Unteraargau
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The Unteraargau is the lower watershed of the Aare River and corresponds approximately to the modern canton of Aargau.
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[edit] Geography
The region is sometimes called the Berner Aargau, with reference to its incorporation into the territory of the Bern from 1415 to 1798. It includes the Aare valley between Aarau and the Klingnauer Stausee, the tributary valleys of the Aabach, the Suhre, the Wigger River, and the Wyna. It also includes some parts of the Jura Mountains.
It includes the modern districts of Brugg, Kulm, Lenzburg, and Zofingen.
[edit] History
Until 1415, the region belonged to Frederick IV, Duke of Austria. He was then outlawed by Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire, and his territories were forfeit. His former subjects agreed to acquire the land, and the Bernese were the first on the ground.
The area was then consolidated with the Oberaargau into one region after the conquest by the city of Bern. When Bern lost its old power with the invastion by French troops after the French Revolution in 1798, the Unteraargau became the modern canton of Aargau. The boundary between the Oberaargau and Unteraargau was fixed in 1798 along the Wigger River. In 1802, however, it was shifted west to Murg. This action was confirmed by the Act of Mediation of Napoleon in 1803 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
[edit] References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
- Berner Aargau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
