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Rietheim is a village and former
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Zurzach Zurzach () is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the sou ...
in the canton of
Aargau Aargau ( ; ), more formally the Canton of Aargau (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capital is Aarau. Aargau is one of the most nort ...
in
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of
Bad Zurzach Bad Zurzach is a village and former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Ba ...
,
Baldingen Baldingen is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located only 2 km south of the border with Germany. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, ...
,
Böbikon Böbikon is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in Canton Aargau in Switzerland. It is located just 2 km south of the border with Germany. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böb ...
, Kaiserstuhl,
Rekingen Rekingen is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and Wisl ...
, Rietheim,
Rümikon Rümikon is a village and former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Its late Roman watchtower at the ''Sandgraben'' is listed as ...
and
Wislikofen Wislikofen is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and ...
merged into the new municipality of
Zurzach Zurzach () is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the sou ...
.


History

Rietheim is first mentioned in 1239 as ''Riethein''. In the 13th century the noble family of Rietheim is mentioned. The village belonged to the court of
Klingnau Klingnau is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Klingnau is first mentioned in 1239 as ''Chlingenowe''. Ulrich of K ...
, which from 1415 until 1798 was under the high court of
Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Ba ...
. The low court right lay with the
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of
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and was exercised by
Zurzach Abbey Zurzach () is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and Wislikofen Wisliko ...
. During the
Protestant Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and ...
the majority of the citizens converted of the new faith. In 1915 the Swiss Sodafabrik (renamed Solvay in 1922) was awarded a concession for the exploitation of salt in the ''Rietheimerfeld''. The project was abandoned in the early 1960s because of severe land
subsidence Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities. Subsidence involves little or no horizontal movement, which distinguishes it from slope mov ...
. Since 1876 it was given a railroad station and connected to the
Koblenz Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...
-
Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...
line. In 1977 a new schoolhouse was built for the lower grades. The village was formerly dominated by agriculture and
viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...
, but at the beginning of the 21st century, it became a residential and commuter town. Many of Rietheim's various community functions (including finance, education, sanitation) are shared with Zurzach.


Geography

Rietheim has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% 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 2.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. Out of the forested land, 37.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.4% is used for growing crops and 9.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, and . The village is located in the Zurzach district, on the north-east edge of the ''Achenberg''. The municipal border stretches to the
Rhine The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...
river which is the national border. It consists of the ''haufendorf'' village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Rietheim.


Coat of arms

The
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of the municipal
coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
is ''Azure a Ploughshare inverted Argent.''


Demographics

Rietheim has a population () of , 34.6% of the population are foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010
Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 17.3%. Most of the population () speaks
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
(86.5%), with
Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
being second most common ( 2.8%) and
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
being third ( 2.5%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-June-2010
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. The population was made up of 253 Swiss men (35.5% of the population), and 114 (16.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 250 Swiss women (35.1%), and 96 (13.5%) non-Swiss women. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 4 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 2 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 was an increase of 12 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 4 people. This represents a
population growth rate Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.2 billion in 2025. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 70 million annu ...
of 2.3%. The age distribution, , in Rietheim is; 90 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 116 teenagers or 15.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 76 people or 10.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 75 people or 10.3% are between 30 and 39, 154 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 112 people or 15.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 59 people or 8.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 31 people or 4.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 1.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.3% 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 12 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 94 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 89 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 212 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. there were 151 single family homes (or 59.7% of the total) out of a total of 253 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010
There were a total of 3 empty apartments for a 1.2% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 10 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.86%), the SP (17.46%) and the FDP (8.6%). In the federal election, a total of 144 votes were cast, and the
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was 39.2%. The historical population is given in the following table:


Economy

, Rietheim had an unemployment rate of 2.19%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people are employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 34 people are employed in the
tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...
, with 9 businesses in this sector. there were 272 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 233 or about 85.7% of the residents worked outside Rietheim while 21 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 60 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010
Of the working population, 12.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.1% used a private car.


Religion

From the , 253 or 44.8% were
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
, while 179 or 31.7% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...
.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010


Education

In Rietheim about 69.3% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). Of the school age population (), there are 84 students attending
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in the municipality.


Transport

Rietheim railway station is served by
Zurich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...
line S36, which links
Bülach Bülach () is a historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zürich. It is the administrative capital of Bülach district. It is situated in the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'') to the east of the small river Glatt and ab ...
and Waldshut, and by alternate trains on
Aargau S-Bahn The Aargau S-Bahn ( or ) is an S-Bahn-style regional rail network serving the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, with some services extending into the cantons of Bern, Lucerne, Solothurn and Zug and one service to the German city of Waldshut-Tiengen ...
line S27, which link
Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Ba ...
and Bad Zurzach.


References

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