- Killwangen
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Killwangen
municipality_name = Killwangen
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Aargau
iso-code-region = CH-AG
district = Baden
lat_d=47|lat_m=26|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=21|long_EW=E
postal_code = 8956
municipality_code = 4030
area = 2.43
elevation = 393|elevation_description=
population = 1735|populationof = December 2006 | popofyear = 2006
website = www.killwangen.ch
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neighboring_municipalities=Neuenhof ,Oberrohrdorf ,Spreitenbach ,Würenlos
twintowns = |Killwangen is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of
Aargau inSwitzerland .The town lies in the
Limmat river valley between Baden andZürich .Geography
Killwangen lies on the south side of the Limmat river, within easy walking distance of the Heitersberg. Elevation of the Limmat at Killwangen is 385 m a.s.l. (1263 ft) The highest point in Killwangen is the Sennenberg ridge at 702m (2,303 ft). The town is composed of a total of 243 hectares (600 acres) of which 123 hectares (304 acres) are forestland of mixed deciduous/coniferous woods, 47 hectares (116 acres) of building land and the remaining being farmland (about 180 acres). Neighboring towns are Wurenlos to the North, Spreitenbach to the east, Neuenhof to the West and Oberrohrdorf to the south.
History
The town was first known as "Culliwanch" as early as 1227. The name is alemannish in origin. For nearly 600 years, Killwangen was dependent on the Kloster in nearby Wettingen. In 1798, Napoleon's troops came through Switzerland and the Helvetic Republic was born. Killwangen was part of the Canton Baden which enjoyed a short history as a separate Canton, being absorbed by the new Canton of Aargau in 1803. On the 7th of August 1847, the first railway line in Switzerland opened between Baden and Zurich. On the 1st of February 1848, the town received its own railways station on the pioneer line.
Year population
1778 - 90
1850 - 182
1900 - 306
1930 - 439
1950 - 597
1960 - 802
1970 - 842
1980 - 1041
1990 - 1328
2000 - 1377
At December 2005 the population of Killwangen stood at 1682, of which 23% were non-citizens.
Government
Members of the Town Council (Gemeindrat) are voted on by ballot once every 4 years. The Gemeindrat is composed of 5 elected representatives of which one is additionally elected as the town Chairperson (Gemeindeamman).
The five Town Councillors for 2006-2009 are:
*Cornelia Biasca, CVP, Gemeindeammann
*Alois Greber, CVP, Vice-Gemeindeammann
*Jürg Lienberger, SVP
*Leo Dittli, independent
*Markus Würsch, CVPBusiness
Killwangen is primarily a bedroom community, as most of the employed workforce commutes daily to Baden, Spreitenbach or to jobs in the Zurich agglomeration.
Transport
Killwangen is served by half hour S-Bahn (commuter service) from Killwangen-Spreitenbach railway station as well as by the Baden transit corporation which operates frequent bus service as.
Education
Killwangen operates two separate Kindergarten facilities and one Primary School. Children from the 6th class and older travel to nearby Spreitenbach to middle school. High Schools in Wettingen and Baden follow for those students with qualifying performance.
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