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Leutwil
Leutwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Leutwil is first mentioned in 1273 as ''Lutwile''. The rights to high justice in the village in the late 13th and 14th Century was held by the Habsburgs. The rights to low justice was held by the lords of Trostburg, and later those of Reinach and Hallwyl. Between 1415 and 1798 the municipality belonged to the city of Bern as part of the bailiwick of Lenzburg. The village church was first mentioned in 1273. In the 13th Century, the first frescoes were painted in the church. Additional paintings were added during two periods in the 14th and 15th Centuries. In 1528, the Protestant Reformation entered the village, and the church transitioned to the new religion. In 1616, the Leutwil-Dürrenäsch parish was founded. There are two monuments that remember the plague epidemic that hit the village in 1629. In the 18th and 19th Century cotton processing and agriculture provided most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulm (district)
Kulm District is a district in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It is located west of Lake Hallwil and covers parts of the Wyna and Suhre valleys. The principal town is Unterkulm; the largest municipality is Reinach. The district contains 17 municipalities, is 101.35 km² in area and has a population of (as of ). Geography Kulm district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Demographics The Kulm district has a population () of . , 22.6% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung accessed 20 January 2010 Economy there were 18,062 workers who lived in the municipality. Of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boniswil
Boniswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lenzburg (district), Lenzburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Boniswil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as ''Bonoltswile''. The village was ruled by the Counts of Lenzburg, then the counts of House of Kyburg, Kyburg and then the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs and finally in 1415 the city of Bern. The rights to High, middle and low justice, low justice were held by the Habsburg vassals, the lords of Rinach in the 13th Century. These rights, in turn, came in 1486 to the possession of the lords of Hallwyl and passed in 1616 to Bern. Einsiedeln Abbey collected rent on about three fifths of the land in the village. Religiously, it was part of the Seengen parish until 1842 when it joined Leutwil parish. In the 18th Century, the major economic sources in the village were the cotton industry with home spinning and weaving and agriculture. In the 19th Century, cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dürrenäsch
Dürrenäsch is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History While Dürrenäsch is first mentioned in 924 as ''Aske inferior'', there are traces of earlier, nearby settlements. Several, individual Hallstatt era items were found on the castle hill. Roman era artifacts have been discovered on the ''Loren'' and Alamanni graves were found on the ''Lindhügel''. During the High Middle Ages Dürrenäsch was ruled by Lenzburg. In 1173 it came under the power of the Counts of Kyburg. A century later, in 1273, it was inherited by the Habsburgs. Under the Habsburgs it was ruled by their vassals, the Lords of Trostberg, Reinach and Hallwyl. From 1415 until 1798 it was under the control of the city of Bern and was part of the district (german: Oberamt) of Lenzburg. In 1433 Bern bought the rights to high and low justice, in the village, from the Austrians. Until 1614 the village was part of the Kulm parish and since then it has belonged to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birrwil
Birrwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Isolated finds of artifacts indicate settlement during the Neolithic, Roman and Alamanni eras. The beginnings of the modern town go back to an Alamanni named Bero (meaning Bear), who founded the village Beriwilare (meaning Bero's village) in the area. Birrwil is first mentioned in 1185 as ''Beriuuillare''. Between 1185 and 1331 there was a noble ''von Birrwil'' family. No traces remain of their family castle. The village was part of the lands of the Counts of Lenzburg, the Kyburgs and the finally the Habsburgs. The power of '' Zwing und Bann'' ( Manor rights as well as low justice) over the village, was held by the Lords of Hohenklingen through the von Birrwil family. In 1326 those rights were acquired by the Lords of Liebegg who held them until the 1798. Following the Bernese conquest of the Aargau in 1415 became part of Bern until the end of the Old Swiss Confederacy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seetal
The Seetal is a valley in the cantons of Canton of Lucerne, Lucerne and Aargau in Switzerland. The valley descends from south to north from near Eschenbach, Lucerne, Eschenbach (in the canton of Lucerne) to Lenzburg (in the canton of Aargau), and is drained by the Aabach (Seetal), Aabach and the Ron (river, Switzerland), Ron. The valley is distinguished by Lake Hallwil and Lake Baldegg, from which it takes its name (''Lake Valley''). Communities The following municipalities lie within the Seetal: * Aesch, Lucerne, Aesch, Altwis * Ballwil, Beinwil am See, Birrwil, Boniswil * Dürrenäsch * Egliswil, Ermensee, Eschenbach, Lucerne, Eschenbach * Fahrwangen * Hallwil, Hitzkirch, Hochdorf, Lucerne, Hochdorf, Hohenrain * Leutwil * Meisterschwanden * Römerswil * Seengen, Seon, Aargau, Seon, Schongau, Lucerne, Schongau Transport The valley is followed throughout its length by the ''Seetalstrasse'' main road and by the Seetal railway line, which both serve to link Lucerne and Lenzb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallwil
Hallwil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The Castle of Hallwyl is located in the neighboring municipality Seengen. History Hallwil is first mentioned in 1167 as ''de Allewilare''. Between 1566-1950 it was, legally, known as Niederhallwil. The high court and rights to high justice of the Habsburgs in Hallwil ended in 1415 with the conquest of the Aargau by Bern. The rights to low justice were held by the Lords of Rinach and Hallwyl before they went into the possession of Bern, as part of the court district of Trostberg. The tithes, originally collected by Säckingen Abbey, later went to the Lords of Hallwyl who then gave them as a gift to the church of Seengen. In 1528 Bern converted to the Protestant Reformation and Hallwil became part of the Seengen parish. Agriculture was the major economic activity until the 18th Century. In the 18th Century, the straw plaiting, silk ribbon and linen weaving industries became imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zetzwil
Zetzwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Zetzwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. 35.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.4% is used for growing crops and 22.8% is pastures, while 5.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from (West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch ', Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the qala ( Dari: قلعه, Pashto: کلي) meaning "fort" or "hamlet". The Afghan ''qala'' is a fortified group of houses, generally with its own co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation. The term itself of 'coat of arms' describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail 'surcoat' garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a noble family, and therefore its genealogy across time. History Heraldic designs came into general use among European nobility in the 12th century. System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynental
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 (AG): 0.9 m3/s). Larger towns in Wynetal are Beromünster, Menziken, Reinach (AG) and Gränichen. River The ''Wyna'' is started by several headwaters south-west of 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 (AG), and through Gränichen before joining the Suhre at 385m in Suhr, which joins the Aare further north, just three kilometres later. Tributaries that feed the Wyna include the Lochbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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