Rupperswil

Rupperswil
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Location of Rupperswil
Coordinates: 47°24′N 8°8′E / 47.400°N 8.133°E / 47.400; 8.133Coordinates: 47°24′N 8°8′E / 47.400°N 8.133°E / 47.400; 8.133
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Lenzburg
Area
• Total	6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Elevation	373 m (1,224 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	5,144
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Postal code	5102
SFOS number	4206
Surrounded by	Auenstein, Biberstein, Buchs, Hunzenschwil, Lenzburg, Möriken-Wildegg, Niederlenz, Rohr, Schafisheim, Staufen, Suhr
Website	www.rupperswil.ch SFSO statistics

Rupperswil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

A partially preserved Roman era tile kiln from the 2nd Century was discovered in 1911. There is also evidence of the emergence of a late-Alamanni village in the 8th Century. The modern village of Rupperswil is first mentioned in 1173 as Rubeswile. It belonged to the realm of Lenzburg and passed from the Lenzburg family to the Kyburgs then in 1273 to the rule of the Habsburgs. After the conquest of the Aargau in 1415 it became part of the Bernese District (German: Hochgerichtsbezirk) of Lenzburg. Around the beginning of the 13th to the mid-14th Century, the Lords of Rubiswile, a Kyburg Ministerialis family (unfree knights in the service of another lord) is mentioned. They were the first Twingherren of Rupperswil. The Twingherrschaft was acquired between 1295-1312 by the Lords of Baldegg which then passed to the Lords of Reinach, and finally to the Lords of Hallwyl. In 1521 they sold the rights to low justice to Bern. Under the Bernese Bailiwick of Lenzburg, Rupperswil was the center of a lower court district. In 1803 Rupperswil became part of the newly created Canton of Aargau.

Ecclesiastically, until 1681 Rupperswil belonged to a parish of Suhr. In 1528 the city converted during the Protestant Reformation. From 1676-81, the Gem tried, eventually successfully, to create a separate parish. The village church was built from donations by the villagers between 1275-1370. In 1500 a choir and tower were added to the building. In 1921-22 the old church was replaced by a new building.