This Linear Band Ceramic settlement dates to about 6000BC and is the first long-term, farming community in the borders of modern Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The Goldäcker, a Neolithic settlement is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

About 6000 BC, a group of Linear Band Ceramic Culture farmers moved south over the Danube river.

They settled in a small hamlet on the western border of modern Gächlingen.

[3] Additionally, the entire village of Gächlingen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Sickle Argent ringed Or handled proper and a Ploughshare of the second.