page_title: Schinznach
section_title: Schinznach-Dorf
hierarchical_section_title: Schinznach / History / Schinznach-Dorf
caption_attribution_description: Rebberg in Schinznach-Dorf
context_page_description: Schinznach is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Oberflachs and Schinznach-Dorf merged to form the new municipality of Schinznach.
context_section_description: Schinznach-Dorf was first mentioned in 1189 as Schincennach, however the region was occasionally inhabited as far back as the Mesolithic era.  In addition to a Mesolithic shelter, a Neolithic settlement and two Roman villas indicate that the area was anciently inhabited.  The city of Bern gained the rights to the low court in the village in 1460.  Politically the villagers gradually gained rights from their Zwingherr and by 1547 they had a town charter.  A village school opened in the 1600s.  In 1654, a sulfur hot spring was discovered near the village and the town of Schinznach-Bad grew up around the spring.  It retained the name even after the spring vanished in 1670 and then moved to the opposite side of the Aare river in 1691.
  The local economy depended on the vineyards.  When production deceased due to diseases in the 1870s many residents were forced to emigrate.  Today, vineyards cover about 31 hectares, compared to 81 hectares in 1857.  In 1875 a railway station was built in the village.  However, the line did not do well and the station was closed in 1993.  In the 1960s the population increased and several new housing developments opened in the village.
  The village church of Saint George was first mentioned in 1227.  In 1650 a funeral chapel for the wealthy von Erlach family was built next to the church.  The old church building was replaced with a new one in 1779.
caption: Vineyards outside Schinznach-Dorf
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