannitergasse 70. Three fortifications are on the list; the ''Heimenholz'' and the ''Pferrichgraben'' which were both part of the old Roman era
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Rhine fortications and the entire medieval city wall. The last two buildings on the list are the Feldschlösschen brewery at Feldschlösschenstrasse 34 and the former ''Gasthof'' (combination hotel and restaurant) zum goldenen Adler at Obertorplatz 4.
File:Rheinfelden Feldschloesschen.jpg, Feldschlösschen brewery
File:Johanniterkommende Rheinfelden.jpg, Johanniter Order house with chapel to the right
File:Rheinfelden_refKirche.jpg, Protestant Church of Rheinfelden
File:St. Martinskirche (Rheinfelden).jpg, St. Martin's Church
Economy
, Rheinfelden had an unemployment rate of 3.83%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 1,313 people are employed in the secondary sector
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and there are 86 businesses in this sector. 4,420 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 432 businesses in this sector.[
there were 5,437 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 3,453 or about 63.5% of the residents worked outside Rheinfelden while 2,807 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 4,791 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.] Of the working population, 26.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 39.2% used a private car.[
]
Religion
From the , 3,858 or 36.1% were Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
, while 3,520 or 33.0% 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 285 individuals (or about 2.67% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.
Transport
Rheinfelden sits on the Bözberg railway line
The Bözberg railway line is a railway line in Switzerland, running between Basel and Brugg via Pratteln, Rheinfelden, Stein-Säckingen, Frick and the Bözberg Tunnel. At Brugg it connects to Zürich via Baden and to the Gotthard Railway via ...
and served by local and regional trains at Rheinfelden and Rheinfelden Augarten.
Education
In Rheinfelden about 73.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
'').[ Of the school age population (), there are 667 students attending ]primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
, there are 251 students attending secondary school, there are 386 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 18 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.
Rheinfelden is home to the ''Stadtbibliothek Rheinfelden'' library. The library has () 16,442 books or other media, and loaned out 58,291 items in the same year. It was open a total of 250 days with average of 30 hours per week during that year.
Notable people
* Hedwig of Habsburg
Hedwig (or ''Heilwig''; – 1303), a member of the royal House of Habsburg, was Margravine of Brandenburg from 1279 until 1285/1286, by her marriage with the Ascanian margrave Otto VI of Brandenburg-Salzwedel.
Hedwig was born in Rheinfelde ...
(ca.1260 Rheinfelden, Swabia – 1303) Margravine of Brandenburg 1279-1285/1286
* Rudolf II, Duke of Austria
Rudolf II ( – 10 May 1290), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 to 1283, jointly with his elder brother Albert I, who succeeded him.
Biography
Rudolf II was born in Rheinfelden, Swabia, the young ...
(ca. 1270 in Rheinfelden, Duchy of Swabia – 1290) Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 to 1283
* Jacob Sprenger
Jacob Sprenger (also James, 1436/1438 – 6 December 1495) was a Dominican inquisitor and theologian principally known for his association with a well-known guide for witch-hunters from 1486, ''Malleus Maleficarum''. He was born in Rheinfelden, ...
(1436/1438 in Rheinfelden, Further Austria – 1495) a Dominican Friar
* Jakob Christof Rad
Jakub Kryštof Rad, traditionally Anglicised Jacob Christoph Rad (25 March 1799, in Rheinfelden (Aargau), Rheinfelden – 13 October 1871, in Vienna), was a Switzerland, Swiss-born physician and industrial manager. He had many other professiona ...
(1799 in Rheinfelden - 1871) a Swiss-born physician and industrial manager
* Andreas Kyburz (born 1988 in Rheinfelden) a Swiss orienteering competitor
* Ivan Rakitić
Ivan Rakitić (; born 10 March 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla.
Rakitić started his professional career at Basel and spent two seasons with them before he was s ...
(born 1988 in Rheinfelden) a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Sevilla
* Yannick Käser
Yannick Käser (born 3 July 1992 in Rheinfelden, Aargau) is a Swiss swimmer, who specializes in breaststroke events. He is a 7-time Swiss swimming champion, a multiple-time age-group record holder, and a member of the swimming team for Virginia ...
(born 1992 in Rheinfelden) a Swiss breaststroke swimmer
* Alexander Ursenbacher
Alexander Ursenbacher (born 26 April 1996) is a Swiss professional snooker player from Rheinfelden. He is Switzerland's first professional snooker player (former professional Darren Paris represented England, in the mid-1990s, before moving to S ...
(born 1996 in Rheinfelden) a Swiss professional snooker player
Weather
Notes and references
External links
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Official website
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Feldschlösschen brewery
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