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| Frick AG | ||
| Canton | Aargau | |
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| Residents | approx. 5,000 | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 5563   | ||
| height | 349 m, 361 m | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.frick.ch | |
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Frick is a community in Swiss Canton Aargau.
background
The market town of Frick is located in a basin of the Frick valley measuring around 1 kilometer, at the junction to the Jura passes Bözberg, Staffelegg and Benkerjoch. Already in Roman times a road ran through here, which Augusta Raurica With Vindonissa Association. So it is not surprising that a place was able to develop here in the Middle Ages. During the Austrian rule, it even became the capital of the Fricktal region.
getting there
By plane
Frick is by a direct express train with the airport Zurich
(IATA: ZRH) connected. The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg(IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP) is also easy to reach.
By train
The express trains Basel-Brugg-Zurich and Basel-Brugg-Zurich Airport stop at Frick station. The Basel S-Bahn line S1 also ends here.
Several post bus lines leave the station square, providing access to the surrounding area.
In the street
The main road number 3 and the N3 motorway open up the community when coming from Basel. The Frick motorway exit is about 1 kilometer outside the center. From the main road number 3, which leads over the Bözberg to Brugg, the main road number 24 branches off via the Staffelegg to Aarau. A side road connects Frick with Laufenburg. Another main road leads to Sissach.
mobility
Everything in Frick can be easily reached on foot, and several postbus courses connect the village center with the train station, which is elevated.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Dinosaur Museum, Schulstrasse 22. The museum houses the only complete skeleton of a plateosaur in Switzerland.Open: 1. 3. Sun of the month 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Guided tours are also possible outside of the opening times by arrangement (Tel. 41 062 871 53 83). Duration approx. 1 hour, price 80 CHF admission (schools 60 CHF admission).Price: Admission: adults 4 CHF, children 2 CHF.
- Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul. The parish church was built in 1716.
activities
- outdoor pool. Price: Admission: children CHF 3, students CHF 4.50 adults CHF 6.
shop
Frick owns a Migros and a Coop, as well as other small shops.
