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Oftringen is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. ==History== The earliest trace of human habitation near Oftringen is scattered mesolithic era finds. A Roman era farm at the intersection of two roads and scattered Alamanni settlements have also been found. The modern municipality of Oftringen is first mentioned in 924 as ''Ofteringa''.〔 The village was under the ''Herschaft'' of the Counts of Frohburg from the Middle Ages until 1299, when they came under Habsburg authority. Following the Bernese conquest of the Aargau in 1415 it belonged to the ''Amt'' or township of Aarburg. It remained part of Bern until 1798. Under the guidance of Bern, in 1528 the Protestant Reformation entered the village. In 1667 an ecclesiastical court was set up in the village. In 1663 the first schoolhouse was built, and in 1740 a second one was added in the hamlet of Küngoldingen. The district school was built in 1969-70. It was part of the parish of Zofingen until 1920 when its own parish was formed. The parish church was built in 1933-34. Since the expansion of Bernese road networks in the 18th Century the Bern-Zurich and Basel-Lucerne roads cross in Oftringen. In addition, since 1856 the town is on the Olten-Lucerne railway, though the station is located in Aarburg. The Aarau-Zofingen railway line was built in 1875-77 by the Swiss Federal Railways. In 1914 a station at Küngoldingen was added. The center of the settlement shifted to around the intersection of the Bern-Zurich and Basel-Lucerne roads as various businesses sprang up to take advantage of the increased traffic. Industrialization began in 1825 with the establishment of a paper mill, which was followed by textile plants along the river. In the 20th Century the chemical and metal industries entered the village. In 1920 about 65% of the workers worked in industry. After the construction of the national motorway junction (A1 and A2 motorways) in Oftringen in 1967 and 1980, several shopping centers and other service businesses settled in the municipality. The number of jobs increased between 1950-90 from 1,430 to 3,233. At the beginning of the 21st Century, agriculture only provided 4% of the jobs, while services provided over 60%. Between 1945-70 the population grew so quickly that in the 1970s Oftringen had the highest population in the Zofingen agglomeration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oftringen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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