Dietwil

Dietwil
Coat of arms
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Location of Dietwil
Coordinates: 47°08′N 8°24′E / 47.133°N 8.400°E / 47.133; 8.400Coordinates: 47°08′N 8°24′E / 47.133°N 8.400°E / 47.133; 8.400
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Muri
Area
• Total	5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Elevation	424 m (1,391 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,287
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Postal code	6042
SFOS number	4231
Surrounded by	Honau (LU), Hünenberg (ZG), Inwil (LU), Oberrüti, Risch (ZG), Sins
Website	www.dietwil.ch SFSO statistics

Dietwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Dietwil is first mentioned in 1236 as Tuetwile. To distinguish it from the municipality of Grossdietwil in Lucerne it was also called Kleindietwil or Dietwil im Reusstal.

At the beginning of the 15th Century, the Lucerne von Moos family acquired the right to low justice in the village, which they relinquished in 1422 to Lucerne. After the conquest of the Aargau in 1415, the village came under the authority of the city of Lucerne and was part of the Meienberg district. In 1798 Dietwil's ties to Lucerne were severed. With the Act of Mediation in 1803, it became part of the newly created Canton of Aargau. In 1863 a decision of the Cantonal Council of Aargau naturalized all the gypsies who had settled in Dietwil after fleeing Napoleon's armies in Belarus.

In 1145 the Catholic parish church of St. James the elder was dedicated. It was replaced in 1780 by the current rococo aisleless church. Between 1370-1806, the Knights of Malta house at Hohenrain possessed the right of patronage.

The municipality has a little regional agricultural trade. The ferries from Eien and Gumpelsfahr connect Dietwil with Zug. The nearby on-ramp to the A14 Motorway, which runs from Zug to Lucerne, has led to growth in Dietwil. In 2000 about a third of the workers in Dietwil worked in agriculture and slightly more than half in the services sector.