Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg

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Location of Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg

Coordinates: 47°22′N 8°23′E / 47.367°N 8.383°ECoordinates: 47°22′N 8°23′E / 47.367°N 8.383°E

Country

Area

• Total

4.91 km² (1.90 sq mi)

Elevation

494 m (1,621 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

4,404

• Density

900/km² (2,300/sq mi)

Postal code

8964

SFOS number

4075

Surrounded by

Bergdietikon, Berikon, Birmensdorf (ZH), Urdorf (ZH), Widen

Website

www.rudolfstetten.ch
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Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Prior to 1953, the municipality was officially known simply as Rudolfstetten.

Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is first mentioned in 1190 as Rudolfstetin in a deed to the Benedictine Engelberg Abbey. In addition to Engelberg, Wettingen, Gnadenthal and St. Blasien Abbeys also owned property in the village. The village vogtei or bailiwick was an originally a Habsburg fief, though in the 14th Century it transferred to the Schwendauer in Zurich. Then, in 1438 it went to Bremgarten.

Between 1415-1798 the village belonged to the county of Baden. During the short-lived Helvetic Republic it was part of the Canton of Baden from 1798 until 1803. Following the Act of Mediation it became part of the district of Bremgarten of Canton Aargau in 1803. In 1966 the municipalities of Rudolfstetten and Friedlisberg joined together.

Religiously, until 1861 the Catholics were part of the Dietikon parish, then they became part of the Berikon. Friedlisberg remained in the parish Berikon, but in 1964 Rudolfstetten broke away and formed a parish with Bergdietikon. The two villages belong to the Reformed parish of Bremgarten-Mutschellen.

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