Balzenwil

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Aargau (AG)

District :

Zofingen

Residential municipality :

Murgenthal

Postal code :

4853

Coordinates :

633 209 / 232616 coordinates: 47 ° 14 '37 " N , 7 ° 52' 38" O ; CH1903: 633209 / 232616

Height :

517 m above sea level M.

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 1901

Balzenwil is a village in the municipality of Murgenthal in the Zofingen district of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland . On 1 January 1901, the former municipality to municipality Murgenthal been merged .

history

Located on the southwest border of the Aargau in a hollow between Murg and Pfaffneren , consisting of the village of Balzenwil and a few individual farms. First mentioned in 1197 under Balzeuiler. Since the High Middle Ages, the Balzenwil farm was owned by the St. Urban Monastery, only 3 km away. In legal terms, Balzenwil had a special position as it was part of the St. Urban judiciary in Pfaffnau (LU), but was part of the Bernese office of Aarwangen. Since 1675 in Roggwil (BE) in church. In 1803 Balzenwil in the newly founded canton of Aargau became an independent political municipality, but in 1901 it was united with Riken to form the municipality of Murgenthal . The hamlet of Gruben, which previously belonged to Balzenwil, belonged to the municipality of Riken as early as 1803–1900. Agriculture has been a livelihood until the present day, and industry in Murgenthal and Roggwil has provided jobs since the 19th century .

population

Population development Balzenwil
year	1650	1900
Residents	45	191

Attractions

Web links

Andreas Steigmeier : Balzenwil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

This version of the article is based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage instructions, is under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). If the article has been revised and expanded to such an extent that it differs significantly from the HLS article, this module will be removed. The original text and a reference to the license can also be found in the version history of the article.