Rheinfelden (Aargau)
Rheinfelden (Alemannic German: Rhyfälde, [ˈriːfæld̥ə]) is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. It is located 15 kilometres east of Basel. The name means the fields of the Rhine, as the town is located on the High Rhine. It is home to Feldschlösschen, the most popular beer in Switzerland. The city is across the river from Rheinfelden in Baden-Württemberg; the two cities were joined until Napoleon Bonaparte fixed the Germany–Switzerland border on the Rhine in 1802 and are still socially and economically tied.
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| Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°48′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Aargau |
| District | Rheinfelden |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtammmann (list) Franco Mazzi FDP/PRD (as of February 2014) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 13,528 |
| • Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4310 |
| SFOS number | 4258 |
| Surrounded by | Kaiseraugst, Magden, Möhlin, Olsberg, Rheinfelden (DE-BW), Schwörstadt (DE-BW) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Lordship (County?) of Rheinfelden Herrschaft (Grafschaft?) Rheinfelden | |||||||||
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| 10th century–1080 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Rheinfelden | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First settled | Middle Stone Age (10,000 BP) | ||||||||
• Established | 10th century | ||||||||
• Inherited by Zähringen | 1080 | ||||||||
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Imperial City of Rheinfelden Reichsstadt Rheinfelden | |||||||||
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| 1225–1330 | |||||||||
| Status | Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Rheinfelden | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1218 | |||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1225 | ||||||||
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