Hornussen, Switzerland

Hornussen

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Hornussen

Location of Hornussen

Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°4′E / 47.500°N 8.067°ECoordinates: 47°30′N 8°4′E / 47.500°N 8.067°E

Country

Area

• Total

7.27 km² (2.81 sq mi)

Elevation

382 m (1,253 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

935

• Density

130/km² (330/sq mi)

Postal code

5075

SFOS number

4167

Surrounded by

Bözen, Elfingen, Frick, Ittenthal, Sulz, Ueken, Zeihen

Website

www.hornussen.ch
SFSO statistics

Hornussen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Scattered archeological discoveries indicate that the land that would become Hornussen was lightly occupied during the Stone Age. During the Roman era, it was located on the important route over the Bözberg. However, the first mention of Hornussen is in 1281 as Hornescon. Until the 1802 Act of Mediation, all manor rights to the village were held by collegiate church of Säckingen. Until 1797 it was part of the Austrian-Habsburg Rheinfelden District. Since 1803 Hornussen has belong to the Canton of Aargau. Starting in the 15th Century, the Manor of Hornussen had a formal special status within the Habsburg territory. The lord of the manor was the court of appeals for all of Säckingen and also the economic center of the district. This is evident in the administration building from 1595, and other late gothic houses along the Bözbergstrasse. Thanks to its location on the border to the Bernese Aargau, the village remained largely spared destruction by war, which is why many of the old buildings were preserved.

The rights to appoint the pastor of the church of St. Mauritius was held by the church at Säckingen. The present building dates from 1710-12. As early as 1600 there was an annual pilgrimage from the village to Todtmoos in the Black Forest.

Besides agriculture, the hospitality industry played a major role in Hornussen starting in the Middle Ages. It was a changing station for the first stage in crossing the Bözberg. In the 19th Century the home straw plaiting industry entered the village, and at the end of the 19th Century a popular wine was produced in the region. Hornussen was connected to the Bözbergbahn train line in 1875. Nevertheless, the migration to the industrial regions and overseas was considerable. In 1917, the predecessor of today's soap and cosmetics factory was founded. Since 1996, the A3 motorway has reduced the amount of through traffic in the village. In 2000, four fifths of the population of commuters.

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