Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg

Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is first mentioned in 1190 as Rudolfstetin in a deed to the Benedictine Engelberg Abbey.

[3] In addition to Engelberg, Wettingen, Gnadenthal and St. Blasien Abbeys also owned property in the village.

The village vogtei or bailiwick was an originally a Habsburg fief, though in the 14th century it transferred to the Schwendauer in Zürich.

Following the Act of Mediation it became part of the district of Bremgarten of Canton Aargau in 1803.

After 1960, due to the favorable location, the municipality experienced rapid growth.

Of the rest of the land, 22.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

[4] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is; 430 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 469 teenagers or 11.4% are between 10 and 19.

[4] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.1% of the vote.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 1,731 or 46.3% were Roman Catholic, while 1,188 or 31.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg
Aerial view (1959)