Adliswil

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adliswil
Coat of arms of Adliswil
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District : Horgen
BFS no. : 0131i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8134
Coordinates : 682 184  /  240749 coordinates: 47 ° 18 '45 "  N , 8 ° 31' 32"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-two thousand one hundred and eighty-four  /  240749
Height : 435  m above sea level M.
Height range : 437–869 m above sea level M.
Area : 7.77  km²
Residents: i18,769 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 2416 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		36.4% (December 31, 2018)
City President : Farid Zeroual ( CVP )
Website: www.adliswil.ch
Adliswil, with the Catholic parish church

Adliswil, with the Catholic parish church
Location of the municipality
Ufenau Lützelau Zürichsee Greifensee Sihlsee Teufenbachweiher Horgnerbergweiher Ausee (Wädenswil) Türlersee Zugersee Kanton Schwyz Kanton St. Gallen Kanton Zug Bezirk Affoltern Bezirk Dietikon Bezirk Hinwil Bezirk Meilen Bezirk Uster Bezirk Zürich Adliswil Horgen Kilchberg ZH Langnau am Albis Oberrieden ZH Richterswil Rüschlikon Thalwil WädenswilMap of Adliswil
About this picture
w

Adliswil (formerly also Adlisweil, in Zurich German dialect Atlischwiil / Adlischwiil [ ɑtliʒ̊ʋiːl / ɑd̥liʒ̊ʋiːl ], with varying emphasis) is a political municipality in the district of Horgen in the Swiss canton of Zurich . Since the 1950s it has grown into a small town in the agglomeration of the city of Zurich .

geography

Adliswil is located in the lower Sihl valley between Albis and Zimmerberg on the border with the city of Zurich. The forest covers a third of the municipal area, the settlement area and traffic almost half, 20% are still used for agriculture.

history

Adliswil, historical aerial photo from October 5, 1931, taken from a height of 600 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

The graves from the early Middle Ages, which were found in the Grüt near the border with the city of Zurich, give evidence of settlements. The slopes of Zimmerberg and Albis were settled first, as the valley floor along the Sihl was repeatedly endangered by floods.

The place name is since the 11./12. Century documented evidence (around 1050 [cop. 16th century] Adelenswile; before 1140 ad Adololdiswile ) and is based on a combination of the Old High German personal name Adalolt, older Adalwalt, and the back link -wīlāri , which is common in Alemannic foundations , to designate new court settlements. The place name means "at the Adalwalt homestead".

A bridge over the Sihl has been documented since 1475. The first mill with a weir is also mentioned in the 15th century . The manorial power lay with the Gross- und Fraumünster Zurich and the monasteries Muri and Rüti and passed to the city of Zurich in 1406.

From 1942 to 1945, Adliswil was home to the second largest internment camp in Switzerland, which was established as a result of the German occupation of southern France. It was housed in the rooms of a disused mechanical silk weaving mill. In particular, German Jews who had previously found refuge in southern France tried to escape to Switzerland afterwards. The transit camp, which, despite its size, was little known among the population because it was shielded by the military, offered space for around 500 people.

coat of arms

Blazon

Divided by blue and gold. At the top half a golden eagle at the division, at the bottom half a blue mill wheel

Adliswil's coat of arms consists of a yellow eagle on a blue background and half a blue mill wheel on a yellow background. These two symbols refer to two of the first buildings that existed in Adliswil, namely the Adler restaurant and the mill, which for a long time stood a little further up the river.

population

Population development
year 1634 1836 1900 1941 1960 1990 2010 2012 2016
Residents 315 941 4717 5101 9078 15776 16488 17997 18651
  • Population density: 2307.3 inh. / Km 2
  • Number of households: 7573 (as of 2000)
  • Denomination: 23.2% Protestant Reformed , 30.4% Roman Catholic , 53.6% other or no denomination (as of 2016)

politics

A nine-member city ​​council headed the administration from the introduction of the city regulations in 1974 until 2010 ; since 2010 there are only seven city councilors. The city council ( executive branch ) determines political events with the legislature , the 36-strong municipal council .

3
7th
2
2
4th
4th
6th
8th
3 7th 2 2 4th 4th 6th 8th 
A total of 36 seats

The city council as a collegial authority with 7 members is the executive body of the city of Adliswil. The Adliswil citizens who are entitled to vote elect the city council every four years according to the majority voting procedure. City president has been Farid Zeroual ( CVP ) since July 10, 2018 . The other members of the city council are: Susy Senn-Fleischmann (1st Vice President, Security, Health and Sport, FDP ), Renato Günthardt (2nd Vice President, Social Affairs, SVP ), Markus Bürgi (Education, FDP ), Karin Fein (Finance Department, Free Voters), Felix Keller (Construction and Planning Department, independent) and Carmen Marty Fässler (Factory Operations Department, SP ).

In the 2019 National Council elections, the voting shares in Adliswil were: SVP 28.5%, SP 17.6%, FDP 14.4%, glp 11.2%, Greens 11.1%, CVP 9.0%, EPP 3.1 %, BDP 2.0%.

economy

The community experienced a strong growth spurt in the 19th century through industrialization , during which a large spinning company, the Mechanische Seidenweberei Adliswil (MSA), was built. The village was also home to the chocolate manufacturer Norma , which later became part of the Cima-Norma SA company in Dangio-Torre .

Today many of the residents work in Zurich. The majority of the resident companies operate in the tertiary sector. In particular, insurance companies ( Generali , Swiss Reinsurance Company ) have located part of their administration in Adliswil. The Liechtenstein tool manufacturer Hilti has its Swiss headquarters in Adliswil. A total of around 5,000 people work in all sectors in Adliswil.

traffic

The Adliswil station is located on the Sihltalbahn S 4 Zurich HB - Adliswil - Langnau-Gattikon (- Sihlwald ) of the Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg web (SACU), the part of Zurich Transport is. At the same time, a main road leads from Zurich through Adliswil via Sihlbrugg to the canton of Zug.

In the municipality of Adliswil, the Adliswil – Felsenegg (LAF) cable car , built in 1954, is operated by SZU on behalf of the owners. The LAF is the only public cable car in the canton of Zurich.

Churches and temples

There are four Christian churches and one Hindu temple in Adliswil:

societies

From the soccer club FC Adliswil founded in 1911 to the gymnastics club, the music and singing clubs, the Adliswil theater and the many ethnic groups that have organized themselves, there are over 130 clubs in Adliswil. The place is the seat of the Autism Forum Switzerland and Radio Maria Deutschschweiz .

Attractions

Personalities

gallery

Spherical panorama at the central station square Show
as spherical panorama

  • Adliswil, view of the Üetliberg

  • Adliswil, view to the northeast

  • Adliswil, Sihl and Felsenegg

  • Career path at dawn

literature

  • Martin Illi: Adliswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich. Volume II: The districts of Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Horgen and Meilen (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 15). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1943. DNB 365803049 .

Web links

Commons : Adliswil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ Brockhaus: Small conversation lexicon. 5th edition, Volume 1, Leipzig 1911, p. 16.
  4. ↑ a b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 76. The phonetic transcription given : [ ˈɑdliöʋiːl, ɑdliöˈʋiːl ] ( ö obviously printing errors ).
  5. ↑ Hans-Heiri Stapfer: Struggle in the thicket of history. (PDF; 725 kB) , article in Thalwiler Anzeiger, August 23, 2008. Access to the geschichtsverein.ch website on September 3, 2009
  6. ^ Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich - database (community portraits) . accessed on October 24, 2017
  7. ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed August 1, 2020 .
  8. ↑ football.ch: FC Adliswil. ( Memento of May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  9. ↑ Associations. (No longer available online.) Municipality of Adliswil, archived from the original on May 12, 2016 ; accessed on May 12, 2016 .