Menziken

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Menziken

Location of Menziken

Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°12′E / 47.233°N 8.200°ECoordinates: 47°14′N 8°12′E / 47.233°N 8.200°E

Country

Area

• Total

6.39 km² (2.47 sq mi)

Elevation

544 m (1,785 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

5,930

• Density

930/km² (2,400/sq mi)

Postal code

5737

SFOS number

4139

Surrounded by

Beinwil am See, Beromünster (LU), Burg, Gunzwil (LU), Pfeffikon (LU), Reinach, Rickenbach (LU)

Website

www.menziken.ch
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Menziken is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Menziken is first mentioned in 1045 as Manzinchouen though that comes from a 14th Century copy of the original document. In 1295 it was mentioned as Menzchon. However, the current site of Menziken was settled earlier. Both Roman era ruins and Alamanni graves have been discovered in the municipality. During the High Middle Ages it was owned by the Counts of Lenzburg. In 1173 it passed over to the Kyburgs and following the extinction of the Kyburg line, in 1273 it passed to the Habsburgs. The Habsburgs held the rights to high justice while their vassals, the Lords of Reinach, held the rights to low justice. From the conquest of Aargau in 1415 until the creation of the Helvetic Republic in 1798, the village was under Bernese domination. At that time, Menziken belonged to the district (German: Oberamt) of Lenzburg. With the creation of the Canton of Aargau through the Act of Mediation in 1803, Menziken became a municipality in the new canton.

During the Middle Ages Menziken was part of the Catholic parish of Pfeffikon. Following the introduction of the Protestant Reformation in 1528, it was initially part of Gontenschwil parish and then of the parish of Reinach. It became the independent parish of Menziken-Burg in 1889-90, with the construction of its own church. The Catholic Menziken-Reinach Diaspora parish was created in 1906-07 when St Anne's Church was built in the municipality.

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