Künten

History

Various finds point to an early settlement. Coins, shards, bronze and iron tools from a Roman settlement from the early 2nd century were discovered near Künten, while archaeologists discovered a burial mound near Sulz. Chünten and Sulzo were first mentioned in documents around 1160 in the Acta Murensia, which identified the villages as the property of Muri Abbey. The place name Künten comes from the late Latin (praedium) Quintinacum and means "estate belonging to Quintinus". The current form of the name came about through a sound shift via the Old High German Chüntinacha. In the Middle Ages, the municipality was under the rule of the Habsburgs, who also exercised blood jurisdiction. Most of the lower jurisdiction was in the hands of the Hermetschwil Abbey. From 1392, a farm in Künten belonged to the in Baden. In 1415, the Confederates conquered Aargau. Both villages were now part of the Amt Rohrdorf in the county of Baden, a common lordship. After the Reformation was introduced in 1529, the inhabitants had to return to the Catholic denomination after the Second Kappel War of 1531. In March 1798, the French invaded Switzerland and proclaimed the Helvetic Republic. Künten and Sulz initially belonged to the short-lived Canton of Baden, and from 1803 to the Canton of Aargau. Both villages formed a joint municipality, but were also two separate local communities with a certain degree of autonomy. This structure remained in place until 1973, when the Ortsbürgergemeinden were dissolved and merged with the Einwohnergemeinde. On June 10, 1866, a major fire in Künten destroyed 14 thatched houses. Künten remained dominated by agriculture until well into the 20th century. With the opening of the nearby highway, the population began to increase significantly and has more than…

Geography

Künten has an area, , of . Of this area, 56.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Baden district. It consists of the village of Künten on the Bremgarten-Fislisbach road and the village of Sulz along the Reuss river valley.

Most-observed species

• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  19,620
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  17,754
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  14,085
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  13,441
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,703
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,889
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,151
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,910

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