Aesch ZH

ZH is the abbreviation for the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Aesch .

Aesch

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dietikon
BFS no. :	0241i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8904
Coordinates :	675 554 / 243410 coordinates: 47 ° 20 '14 " N , 8 ° 26' 18" O ; CH1903: six hundred and seventy-five thousand five hundred and fifty-four / 24341047.337219 8.438329 540
Height :	540 m above sea level M.
Height range :	502–669 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.24 km²
Residents:	1555 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	190 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	18.6% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Johann Jahn (Forum Aesch)
Website:	www.aesch-zh.ch
Aesch ZH
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Aesch (officially called Aesch bei Birmensdorf until 2001 ) is a political municipality in the Dietikon district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1964

Neighboring communities are Arni , Islisberg , Oberwil-Lieli on the Aargau side and Birmensdorf, Wettswil am Albis and Bonstetten on the Zurich side . Wettswil only borders on one point, Bonstetten only borders on Aesch for about 80 meters.

A third of the municipality is forested and more than half is used for agriculture.

history

Traces of settlement of Roman origin have been found east of today's village.

The community was first mentioned in 1124. At that time, Engelberg Monastery was the landowner in Aesch. With the conquest of Aargau in 1415, Aesch came under the rule of Zurich where it remained until the Helvetic . Between 1798 and 1803 it was affiliated to the Mettmenstetten district.

Until the Second World War , Aesch was a purely farming community. From 1942 to 1946 there was a labor camp in Aesch with internees and emigrants who carried out clearing work in the Reuetal and Stierenwald.

In 1963, the development of the district plan area Brunn- and Grossacher began, which initiated the change to an agglomeration community .

coat of arms

Blazon

In silver, three floating, overturned red rafters in stakes.

The oldest depiction of the municipality's coat of arms is on a municipal disk from 1587.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1950	323
1968	436
1978	720
1988	961
1998	978
2008	987
2017	1,270

After a certain upswing as the agglomeration of Zurich between 1960 and 1990, the population of Aesch grew strongly and has since decreased by up to 3.6% since 1993. With a slight delay to the ongoing brisk construction activity, the thousand threshold was exceeded in 2009.

politics

As a typical small rural community in Zurich, Aesch is dominated by middle-class (middle-right). The voting shares of the six largest parties in the National Council elections of 2003 clearly show this:

Right-wing parties 60.9%: SVP (43.8%), FDP (17.1%)
Middle parties 7.7%: CVP (6.3%), EVP (1.4%)
Left parties 19.1%: SP (14.6%), GP (4.5%)

At the local level, a politically oriented association is active under the name «Forum Aesch». Mayor is Johann Jahn, Forum Aesch (as of 2016).

economy

Agriculture and some small businesses are the main industries. In the course of the opening of the Westring, after a long period of stagnation, some construction activity was recorded again. About 75% of the employees work outside the community.

Türmlihaus, school building from 1809 to 1838

Parish hall and post office

traffic

Aesch has road connections to all neighboring communities except Wettswil and Bonstetten.

A busy road runs through the village, on which rush hour traffic from Aargau via Birmensdorf to Zurich or onto the motorway ( A3 / A4 ) runs. Zurich's western bypass, which opened in April 2009, crosses under Aesch in a tunnel .

Aesch is located on the two postbus lines 215 and 245 , which are integrated into the Zurich transport network and connect the village with Zurich- Wiedikon . During the rush hour, the buses run every 10 to 15 minutes. The Zurich main station can be - with change in Birmensdorf to the S-Bahn S 5 or S 14 - in 26-28 minutes reach.

school

Aesch runs kindergarten and primary school in the community. The secondary school is run on the basis of a district community with and in Birmensdorf. The closest grammar schools are in Urdorf and Zurich-Wiedikon .

Attractions

literature

K. Egloff: 850 years of Aesch, 1124–1974 . 1974.
Karl Grunder: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich Volume 9: The Dietikon District. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 88). ISBN 3-909164-57-9 . Pp. 26-48.

Web links

Commons : Aesch (ZH) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[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 .