Killwangen

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Killwangen

Canton	Aargau
District	Baden
Coordinates	47°26′N 8°21′E
Population	1682 (December 2005)
Area	2.43 km²
Elevation	393 m
Postal code	8956
SFOS number	4030
Website	www.killwangen.ch
Killwangen

Killwangen is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau, located in the district of Baden. The town lies in the Limmat river valley between Baden and Zürich.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Government
4 Business
5 Transport
6 Education

[edit] 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 385m a.s.l. (1263 feet) The highest point in Killwangen is the Sennenberg ridge at 702m (2,303 feet). The town is composed of a total of 243 hectares (600 acres) of which 123 hectares (304 acres) are forestland of mixed decidous/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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
Hans Ulrich Denzler, independent
Leo Dittli, independent
Markus Würsch, CVP

[edit] Business

Killwangen is primarily a bedroom community, as most of the employed workforce commutes daily to Baden, Spreitenbach or to jobs in the Zurich agglomeration.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.