Murgenthal
Sign in to saveMurgenthal is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Murgenthal
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Aroponto de Murgenthal al Fulenbach 200.JPG
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Murgenthal AG.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Murgenthal Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Aargau
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-AG
- Swiss town.district
- Zofingen
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 4853
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 4279
- Swiss town.area
- 18.65
- Swiss town.elevation
- 412
- Swiss town.population
- 2847
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2006
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2006
- Swiss town.website
- murgenthal.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Boningen (SO), Brittnau, Fulenbach (SO), Pfaffnau (LU), Roggwil (BE), Rothrist, Vordemwald, Wolfwil (SO), Wynau (BE)
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Transportation
- The Murgenthal Status
- References
Murgenthal is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Murgenthal railway station. Most of the growth of Murgenthal is due to the railway thumb|left|Aerial view (1970) Murgenthal is first mentioned in 1255 as Murgatun. The Herrschaft rights to the village belonged to the Counts of Frohburg until 1299, when they went to the Habsburgs. From the Bernese conquest of the Aargau in 1415, until 1798, the rights were held by city of Bern. Between 1640 and 1645 the Governor of Aarburg, Jacob Wyss, build the Rotkanal (Red Canal) which transported water from the head waters of the Murg river to the meadows at Rothrist. Between 1798 and 1802 it was part of the Canton of Bern. Since 1803 it belongs to the canton of Aargau. Until 1900 the village of Murgenthal was part of the municipality of Riken. In 1901 the municipality of Riken joined the municipality of Balzenwil to form the new municipality of Murgenthal.