Endingen, Switzerland
municipality in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Endingen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈɛndɪŋən]; Swiss German: [ˈɛndɪgə]) is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
In the 18th and 19th century, Endingen was one of few villages in which Swiss Jews were permitted to settle. Old buildings in Endingen have two doors – one for Jews and one for Christians. Endigen's synagogue and Jewish cemetery are listed as a heritage site of national significance. Unusually for Swiss villages, there is no Christian church.
On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Unterendingen merged into the municipality of Endingen.
History
Individual items from the Neolithic and Bronze Age have been discovered around Endingen. In the Early Middle Ages the Alamanni settled in the area. The modern village of Endingen is first mentioned in 798 as Entingas. Until 1945 it was known as Oberendingen.
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