Birmenstorf, Aargau

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Birmenstorf
municipality_name = Birmenstorf
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Aargau
iso-code-region = CH-AG
district = Baden
lat_d=47|lat_m=28|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=15|long_EW=E
postal_code = 5413
municipality_code = 4024
area = 7.80
elevation = 382|elevation_description=
population = 2404|populationof=December 2006
website = www.birmenstorf.ch
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neighboring_municipalities= Baden, Birrhard, Fislisbach, Gebenstorf, Mellingen, Mülligen, Windisch, Wohlenschwil
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Birmenstorf is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Birmenstorf lies in the valley of the Reuss River near its confluence with the Aare river and 4 kilometers west-south-west from Baden.

Census

According to a census taken on 31 December 2003, the population of Birmenstorf was 2370.fact|date=April 2008 As of the most recent census, 15.3% were foreign-born persons.fact|date=April 2008 47.9% of the population followed the Roman Catholic religion, 33.1% the Reformed Christian religion, and about 5.7% believed in other religions.fact|date=April 2008 Approximately 90% of the population speaks German as a main or primary language.fact|date=April 2008

Archeology

Archeological findings indicate that the area was inhabited as early as the Stone Age.fact|date=April 2008 The village proper was most likely founded by Alamanni settlers probably in the 6th century.fact|date=April 2008

History

The first written mention of Birmenstorf dates to 1146, when a stay of Bernard of Clairvaux was recorded. In 1415, the "Eidgenossenschaft" conquered the Aargau, and Birmenstorf as part of the Habsburgian County of Baden came under their sovereignty. During the Reformation, about a third of the population converted to Protestantism. The choir of the old church with frescos dating to 1440 still exists today.

For over 600 years, vineyards have been cultivated in Birmenstorf.

External links

* [http://www.birmenstorf.ch Official homepage of the municipality of Birmenstorf]
* [http://www.birmenstorfer.ch Homepage of the viticulture cooperative]