Döttingen (German: [ˈdœtɪŋən]) is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
[3] The monastery of Sankt Blasien Abbey in the Black Forest had large estates in Döttingen and possessed a manor house in the village.
It was part of the low court of the Klingnau district of the Bishopric of Constance after 1269.
During the War of the Second Coalition, the front line between the French and Austrians ran through the middle of the Aare.
The villages of Kleindöttingen and Eien, on the other side of the river, were completely destroyed and there were several dozen deaths.
Since 1950, the largest Wine Festival in German-speaking Switzerland has taken place annually in Döttingen.
Döttingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.92 square kilometers (2.67 sq mi).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or and Sable a Pale counterchanged.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (76.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 7.8%) and Albanian being third ( 4.4%).
[9] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Döttingen is; 373 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 452 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19.
[11] About 48.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
[15] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] As of 2007[update], Döttingen had an unemployment rate of 3.22%.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,865 or 57.5% were Roman Catholic, while 514 or 15.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.