Reinach

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Reinach, Aargau

Reinach is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

Scattered neolithic items indicated that the area around Reinach has been occupied since at least that time. Several Hallstatt era tumuli (at Sonnenberg), Roman era buildings (at Chilebreiti) and Alamanni graves (at Herrenweg) confirm the early settlement of the region. Reinach is first mentioned in 1036 as Rinacha. At around the same time, the Lords of Reinach (named after their castle of Unter-Rinach, in a neighboring village), owned much of the property in the village. Reinach, together with Menziken, Burg and Wilhof, formed the lands of the Lords of Reinach. The sovereign rights of the Lords of Reinach fell in 1402 or 1404 to the Ribi family, the schultheiss of Lenzburg, and the Alsatian noble family of Mörsberg. In 1572 Reinach separated from Menziken to each become independent municipalities. After the conquest of Aargau by Bern in 1415, Reinach remained the center of the court of Reinach within the bailiwick of Lenzburg.

Reinach, Basel-Landschaft

Reinach (Swiss German: Riinech) is a municipality in the district Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

History

Reinach is first mentioned around 1168-76 as Rinacho.

Geography

Reinach has an area, as of 2009, of 7 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 1.84 km² (0.71 sq mi) or 26.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.16 km² (0.45 sq mi) or 16.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.87 km² (1.49 sq mi) or 55.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 33.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.7%. Out of the forested land, 15.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.1% is used for growing crops and 2.9% is pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.