Zofingen

Zofingen is a municipality and walled town in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, and the capital of the district of Zofingen. In ancient times the site was a settlement of the Celtic Helvetii, and later the Romans built a manor there. The Alemanni settled in the sixth century and formed one of the oldest parishes in Aargau. In the eleventh century the House of Frohburg founded a canons monastery, and the counts of Frohburg founded the town itself in 1201. Zofingen is first mentioned in writing in 1231, passed to the Habsburgs in 1299, was conquered by Bern in 1415 and adopted the Reformation in 1528. It has belonged to the canton of Aargau since 1803 and has grown into a regional centre. The municipality covers about 11.09 square kilometres, and the neighbouring Mühlethal was incorporated in 2002.