Lupfig

History

Near the modern village of Lupfig was the source of a Roman aqueduct leading to the camp of Vindonissa. Additionally, Alamanni graves have been discovered near the village. The modern village of Lupfig is first mentioned about 1273 as Lupfanch. The village was part of the Habsburgs core possessions () and is near Habsburg Castle. In the 14th century, the rights to the low justice and property in the village went to Königsfelden Abbey. When the abbey was dissolved, the property went to the city of Bern. The municipality has owned a tavern since at least 1628. Until 1526 it was part of the Windisch parish, then it went to the Birr parish and in 1715 Lupfig had its own parsonage. Since 1966 the village has had a Catholic chapel of ease. While agriculture was the main economic force, starting in the middle 18th century home cotton production provided another source of income. In the 19th century two other industries came to Lupfig, straw goods manufacturing and stone cutting (from about 1880 until 1940) for the watch industry. In 1936, the regional airport was opened at Birrfeld. Due to good transportation links (A1 and A3 motorways and the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard line) since the 1950s the village has become an industry and distribution center. In the 1980s new residential buildings were built in Lupfig to house the growing number of commuters.

Geography

Lupfig has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.9%. 22.9% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 34.6% is used for growing crops and 12.2% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Brugg district. It consists of the village of Lupfig which has grown together with Birr.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  18,969
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  13,260
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  11,882
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  11,293
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  8,149
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,715
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,006
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,738

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 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany