The Wigger (formerly also called ''Wiggeren'')Article ''Wigger'', in: ''Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz.'' Attinger, Neuchâtel 1910. Vol. 6, p. 632 is a river in the

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cantons of

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and

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. It is an important tributary of the river Aare. The Wigger is around 41 kilometers long and flows from south to north for most of its length. The largest city in the Wigger valley is

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 ...

. The river rises from the north slope of the

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in the canton of Lucerne near the border to the canton of Berne in a height of about 1300 meters. There it is called Enziwigger. It flows through a narrow valley towards Hergiswil bei Willisau where the valley widens and flattens. Shortly after the small city of Willisau it joins with the Buchwigger and is called just Wigger from there. The valley widens further to a flat and broad plain. North of

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the Wigger is mostly restricted to a canal bed and flows partially parallel to the A2 motorway. Between

Reiden Reiden is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of Langnau bei Reiden and Richenthal were united in the new municipality of Reiden. Geography Reiden has ...

and Brittnau it crosses the border to Aargau. It flows into the Aar between Rothrist and

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 ...

at a height of 395 meters. Tributaries of the Wigger are the Seewag, the Wanger-Rot, the

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, the

Luthern Luthern is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Luthern is first mentioned in 1275 as ''Lutrun''. Geography Luthern has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.8% is used for agricultural purpose ...

and the Hürnbach. In 1821 the Wigger's course was corrected ( channelized) by order of the government of the canton of Aargau. Until the second half of the 19th century the area of the Wigger's confluence with the Aar was a location of

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for gold, but this stopped due to dissatisfactory yield.

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{{Authority control Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Aargau Rivers of the canton of Lucerne