Aargau

For other uses, see Aargau (disambiguation). Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 This is a lists of Cantons of Switzerland ranked by Area. Note that half-cantons are listed separately counting full cantons Unterwalden ranks 17th before Glarus This is a list of Cantons of Switzerland by highest point The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Kaiseraugst is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a Federal state of relatively autonomous cantons some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a These are data codes for Switzerland. Country These are codes for the country itself An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. This article lists the executive and legislative organs of the Cantons of Switzerland, as well as the current number of members This is a List of office-holders in 2005 in Switzerland. See also 2005 in Switzerland. This article lists the executive and legislative organs of the Cantons of Switzerland, as well as the current number of members This article lists the executive and legislative organs of the Cantons of Switzerland, as well as the current number of members Municipalities (sometimes called communities or communes, after the French/Italian names are the smallest government division in Switzerland and are called These are the 229 municipalities of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland ( as of January 2006) See also Municipalities of Switzerland In contrast to centrally organised States in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton iscompletely free to decide its own In contrast to centrally organised States in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton iscompletely free to decide its own

Aargau (German Aargau (help·info); rarely anglicized Argovia) is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the states of the Federal state of Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aargau (meaning Aare district). "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there The Aar ( German Aare) a tributary of the Rhine, is the longest River that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Economy
4 Municipalities
5 Districts
6 See also
7 References
8 Sources and External links

Geography

Its total area is 1,404 km², its population is 579,489 (as of 2006). The capital is Aarau. Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It borders Germany to the north. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. To the west lie the cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Solothurn and Bern. Basel-Country ( German:; Swiss German: Basel-Land / Baselbiet) is one of the 26 Cantons of Switzerland. Solothurn (German) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland The Swiss Canton of Berne is Bilingual (Kanton Bern Canton de Berne and has a population of about 958000 The canton of Lucerne lies south of the canton of Aargau, Zürich and Zug to the east. Lucerne (Luzern is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland The Canton of Zürich (German Kanton) has a population of about 1 The Canton of Zug ( German Kanton) is one of the 26 Cantons of Switzerland.

The canton of Aargau is one of the least mountainous Swiss cantons, forming part of a great table-land, to the north of the Alps and the east of the Jura, above which rise low hills. The Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen Alpes suisses Alpi svizzere Alps svizras are the central portion of the Alps Mountain range that lies within The Jura Mountains are a small Mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of The surface of the country is beautifully diversified, undulating tracts and well-wooded hills^[1] alternating with fertile valleys watered mainly by the Aar and its tributaries. The valleys alternate with pleasant hills, most of which are full of woods.

It contains the famous hot sulphur springs of Baden and Schinznach, while at Rheinfelden there are very extensive saline springs. Baden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau, on the west bank of the river Limmat, 25 km northwest of Zürich Schinznach-Bad is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Rheinfelden ( ˈɾiːfæld̥ə is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. Just below Brugg the Reuss and the Limmat join the Aar, while around Brugg are the ruined castle of Habsburg, the old convent of Koenigsfelden (with fine painted medieval glass) and the remains of the Roman settlement of Vindonissa (Windisch). Brugg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau and is the seat of the district of the same name The Reuss is a River in Switzerland. With a length of and a Drainage basin of, it is the fourth largest river in Switzerland (after The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. It is the continuation of the Linth river known as Limmat from the point of effluence from Lake Zürich, in the Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Windisch is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

Aarau

Argovia was the border region between Alamannia and Burgundy, and was a disputed territory between these duchies. Alamannia or Alemannia was the territory inhabited by the Alamanni after they broke through the Roman limes in 213 Burgundy (Bourgogne Burgund is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland, inhabited in turn by Celts ( Gauls) A line of the von Wetterau (Conradines) Became the counts of Aargau from 750 on and off till about 1030 when the lost it, and in the meantime had taken the name von Tegerfelden From the end of the Hohenstaufen dynasty up to 1415, it was ruled by the Habsburgs, and many historical old castles can be found there. The Wetterau is a fertile undulating tract watered by the Wetter, a tributary of the Nidda River, in the western German region of Hesse, between the The Conradines or Conradiner were a dynasty of Franconian counts and dukes of the 8th to 11th Century named after Conrad the Elder and his son Conrad I In German, von is a Preposition which approximately means of or from. Tegerfelden is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Examples include Habsburg, Lenzburg, Tegerfelden, Bobikon, Stin and Wildegg. There are also a number of former monasteries, such as in Wettingen and Muri. All of these were founded by the Habsburg family. They were closed by the government in 1841, which was one of the causes of the civil war called the "Sonderbund War," in 1847 in Switzerland. The Sonderbund Swiss civil war of November 1847 ensued after the Sonderbund (meaning "separate alliance" in German) was created in 1845 Aargau is also believed to be the ancestral home of Reformist author George Mangold (1822-1894).

In 1415 the Aargau region was taken from the Habsburgs by the Swiss Confederates. Bern kept the south-west portion (Zofingen, Aarburg, Aarau, Lenzburg, and Brugg). The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Zofingen is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, with a population of 10534 ( As of 2006) Aarburg is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. Lenzburg is a village in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the district of the same name. Brugg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau and is the seat of the district of the same name Some districts, named the Freie Ämter or free bailiwicks (Mellingen, Muri, Villmergen, and Bremgarten), with the countship of Baden, were ruled as subject lands by all or certain of the Confederates.

10 March - 18 April 1798 it was under French occupation, thereafter the Bernese portion became the canton of Aargau of the Helvetic Republic, the remainder forming the Canton of Baden. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic ( 1798 &ndash 1803) represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, The Canton of Baden (Kanton Baden was a canton of the Helvetic Republic (a Napoleonic era precursor of modern-day Switzerland) In 1803, the two halves were united under the name of canton of Aargau,^[2] which was then admitted a full member of the reconstituted Confederation. The Fricktal, ceded in 1802 by Austria, via Napoleonic France, to the Helvetic Republic, was shortly a separate Swiss canton under a Statthalter ('Lieutenant'), but on 9 March 1803 became incorporated as part of the canton Aargau. The Fricktal ("Frick Valley" is the northwest finger extending from Canton of Aargau. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich A Stadtholder ( Dutch: stadhouder, " steward " or literally "place-keeper" or "stead-holder" in older Dutch in the Low Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The chief magistracy of Aargau changed its style repeatedly:

first two consecutive Regierungsstatthalter :
- April 1798 - November 1801 Jakob Emmanuel Feer (b. A Stadtholder ( Dutch: stadhouder, " steward " or literally "place-keeper" or "stead-holder" in older Dutch in the Low 1754 - d. 1833)
- 1802 - 1803 Johann Heinrich Rothpletz (b. 1766 - d. 1833)
Presidents of the Government Commission
- 10 March 1803 - 26 April 1803 Johann Rudolf Dolder (b. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1753 - d. 1807)
- 26 April 1803 - 1815 a 'Small Council' (president rotating monthly)
annual Amtsbürgermeister 1815-1831
annual Landammänner since 1815

In the year 2003 the canton Aargau celebrated its 200^th birthday. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title meaning ' Amtmann of the land' used by the Chief magistrate

For centuries, two villages in the Aargau, Endingen and Lengnau, were the only places in Switzerland where Jews were permitted to live. They were not permitted to own houses or to live under the same roof with Christians. For the slow process of Jewish emancipation in Aargau and Switzerland, see link below.

Economy

The farmland of the canton of Aargau is some of the most fertile in Switzerland. Dairy farming, cereal and fruit farming are among the canton's main economic activities. Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an Animal husbandry enterprise for long-term production of Milk, which may be either processed on-site or The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The canton is also industrially developed, particularly in the fields of electrical engineering, precision instruments, iron, steel and cement. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together

Three of Switzerland's five nuclear power plants are in the canton of Aargau (Beznau I + II and Leibstadt). Additionally, the many rivers supply enough water for numerous hydroelectric power plants throughout the canton. The canton of Aargau is often called "the energy canton".

A significant number of people commute into the financial center of the city of Zürich, which is just across the cantonal border. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the

Tourism is significant, particularly for the hot springs at Baden and Schinznach Bad, the ancient castles, the landscape, and the many old museums in the canton^[1]. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Hillwalking is another tourist attraction, but is only of limited significance.

Municipalities

See also: municipalities of the canton of Aargau and municipalities of Switzerland

There are a total of 231 municipalities in the canton of Aargau. These are the 229 municipalities of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland ( as of January 2006) See also Municipalities of Switzerland Municipalities (sometimes called communities or communes, after the French/Italian names are the smallest government division in Switzerland and are called

Districts

Districts in Aargau

Aargau is divided into 11 districts:

Aarau with capital Aarau
Baden with capital Baden
Bremgarten with capital Bremgarten
Brugg with capital Brugg
Kulm with capital Unterkulm
Laufenburg with capital Laufenburg
Lenzburg with capital Lenzburg
Muri with capital Muri
Rheinfelden with capital Rheinfelden
Zofingen with capital Zofingen
Zurzach with capital Zurzach

References

^ ^a ^b "Aargau." Encyclopædia Britannica. In contrast to centrally organised States in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton iscompletely free to decide its own The district of Aarau in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with administrative capital Aarau encompasses the agglomeration of Aarau south of the Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. Baden is a district in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The district capital is the town of Baden and the largest municipality is Wettingen Baden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau, on the west bank of the river Limmat, 25 km northwest of Zürich Bremgarten is a Swiss district in the Canton of Aargau, corresponding to the valleys of the Reuss and Bünz rivers in the area known as the Bremgarten is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It serves as seat of the district of Bremgarten. Brugg is a district in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, it is located south of the Aare and the Aargauer Jura covers the district Brugg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau and is the seat of the district of the same name Kulm is an administrative district in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Unterkulm is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Laufenburg is a district of the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, essentially consisting of the upper Fricktal valley in the Aargau Jura south of Laufenburg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the seat of the district of the same name. Lenzburg is a district of the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland, lying at the center of the canton Lenzburg is a village in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the district of the same name. Muri is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with the administrative capital of Muri. Muri is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The district of Rheinfelden lies in the northwest of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, in the Fricktal region Rheinfelden ( ˈɾiːfæld̥ə is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. Zofingen is a district in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the southwest corner of the Canton. Zofingen is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, with a population of 10534 ( As of 2006) Zurzach is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with the administrative capital of Zurzach. Bad Zurzach is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Aargauer Zeitung is the leading regional Newspaper in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc 11 January 2007
^ Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia. Columbia University. p. 11.

Sources and External links

(German) Official website
Aargau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an Encyclopedia on the History of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research
Official Statistics
Jewish Encyclopedia: aargau

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A canton of Switzerland (its German name).

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