Gebenstorf

History

Gebenstorf is first mentioned in 1247 as Gobistorf. From 1415 until 1798 it was a township in the county of Baden. The historical borders have been retained in the modern municipality.

Geography

Gebenstorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 29% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Baden district, at the confluence of the Reuss and Limmat rivers into the Aare river. It consists of the villages of Gebenstorf and Vogelsang and the hamlets of Reuss, Petersberg and Schwabenberg. In 1884, the village of Wil and the factory center of Turgi separated from Gebenstorf to form an independent municipality.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  16,317
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  13,578
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  11,582
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  9,096
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  6,942
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,612
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,560
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,518

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland