Holziken is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
[3] The major land holders in the village included the Abbey of St. Gall and knights that were vassals of the Habsburgs.
Then, in 1803 it became part of the Kulm district in the newly formed Canton of Aargau.
The main economic sources, in the 18th and 19th centuries, were agriculture and home cotton processing.
Today the main sources of income include agriculture (about 10% of the total employment in 2000) and factories for the production of office furniture and interiors.
[4] The municipality is located in the Kulm district, between the Uerke and the Suhre rivers.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent three Wood Slices Or on a Chevron Sable.
[8] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Holziken is; 98 children or 8.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 135 teenagers or 11.6% are between 10 and 19.
[10] About 49.3% 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).
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 248 or 20.9% were Roman Catholic, while 720 or 60.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.