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SWITZERLAND-AARGAU

Aargau is the name of a canton in Switzerland. It takes its name from the Aare river. In the north, the Rhine forms the border with Germany. A little over 660,000 people live in Aargau. The official language is German. The main town is the city of Aarau with just over 20,000 inhabitants. The two cities of Wettingen and Baden are almost the same size. The canton of Aargau is mainly located in the Mittelland, only a small part is in the Jura. The Aare brings a lot of water from the Bernese Oberland. Almost at the same place, the Aare joins the Reuss, which comes from Lake Lucerne, and then the Limmat from Lake Zurich. The water from most of Switzerland collects here, which is why this area is also called the "water castle of Switzerland". The Aare flows into the Rhine near Koblenz. The main town of Aarau seen from the air. Typical for the canton of Aargau: small towns, the Aare, a railway line and a nuclear power plant in the background. In the canton of Aargau, there were no larger cities then or now. The area had different rulers. In 1415 it was conquered by the Confederates, the then Swiss. The area was governed partly by Bern, partly by Zurich, and partly jointly by the Confederation. Only after Napoleon conquered Switzerland with his troops in 1803 did today's canton of Aargau come into being. This year is expected to be the accession to the Swiss Confederation. The main town of Aarau was inhabited as early as the Neolithic Age. A Roman road ran where the Bahnhofstrasse is today. It connected the important Roman camps of Vindonissa and Aventicum. In the 7th century, the Alemanni built their first settlement there. In the 13th century, the Counts of Kyburg founded today's town. It lies on an extensive rock above the Aare.