Schafisheim
Sign in to saveSchafisheim is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Schafisheim
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Schafisheim Schloss.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Schafisheim COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Schafisheim Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Aargau
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-AG
- Swiss town.district
- Lenzburg
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 5503
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 4207
- Swiss town.area
- 6.33
- Swiss town.elevation
- 419
- Swiss town.population
- 2658
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2006
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2006
- Swiss town.website
- www.schafisheim.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Gränichen, Hunzenschwil, Rupperswil, Seon, Staufen
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Schafisheim is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view (1954) Evidence of earlier settlements near Schafisheim include urn graves of the Hallstatt period and a Roman era farm. The modern village of Schafisheim is first mentioned around 1261–64 as Scafusa. The high court right was held by the Habsburgs, and then from 1415 by Bern. A farm owned by Murbach Abbey had the Twinggericht (low justice and property rights) over the village, which was held until 1482. The Twinggericht right went to the Lords of Baldegg, then, in 1671, to a branch of the Hallwyl family. In the 15th century the head Twingherren was probably living at Schafisheim Castle. After passing through several other hands, the Twingherren power came in 1736 to the brothers Samuel and Etienne Brutel.