SwitzerlandKanton Aargau 22 · Canton of Aargau: History
What special role did the villages of Endingen and Lengnau in the Surb Valley (Surbtal) have?
In the exam (German)
Welche besondere Rolle hatten die Dörfer Endingen und Lengnau im Surbtal?
- aThey were the first places in Switzerland where women got the right to vote.Dort wurde in der Schweiz zuerst das Stimmrecht für Frauen eingeführt.
- bFor a long time, they were the only places in Switzerland where Jews were allowed to live.Lange waren sie die einzigen Orte, an denen Juden in der Schweiz wohnen durften.Correct answer
- cUntil 1798, they were home to the castles of the Confederation's governors (Landvögte).Dort befanden sich bis 1798 die Schlösser der eidgenössischen Landvögte.
- dSwitzerland's first Federal Constitution was drafted there in 1848.Dort wurde im Jahr 1848 die erste Bundesverfassung der Schweiz ausgearbeitet.
Why?
From 1776, Jews in Switzerland were only allowed to live in Endingen and Lengnau. Only in 1866 did they get the right to settle anywhere in Switzerland.
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