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On 5 February 1638, the city was besieged by Protestant troops under the command of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar. On 28 February the Battle of Rheinfelden began, as the city was attacked by numerically superior Imperial and Bavarian troops under the command of Johann von Werth and Federico Savelli. The Protestants lost this encounter and withdrew.
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1844 marked the beginning of a new upswing for Rheinfelden. Two salt works were founded, the now disused Rheinfelden salt works and the Riburg salt works. The extraction of salt also marked the beginning of the use of the unique natural brine for bathing. Soon, inns set up as brine baths, the first being the "Schützen" in 1846.
The Treaty of Rheinfelden ( German: Rheinfelder Hausordnung) was the first Habsburg order of succession, concluded on 1 June 1283 at the Imperial City of Rheinfelden . Rudolph of Habsburg had been chosen as King of the Romans in 1273 and had defeated his rival Ottokar II of Bohemia who was killed at the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld.
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Rheinfelden, Switzerland. / 47.550°N 7.800°E / 47.550; 7.800. Rheinfelden is a city and municipality of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of Basel. The name means the fields of the Rhine, as the town is on the Hochrhein. It is home to Feldschlösschen, the most ...
- 16 km² (6 sq mi)
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4310 Rheinfelden. Switzerland. Phone +41 (0)61 835 52 00. tourismus@rheinfelden.ch. tourismus-rheinfelden.ch. Show Route. In Rheinfelden, everything revolves around this “white gold”. From the story of how salt was discovered to how it is used today – salt can be experienced in all its aspects. The city built on salt has so much to offer ...
Although it has one of the largest hydroelectric plants in Europe, Rheinfelden is chiefly noted as a tourist center with saline baths. It was the scene of almost continuous fighting in the Thirty Years War. There, in 1638, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar defeated the imperial troops and Henri de Rohan was killed.
4310 Rheinfelden. Switzerland. Phone +41 (0)61 835 52 00. tourismus@rheinfelden.ch. tourismus-rheinfelden.ch. Show Route. Culinary delights, culture and beer all come together in the small city of Rheinfelden on the Upper Rhine in Aargau. Where a small medieval old town, the oldest Zähringer town in Switzerland, invites you to take a stroll.
