Aarau: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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CHF 130 - 190 Sorellino Hotel Argovia
 Situated close to the main station, Sorellino Hotel Argovia is just a few miutes by foot from the picturesque Old Town of Aarau. Focusing on the essen… MoreCHF 119 - 390 Hotel zum Kreuz
 The Hotel zum Kreuz occupies an almost 400-year-old building close to the Suhr train station. It offers you country-style rooms, a restaurant with a t… MoreCHF 107 - 270 Aarauerhof Swiss Quality Hotel
 You reach us, you come in and we make you feel well! A motivated and friendly team gives you a warm wellcome. Enjoy, celebrate or have your business m… MoreCHF 111 - 250 Aarau West Swiss Quality Hotel
 Swiss Q Hotel Aarau West is a modern business hotel located near Aarau. The hotel with 70 rooms and 3 conference rooms is conveniently situated just o… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aarau: Guide
Aarau is the capital of the northern German-speaking and predominantly Protestantism|Protestant. Aarau is situated in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura mountains, and is west of Zurich "." Encyclopædia Britannica, 20 December 2006.. It was founded around 1240 A.D. by the counts of Kyburg. An ancient fortress, Aarau was taken over by the Habsburgs (who derive their name from the nearby Habichtsburg or "Hawk's Castle" which was their original home) in 1264; then by the Bernese in 1415, and in 1798 became for six months (March to September) the capital of the Helvetic Republic. Because of its ancient history, it has a number of ancient towers dating back to the 1200s; the town's church dates from 1471 and the town hall from 1762). The cantonal library contains a Bible annotated by Huldrych Zwingli.
Manufacture include bells, mathematical instruments, electrical goods, cotton textiles, chemicals, shoes, and other products.
Notable residents
Johann Kaspar Riesbeck (1754-1786), author and actor
Johann Rudolf Dolder (1753-1807), politician
Sebastian Fahrländer (1768-1841), politician, physician
Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (1771-1848), writer
Ignaz Paul Vitalis Troxler (1780-1866), physician, politician, philosopher
Carl Feer-Herzog (1820-1880), politician
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Charles Tschopp (1899-1982), writer
Born in Aarau:
Eugen Bircher (1882-1956), politician
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, (1770-1843), first director of the United States Coast Survey.
Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner
Urs Faes, author
Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801-1873), member of the Swiss Federal Council
Hans Herzog (1819-1894), general
Paul Hubschmid, actor
Klaus Merz, author
See also
Lenzburg -(boasts a historical museum)
References
External links
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