Frick, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°1′E / 47.517°N 8.017°ECoordinates: 47°31′N 8°1′E / 47.517°N 8.017°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Aargau | |
| District | Laufenburg | |
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| • Total | 9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 5,284 | |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 5070 | |
| SFOS number | 4163 | |
| Surrounded by | Eiken, Gipf-Oberfrick, Hornussen, Ittenthal, Kaisten, Oeschgen, Schupfart, Ueken | |
| Twin towns | Frickingen (Germany) | |
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Frick is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. A number of dinosaur fossils, including a nearly complete Plateosaurus skeleton, were discovered in clay pits in the town. In 2013 and 2014 it became the most crime ridden municipality in Switzerland due to thousands of financial crimes committed when ASE Investment and the Basel Cantonal Bank lost over 100 million CHF due to improper trading.
During the upper Triassic period, about 210 million years ago, the region around Frick was a dry lowland with flat hills and small depressions. During the rainy season, the depressions filled with water and dinosaurs congregated around the ponds. When they died, their bodies were covered by the mud in the ponds and fossilized, creating rich fossil beds in Frick. The first Plateosaurus fossils were discovered in 1961 and further excavations during the following decades have discovered numerous fossils. In 2006, the only Coelophysoidea (a small flesh-eating dinosaur species) fossil in Switzerland, was found by an amateur paleontologist in Frick.
Frick has a very long inhabited history. At the nearby Wittnauer Horn, a prehistorical, late-Bronze Age fortification was discovered. The Roman era name for Frick (Latin: Ferraricia or iron ore field) refers to the Roman iron ore mine in the area. Additionally, remains of a Roman estate from the 2nd century were found on the main road, and the remains of a small fort from the early 4th century, which would have protected the military road Vindonissa-Augusta Raurica, was discovered below the church hill. On the hill, a new wall was built around 370. The finds in Oberdorf suggest a large Roman settlement from the 1st to 4th centuries. Graves on the church hill also indicate that there was an Alamanni settlement after the Romans. The core of the medieval settlement was clustered around the church hill. The oldest church, a fortified church building, is still visible around the current church. After the fire in the village in 1734 this old section was only partially rebuilt. The new settlement was concentrated along what is now the Bözbergstrasse. Frick is first mentioned in 1064 as Fricho.
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