Gebenstorf

Geschichte

Gebenstorf is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.HistoryGebenstorf is first mentioned in 1247 as Gobistorf. From 1415 until 1798 it was a township in the county of Baden. The historical borders have been retained in the modern municipality.GeographyGebenstorf has an area, of 5.7km2. Of this area, 29% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Baden district, at the confluence of the Reuss and Limmat rivers into the Aare river. It consists of the villages of Gebenstorf and Vogelsang and the hamlets of Reuss, Petersberg and Schwabenberg. In 1884, the village of Wil and the factory center of Turgi separated from Gebenstorf to form an independent municipality.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules a Sickle Argent and Argent a Ploughshare Gules.DemographicsGebenstorf has a population of., 26.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.8%. Most of the population speaks German (83.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.8%) and Albanian being third ( 2.3%).