Fricktal

The Frick Valley is a region in north-western Switzerland between the Jura, the Black Forest and the Rhine, with around 74,000 inhabitants.

Geographical Location

The Frick Valley region is located in the Canton of Aargau east of the big city of Basel. It consists of the prefectures of Aargau Rheinfelden and running castle on the Rhine, as well as from parts of the prefectures of Brugg (the three communities Effingen, Elfingen and Bözen ) in the east and Aarau (municipality Densbüren ) in the south. To the north it borders Germany to the west to the canton of Basel-Land and to the east by the region Zurzibiet. The region is in the north of the A3 motorway and the railway line from Basel - crosses from east to west Zurich ( Bözberg ). Larger side valleys of the north-south running Frick Valley are the Möhlintal in the west and the Mettauertal in the east.

Statistical data

• Area: 284 km ²
• Population: 74'042 (31 December 2011 )
• Population density: 261 inh / km ².
• Highest point: 870 m ( Räbnen, community Oberhof )
• Lowest point: 260 m ( Rhine at Kaiseraugst )
• Largest Cities: Rheinfelden ( 12'074 inhabitants), Möhlin ( 10'201 inhabitants), Kaiseraugst ( 5'367 inhabitants), Frick ( 4'981 inhabitants), Magden ( 3'663 inhabitants)

Population

The Frick valley can be divided into two parts. A distinction is made between the more rural upper Frick Valley and the suburban lower Frick valley. Economically and culturally, the Frick valley is strongly associated with the Basel region. Of the 36 municipalities of the Frick Valley include 8 (all in the district of Rheinfelden located ) agglomeration of the city of Basel. The population is concentrated in the lower Frick Valley ( about 30,000 inhabitants) to the Zähringerstadt Rheinfelden ( with Kaiseraugst, Magden and Möhlin ) and in the upper Frick Valley (about 10,500 inhabitants) to the market town of Frick ( with Gipf -Oberfrick, Oeschgen and Wittnau ).

Climate

In the low-lying Fricktaler Rhine valley ( lowest point 260 meters), nestled between Jura and the Black Forest, there is a very mild climate. The Basel- Frick valley is the warmest region north of the Alps and has seen up to 40 days of sunshine over the Plateau. On 5 August 2003, the weather station Möhlin reported at 40.3 ° C, the highest temperature ever measured north of the Alps. The mild climate Fricktaler so is ideal for the fruit and wine, which is operated in the Frick valley increases.

History

The first signs of life in the Frick valley come from prehistoric times. The dinosaur finds from the area of Frick have become nationally known.

The Rhine formed only briefly the northern border of the Roman Empire, the expansion of the Romans was unstoppable. In Kaiseraugst extensive Roman buildings and a well-preserved theater have been excavated and made ​​accessible to an outdoor museum with a reconstructed villa. It is a traditional destination of countless school classes.

The Frick Valley is an early- populated area of the Alemanni. About the counts of Alt- Homberg and the counts of Frick, the area is in Erbweg to the Counts of Habsburg. From the year 1386 the Frick Valley forms part of the front Austrian administration area and part of the Breisgau. In contrast to the Thurgau, which could be solved by Constance, the Swabian War had no territorial consequences for the region of the Frick Valley.

The Thirty Years' War also tears the Frick valley in the abyss of destruction and economic ruin. Draw hordes of soldiers plundering the villages and towns. This was followed by famine and pestilence.

In 1799, French troops occupied the Frick valley and it is thus separated from the Habsburg Empire, thus ended the 400 -year-old Austrian rule, and the then current term Frickgau. On February 20, 1802, the Canton Frick Valley was proclaimed with the status of a French protectorate. The inclusion of the canton in the Helvetic Republic takes place in August 1802 at his own request. However, Napoleon Bonaparte decreed on 19 February 1803, the resolution of the canton and, together with the canton of Baden, the connection to the newly formed Canton of Aargau.

During the 19th century, Miss years and famine follow. Face life and livelihood of many residents have reached a low point and conduct numerous residents to the emigration agencies in Basel. The general impoverishment leads to such an extent that emigration by the authorities must be encouraged necessity in the mid-19th century. As of 1933, the economic situation was again dramatically. The Frick Valley is an extreme commuter area (Basel and Baden)

The Frick Valley experienced since 1945 a stormy economic and industrial development. Big business is located at (especially the Basel chemical industry), the industrialization is progressing. With the exodus from the city is in the lower Fricktal a suburbanization and population growth.