Leibstadt
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| Coordinates: 47°35′N 8°11′E / 47.583°N 8.183°ECoordinates: 47°35′N 8°11′E / 47.583°N 8.183°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Aargau | |
| District | Zurzach | |
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| • Total | 6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 347 m (1,138 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 1,274 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 5325 | |
| SFOS number | 4311 | |
| Surrounded by | Dogern (DE-BW), Full-Reuenthal, Leuggern, Schwaderloch, Wil | |
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Leibstadt is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Leibstadt is first mentioned about 1240 as Leibesteit. In the 13th and 14th Centuries it was ruled by the Habsburgs. In 1323 two mills are mentioned in Leibstadt. After the 1415 conquest of the Aargau, the two parts of the village (Oberleibstadt and Unterleibstadt, separated by a creek) were ruled separately by various overlords. The former was part of the Austrian district of Laufenburg, while the latter was part of the Swiss Confederation's district of Leuggern in the County of Baden. As a border village, Leibstadt was in danger any time the Habsburgs and the Confederation fought. A chronicle records that on 1 March 1499 men from Gansingen and Mettau attacked and burned most of the villages in the area, including Leibstadt. Between 1635-1798 the villages of Leibstadt and Schwaderloch formed the Roll'sche district of Bernau. Until 1816 Oberleibstadt belonged to the municipality of Leuggern and then formed its own political municipality (until 1832 it included Full-Reuenthal) within the Zurzach district. Unterleibstadt was an independent political municipality in the Laufenburg district. In 1866 the two municipalities merged to form Leibstadt and became part of the Zurzach district. The first school was founded in 1756 by the Knights order from Leuggern.
In 1880 Leibstadt resigned from the parish of Leuggern and formed their own Catholic parish (which included Schwaderloch between 1818-1953). The village chapel burned down in 1871 was replaced in 1879-80 with the present parish church.
A railway station was opened in Leibstadt in 1892, serving the Koblenz-Stein-Säckingen line. However this closed in 1993 and only a Postauto bus travels to the municipality now. Into the latter half of the 20th Century, agriculture was the main source of industry and income in Leibstadt. In 1973 the nuclear power company, Leibstadt AG was founded to build a power plant in Leibstadt. The largest nuclear power plant in Switzerland, which cost about 4.8 billion CHF, came online in 1984. It produces about 7.2 billion kWh of electricity per year and provides about three fifths of the jobs in the community.
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