Fisibach

Fisibach
Coat of arms
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Location of Fisibach
Coordinates: 47°34′N 8°24′E / 47.567°N 8.400°E / 47.567; 8.400Coordinates: 47°34′N 8°24′E / 47.567°N 8.400°E / 47.567; 8.400
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Zurzach
Area
• Total	5.79 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation	378 m (1,240 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	440
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Postal code	5467
SFOS number	4306
Surrounded by	Bachs (ZH), Hohentengen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Kaiserstuhl, Oberweningen (ZH), Rümikon, Siglistorf, Weiach (ZH), Wislikofen
Website	www.fisibach.ch SFSO statistics

Fisibach is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

While some scattered items from the Bronze Age were discovered in Fisibach, the first evidence of a settlement is a Roman era watchtower along the Rhine River. The modern village of Fisibach is first mentioned in 1050 as Fusibach. The owners of Waldhausen Castle in the hamlet of Waldhausen, granted St. Blaise's Abbey extensive landholdings around their castle in 1113. However, by the 15th century, the castle was abandoned. On a rock in the Rhine was the Schwarzwasserstelz Castle. This castle, after 1363, was in the possession of the Bishop of Constance, and from 1589 to 1831 in the hands of the Tschudi family of Glarus. In 1875 it was demolished during the construction of the Rhine Valley Railway. The railroad did not have a station in Fisibach. The owner of Schwarzwasserstelz held the low court rights over Fisibach, while the Vogt of Baden held those rights in Waldhausen and Hägelen.

The residents of Fisibach were part of the Hohentengen parish until 1842, when they became part of the Kaiserstuhl parish. A village chapel was built in the 17th century.

Agriculture dominated the economy until the mid-20th century.

Fisibach has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 5.79 square kilometers (2.24 sq mi). Of this area, 2.5 km² (0.97 sq mi) or 43.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.65 km² (1.02 sq mi) or 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.13 km² (32 acres) or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes.