Rekingen

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Rekingen

Location of Rekingen

Coordinates: 47°34′N 8°19′E / 47.567°N 8.317°ECoordinates: 47°34′N 8°19′E / 47.567°N 8.317°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.1 km² (1.2 sq mi)

Elevation

338 m (1,109 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

989

• Density

320/km² (830/sq mi)

Postal code

5332

SFOS number

4315

Surrounded by

Baldingen, Böbikon, Küssaberg (DE-BW), Mellikon, Tegerfelden, Zurzach

Website

www.rekingen.ch
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Rekingen is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

In 1956 an excavation discovered the remains of a Roman era estate (made with bricks from the 11th and 21st Legion in Vindonissa). Another excavation discovered Alamanni graves to the north of the train station. The modern municipality of Rekingen is first mentioned in 1261 as Rechunch. Rekingen belonged to the court of Klingnau, which from 1415 until 1798 was under the high court of Baden. The low court right lay with the Bishop of Constance and was exercised by Zurzach Abbey. During the Protestant Reformation the majority of the citizens converted of the new faith. In 1678, two canons from Zurzach, Johann Rudolf and Johann Jakob Schmid from Baar, built the Metzgerhof house and chapel. The chapel was deconsecrated in 1878 and since 1980 the old wine press building has been used as an ecumenical chapel. In 1790 the village school was segregated along denominational lines and was reintegrated in 1852.

The majority of the population lived on agriculture and viticulture. Back in the middle ages, there were three mills and a brick maker. In 1876, Rekingen received a mainline railway station on the Koblenz-Winterthur line. Between 1864 and 1989 a lime factory operated in Rekingen. There was also a cement plant from 1975–95 and a hardware factory between 1955-2001. In 1914 the Swiss Sodafabrik (name was changed in 1922 to Solvay), was founded on a factory site which was half in Rekingen and half in Zurzach.

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