Herznach

Herznach village with the St. Nikolaus Church in foreground

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Herznach

Location of Herznach

Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°3′E / 47.483°N 8.050°ECoordinates: 47°29′N 8°3′E / 47.483°N 8.050°E

Country

Area

• Total

6.28 km² (2.42 sq mi)

Elevation

413 m (1,355 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,427

• Density

230/km² (590/sq mi)

Postal code

5027

SFOS number

4166

Surrounded by

Densbüren, Gipf-Oberfrick, Ueken, Wölflinswil, Zeihen

Website

www.herznach.ch
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Herznach is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

While some Alamanni era graves have been discovered, the first mention of Herznach is in 1097 as Hercenahc. The Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of another lord) family von Herznach and Herznach castle are both mentioned. The castle was built on the foundations of a manor house from the 7th-10th Centuries. was built. Originally both Herznach and Ueken were ruled by the Homberger family. In the early 14th Century, the Habsburgs had the right to judge and punish theft and other felonies in Herznach. Between the Imperial Reform (1495) of Maximilian I until the fall of the Ancien Régime (1797) it belonged to the Austrian District of Rheinfelden. The rights to Zwing und Bann (administration of the Commons as well as low justice) were probably in the hands of the village cooperative.

The Church of St. Nicholas, probably a Homburger family church, is first mentioned in 1180. Starting in 1407 the patronage rights were transferred from the Habsburgs to the Collegiate church of Rheinfelden. In 1651 the nave and tower were expanded and renovated, while in 1718-19 the choir was completely rebuilt. The Chapel of Saint Verena was built in 1516 on the foundation of the Early and High Middle Ages manor chapel. Verena newly built chapel on foundations from the early and HochMA and belonged to the manor. Even today, Herznach and Ueken form a parish. Until the Protestant Reformation this parish included Densbüren and the village of Asp and until 1852 it included Zeihen. With the Act of Mediation in 1803, the Fricktal joined the Canton of Aargau and Herznach and Ueken became independent municipalities. The two former population centers Unterherznach (walled church district) and Oberherznach (mill) grew together along the road by 1811.

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