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Birmenstorf is a municipality in the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The village has a population of 2,349 (as of 2004) and lies in the valley of the Reuss river near its confluence with the Aare river.
Archeological findings indicate that the area was inhabited already in the Stone Age. The village proper was founded by Alamanni settlers probably in the 6th century. The first written mention of Birmenstorf dates to 1146, when a stay of Bernard of Clairvaux was recorded. In 1415, the Eidgenossenschaft conquered the Aargau, and Birmenstorf as part of the Habsburgian County of Baden came under their sovereignity. During the Reformation, about a third of the population converted to Protestantism. The choir of the old church with frescos dating to 1440 still exists today.
For over 600 years, vineyards have been cultivated in Birmenstorf.
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