Fischbach-Göslikon

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Fischbach-Göslikon

Location of Fischbach-Göslikon

Coordinates: 47°22′N 8°18′E / 47.367°N 8.300°ECoordinates: 47°22′N 8°18′E / 47.367°N 8.300°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.07 km² (1.19 sq mi)

Elevation

390 m (1,280 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,626

• Density

530/km² (1,400/sq mi)

Postal code

5525

SFOS number

4067

Surrounded by

Bremgarten, Eggenwil, Künten, Niederwil, Wohlen

Website

www.fischbach-goeslikon.ch
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Fischbach-Göslikon is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

While several, individual mesolithic items have been found in the municipality, the first evidence of a settlement are two Hallstatt era graves. The current village was founded in the Middle Ages. The medieval settlements of Fischbach and Göslikon are first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century as Visbach und Fischbach. In 1159 it was mentioned as Cohelinchon, and in 1179 as Cozlinchon. The high and low justice lay with the Habsburgs, and then after 1415 with the Swiss. The monasteries of Hermetschwil and Gnadental as well as citizens and institutions of Bremgarten held property in both villages.

The parish church was consecrated in 1048 and at least from 1159, it was in possession of Muri Abbey. In 1360 it came under the authority of the Spital Baden. Between 1529-31 the Protestant Reformation entered Fischbach-Göslikon, though today more of the population remains Roman Catholic. In 1671-72, a new church was built and in 1757-60 it was rebuilt in the Rococo style. In 1709 a new chapel was built next to the church.

In 1798 Fischbach and Göslikon were combined, though the Ortsbürger communities remained separate until 1997.

In the 19th Century a peat processing operation opened in the village. Around the same time, a significant factory for straw plaiting opened. The factory had 71 employees in 1863, and added 12 more by 1885 (at the time the combined villages only had about 500 inhabitants). A gravel plant opened along the banks of the Reuss. The Reuss River Corrections of 1811-18, 1906–15 and 1935-50 changed the landscape and settlement pattern of Fischbach-Göslikon.

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