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Kaiseraugst
Country Switzerland Canton Aargau District Rheinfelden 47°33′N 7°44′E / 47.55°N 7.733°E / 47.55; 7.733Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°44′E / 47.55°N 7.733°E / 47.55; 7.733
Population	4,849 (December 2005[update])
- Density	988 /km2 (2,558 /sq mi)
Area	4.91 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Elevation	269 m (883 ft)
Postal code	4303
SFOS number	4252
Surrounded by	Augst (BL), Giebenach (BL), Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE-BW), Olsberg, Rheinfelden (DE-BW), Rheinfelden
Website	www.kaiseraugst.ch SFSO statistics
Kaiseraugst

Kaiseraugst is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is named for the Ancient Roman city of Augusta Raurica whose ruins are situated nearby.

[edit] History

About 300AD, following the loss of the Limes Germanicus and the right bank of the Rhine River the roman army built a fort near the city of Augusta Raurica. The fort, which was named Castrum Rauracense was intended to serve as the headquarters of the legio I Martia and to protect a ford over the Rhine. During the 4^th Century, the fort grew in importance because it commanded a bridge that lay along the road from Gaul to the Danube River. Emperors Constantius II and Julian assembled their armies at the Castrum Rauracense before marching to battle against the Alemanni^[1].

Following the collapse of the Roman Empire the fort remained occupied as local Germanic tribes moved in. The fort and neighboring church became the seat of a bishop during the 4^th Century, with the bishop first being mentioned in 346^[1]. In the 7^th Century the bishop moved to Basel and the settlement declined in importance.

In 894 the East Francian King Arnulf granted the church in Kaiseraugst to his vassel Anno. The church was then granted to the Abbey of St Gall and then later to the Basel Münster. The original church, built in 400 AD, was replaced with a new building in 1749. Following the Act of Mediation in 1803 the church was granted to the new canton of Aargau. In 1878 the majority of the community became Christian Catholic and took over the church. In 1900/01 the Roman Catholic church was built and the original church's property was divided^[2].

[edit] External links

• Kaiseraugst in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[edit] References

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