Sarmenstorf

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Sarmenstorf

Location of Sarmenstorf

Coordinates: 47°19′N 8°15′E / 47.317°N 8.250°ECoordinates: 47°19′N 8°15′E / 47.317°N 8.250°E

Country

Area

• Total

8.31 km² (3.21 sq mi)

Elevation

534 m (1,752 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,805

• Density

340/km² (870/sq mi)

Postal code

5614

SFOS number

4076

Surrounded by

Bettwil, Büttikon, Fahrwangen, Hilfikon, Kallern, Meisterschwanden, Seengen, Uezwil

Website

www.sarmenstorf.ch
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Sarmenstorf is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

The earliest settlement in the municipality built the neolithic burial mound at Zigiholz. The next known settlement was a Roman era villa with a portico and bath house from the 1st Century AD. villa with corner projections and bathing from the late 1st Century AD at Murimooshau. From around the same time, there is an Alemanni cemetery near the villa.

Sarmenstorf is first mentioned in 1173 as Sarmarsdorf. During the Middle Ages, Einsiedeln Abbey, St. Blaisen Abbey, Säckingen Abbey, Wettingen Abbey, Frauenthal Abbey, Gnadental Abbey and Königsfelden Abbey all owned property in Sarmenstorf. The rights to high justice were held by the House of Habsburg after 1306. Those rights went to Lucerne in 1415 and in 1425 to the Confederation. The bailiwick in der Gassen (which included Sarmenstorf) was held by the Freiherren of Küssnacht, Eschenz and Hermetschwil Abbey until 1514, when it transferred to Melchior zur Gilgen.

The parish is first mentioned in 1185. The oldest church on the site of the current Holy Cross church dates from the Carolingian era. A church was built in 1622 and was replaced by a 1778-85 late Baroque church. The church was renovated on the outside in 1982-83 and the interior was done in 1987-88. The Chapel of St. Wendelin was ordained 1659, but was a pilgrimage site even before construction began. A new chapel was built in 1746-47.

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