Rupperswil

History

A partially preserved Roman-era tile kiln from the 2nd century was discovered in 1911. There is also evidence of the emergence of a late-Alamanni village in the 8th century. The modern village of Rupperswil is first mentioned in 1173 as Rubeswile. It belonged to the realm of Lenzburg and passed from the Lenzburg family to the Kyburgs then in 1273 to the rule of the Habsburgs. After the conquest of the Aargau in 1415 it became part of the Bernese District () of Lenzburg. Around the beginning of the 13th to the mid-14th century, the Lords of Rubiswile, a Kyburg Ministerialis family (unfree knights in the service of another lord) is mentioned. They were the first Twingherren of Rupperswil. The Twingherrschaft was acquired between 1295 and 1312 by the Lords of Baldegg which then passed to the Lords of Reinach, and finally to the Lords of Hallwyl. In 1521 they sold the rights to low justice to Bern. Under the Bernese Bailiwick of Lenzburg, Rupperswil was the center of a lower court district. In 1803 Rupperswil became part of the newly created Canton of Aargau. Ecclesiastically, until 1681 Rupperswil belonged to a parish of Suhr. In 1528 the city converted during the Protestant Reformation. From 1676 to 1681, the Gem tried, eventually successfully, to create a separate parish. The village church was built from donations by the villagers between 1275 and 1370. In 1500 a choir and tower were added to the building. In 1921–22 the old church was replaced by a new building. In the early 19th century the textile industry increasingly changed the formerly agricultural village. A spinning mill was established in 1836, which produced until the 1970s. In 1858, Rupperswil became a station on the railroad line Brugg–Aarau. In 1874, construction began on the Southern Railway line.…

Geography

Rupperswil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 28.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built-up area, industrial buildings made up 4.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 22.9% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Lenzburg district, south of the Aare river. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Rupperswil.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  12,268
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  9,717
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  7,061
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  5,854
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,768
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,393
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,227
• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  3,649

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• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
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• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
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• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
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