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Oberentfelden
Oberentfelden is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Aarau (district), Aarau of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Oberentfelden is first mentioned in 965 as ''Endiveld''. In 1306 it was mentioned as ''Oberen-En[t]velt''. Geography Oberentfelden has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 28% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Aarau district in the lower Suhr valley. The villages of Oberentfelden and Unterentfelden, while distinct municipalities, have grown together. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules on Base wavy per fess wavy of six Azure and Argent a Duck issuant and in chief two Mullets Or.'' Because of the original name ''Endiveld'', which sounded like ''Entenfeld'' (duck field), the duck made it into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarau (district)
Aarau District is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with administrative capital Aarau encompasses the agglomeration of Aarau south of the Juras. Geography In 2009, the Aargau District had a total area of . Of that area, , or about 30.7%, was cultivated land, , or about 48.2%, was forested and , or about 20.1%, has some type of construction on it. Demographics In December 2018, Aarau District had a population of . In 2000, there were 3,277 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 14,181 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 9,295 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.24 individuals. In 2008, there were 10,614 single family homes (or 32.3% of the total) out of a total of 32,851 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau accessed 20 January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretzenbach
Gretzenbach is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Olten (district), Olten in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland. History Gretzenbach is first mentioned in 778 as ''Grezzinbach'' though this comes from a 10th Century copy of the older original. In 1265 it was mentioned as ''Grezenbach''. On 1 January 1973 the former municipality of Grod merged into the municipality of Gretzenbach.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Geography Gretzenbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.0% is settled (b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kölliken
Kölliken is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zofingen (district), Zofingen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It was also home to one of the two most toxic hazardous waste landfills in all of Switzerland. The other site is in Bonfol, Canton Jura. History Kölliken is first mentioned in 924 as ''Cholinchove''. Geography Kölliken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 22.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhen
Muhen is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Muhen is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Mucheim'', though this comes from a 14th-century copy of the original. In 1267 it was mentioned as ''Mukhein''. Geography Muhen has an area, , of . Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Aarau district in the lower Suhr valley. It consists of the formerly independent villages that have grown together; Ober-, Mittel- and Untermuhen as well as Schwabistal. Flag and coat of arms The blazon of the municipal flag and coat of arms is ''Azure above a base wavy with two barrulets wavy of the first a Bridge of the second masoned and in chief two Mullets of Five Or.'' Demographics Muhen has a population (as of ) of . , 12.1% of the population was ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schönenwerd
Schönenwerd is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Schönenwerd is first mentioned in 778 as ''Werith''. Geography Schönenwerd has an area, , of . Of this area, or 10.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 41.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhr, Aargau
Suhr is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Suhr has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules a Latin Cross pattee Argent and in Chief two Mullets of Five of the same and Coupeaux Vert.'' Demographics Suhr has a population (as of ) of . , 30.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 19.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (84.2%), with Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unterentfelden
Unterentfelden is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Aarau District, Aarau of the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Unterentfelden has an area, , of . Of this area, 32.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 37% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is of a "Duck Marron statant on Coupeaux Vert and in chief three Mullets Gules in fess". Demographics Unterentfelden has a population (as of ) of . , 21.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.2%), with Italian being second most common (4.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.9%). , the age distribution in Unterentfelden was as follows: 369 children or 9.8% of the population were between 0 and 9 years old and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gränichen
Gränichen is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Aarau (district), Aarau of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography The river Wynetal, Wyna flows north at first and heads northwest thereafter. The valley has an average width of about . On both sides of the valley there are steep hills with tributary valleys and small high plateaus. The landscape is not dissimilar to that of the Tafeljura, even though - geographically and geologically speaking - Gränichen lies in the Midland, Switzerland, Midland of Switzerland. The hills on the left side of the valley are (from north to south): Manzenberg ( ), Wällenen (559 m), Moosberg (550 m), Heidberg () and Pfendel (). These are foothills of the Schornig (), which marks the transition to the valley of the river Suhre. The hills on the right side of the valley are called Fuden (), Räckholderen (), Breitenberg () and Surberg (). In front of the Breitenberg is the Schulthess () w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fachhochschule
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, technology, business, architecture, design, and industrial design. were first founded in Germany and were later adopted in Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Cyprus, and Greece. An increasing number of are abbreviated as ''Hochschule'', the generic term in Germany for institutions awarding academic degrees in higher education, or expanded as ''Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW)'', the German translation of "universities of applied sciences", which were primarily designed with a focus on teaching professional skills. This is reflected in the fact that the ratio of the number of students to the number of professors is significantly better than at traditional universities. However, there are also a number of subjects, such as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (50927 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic peoples, Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually controlled the Italian Peninsula, assimilating the Greece, Greek culture of southern Italy (Magna Graecia) and the Etruscans, Etruscan culture, and then became the dominant power in the Mediterranean region and parts of Europe. At its hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
