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The traffic-calmed old town, surrounded on three sides by the Reuss, is a cultural monument of national importance. The four annual markets, especially the Christchindlimärt during Advent, have a national appeal and make Bremgarten the tourist center of southeastern Aargau.
April 7, 2020
Bremgarten is a small town and municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and the capital of the Bremgarten district. It is located in the lower Reuss valley, around 16 km west of Zurich (as the crow flies), 23 km east of the cantonal capital Aarau and 35 km north of Lucerne. With just over 7,500 inhabitants, Bremgarten is the second most populous municipality in the Freiamt region after Wohlen.
The town, founded by the Habsburgs, was part of the County of Baden, a common dominion of the Swiss Confederation, from 1415 to 1798. In 1443, during the Old Zurich War, Bremgarten rejected the offer to join the Swiss Confederation as an equal member. From 1798 to 1803, the town belonged to the canton of Baden, and since then to the canton of Aargau.
The traffic-calmed old town, surrounded on three sides by the Reuss, is a cultural monument of national importance. The four annual markets, especially the Christchindlimärt during Advent, have a national appeal and make Bremgarten the tourist center of southeastern Aargau. Bremgarten is also the location of an engineer barracks of the Swiss Army.
Source: Wikipedia
May 25, 2017
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