Hallwyl

Hallwil
Coat of arms
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Location of Hallwil
Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°11′E / 47.333°N 8.183°E / 47.333; 8.183Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°11′E / 47.333°N 8.183°E / 47.333; 8.183
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Lenzburg
Area
• Total	2.19 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Elevation	475 m (1,558 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)
• Total	872
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Postal code	5705
SFOS number	4197
Surrounded by	Boniswil, Dürrenäsch, Leutwil, Seengen, Seon
Website	website missing SFSO statistics

Hallwil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

The Castle of Hallwyl is located in the neighboring municipality Seengen.

Hallwil is first mentioned in 1167 as de Allewilare. Between 1566-1950 it was, legally, known as Niederhallwil. The high court and rights to high justice of the Habsburgs in Hallwil ended in 1415 with the conquest of the Aargau by Bern. The rights to low justice were held by the Lords of Rinach and Hallwyl before they went into the possession of Bern, as part of the court district of Trostberg. The tithes, originally collected by Säckingen Abbey, later went to the Lords of Hallwyl who then gave them as a gift to the church of Seengen. In 1528 Bern converted to the Protestant Reformation and Hallwil became part of the Seengen parish.

Agriculture was the major economic activity until the 18th Century. In the 18th Century, the straw plaiting, silk ribbon and linen weaving industries became important. Between 1864-1971 the cigar industry dominated. In 1883 the Swiss Federal Railways station at Hallwyl-Dürrenäsch connected the village and the Federal Railway to the Seetalbahn railway. At the end of the 20th Century small companies in the service sector and apparatus dominated.

Hallwil is located in the Lenzburg district, on the left side of the Seetal valley. It is about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north-west of Hallwyl castle. It consists of the linear village of Hallwil.