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16-September-2008 16:15:12 - Aargau Kanton Aargau Coat of arms of the Canton of Aargau Map of Switzerland highlighting the Canton of Aargau Capital Aarau Population 2006 579,489 Ranked 4th - Density 413 /km² Area Coordinates: 47°25'N, 8°10'E 1404 km² Ranked 10th Highest point 908 m - Geissfluegrat Lowest point 260 m - Rhine at Kaiseraugst Joined 1803 Abbreviation AG Languages German Executive Regierungsrat 5 Legislative Grosser Rat 140 Municipalities 232 municipalities Districts 11 Bezirke Website www.AG.ch Map of the Canton of Aargau For other uses, see Aargau disambiguation. Aargau German Aargau help·info; rarely anglicized Argovia is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aargau meaning Aare district. Contents 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. It borders Germany to the north. To the west lie the cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Solothurn and Bern. The canton of Lucerne lies south of the canton of Aargau, Zürich and Zug to the east. 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 surface of the country is beautifully diversified, undulating tracts and well-wooded hills1 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. 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. History Aarau Aarau Argovia was the border region between Alamannia and Burgundy, and was a disputed territory between these duchies.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. 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. 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. 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. 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 chief magistracy of Aargau changed its style repeatedly: first two consecutive Regierungsstatthalter : April 1798 - November 1801 Jakob Emmanuel Feer b. 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. 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 200th birthday. 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. The canton is also industrially developed, particularly in the fields of electrical engineering, precision instruments, iron, steel and cement. 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. 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 canton1. 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. Districts Districts in Aargau 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 See also Aargauer Zeitung References ^ a b Aargau. Encyclopædia Britannica. 11 January 2007 ^ Bridgwater, W. Beatrice Aldrich. 1966 The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia. Columbia University. p. 11. Sources and External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aargau Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Aargau. German Official website Aargau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Official Statistics Jewish Encyclopedia: aargau v d e Cantons of Switzerland Aargau · Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Appenzell Innerrhoden · Basel-City · Basel-Country · Berne · Fribourg · Geneva · Glarus · Graubünden · Jura · Lucerne · Neuchâtel · Nidwalden · Obwalden · Schaffhausen · Schwyz · Solothurn · St. Gallen · Thurgau · Ticino · Uri · Valais · Vaud · Zug · Zürich Italicization shows halfcantons Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Aargau Categories: Aargau | Cantons of Switzerland | Cantons of the Helvetic Republic Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Alemannisch العربية Aragonés Arpetan БългарÑ?ки Català Česky Cymraeg Dansk Deitsch Deutsch Eesti Español Esperanto Euskara Français Galego í•œêµì–´ Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Ã?slenska Italiano Latina Lietuvių Magyar Bahasa Melayu Nederlands ‪Norsk bokmÃ¥l‬ Occitan Polski Português Română Rumantsch РуÑ?Ñ?кий Sicilianu Simple English SlovenÄ?ina Suomi Svenska Türkçe УкраїнÑ?ька ä¸æ–‡ This page was last modified on 6 August 2008, at 20:08
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