Andelfingen ZH

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

Andelfingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingen
BFS no. :	0030
Postal code :	8450
Coordinates :	693 301  /  272 327 coordinates: 47 ° 35 '42 "  N , 8 ° 40' 45"  O ; CH1903:  693 301  /  272,327
Height :	370  m above sea level M.
Height range :	347–477 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.74  km²
Residents:	2215 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	267 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	12.8% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Hansruedi Jucker ( independent )
Website:	www.andelfingen.ch
Andelfingen Church
Location of the municipality

Andelfingen (officially Grossandelfingen until 1970 ) is a political municipality and the capital of the district of the same name in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

See also: coat of arms of the canton of Thurgau , Zurich municipal coat of arms

Blazon

In red a golden sloping beam, accompanied by two striding golden lions, the lower one raised by a golden star

The Landvogtei Andelfingen led the arms of the county Kyburg after the extinction of the counts of Kyburg 1264. The star as a distinguishing feature is murerplan shown 1576 in the top field, the star in the bottom field is displayed on the office disc by Hans Jakob Nüscheler d. Ä. from 1616. From 1831 the coat of arms was carried by Andelfingen and Kleinandelfingen . The official coat of arms was established in mid-1927.

geography

Andelfingen is located south of the Thur between Schaffhausen and Winterthur in the center of the Zurich wine country .

Andelfingen, historical aerial photo from 1919, taken by Walter Mittelholzer

population

Population development
year	Residents
1634	0413
1850	0730
1900	0855
1950	0931
1980	1658
2000	1644
2010	1860
2019	2536

politics

The SVP has 31.22%, the FDP 15.42%, the glp 14.87%, the Greens 11.91%, the SP 10.60%, the EPP 5.68%, the BDP 3.99%, the CVP 2.74% and the EDU 2.34% of the vote ( National Council election 2019 ).

Hansruedi Jucker (independent) has been the mayor since May 2014 (as of May 2020).

traffic

The Zurich S-Bahn runs through Andelfingen with three lines, enabling staggered quarter-hourly intervals during the day:

• S 12 Brugg - Altstetten - Zurich HB - Stadelhofen - Winterthur - Schaffhausen / Wil
• S 24 Thayngen - Schaffhausen / Weinfelden - Winterthur - Zurich Airport - Zurich HB - Thalwil - Horgen Oberdorf - Zug
• S 33 Winterthur - Schaffhausen

The train station is centrally located. There are also regional buses from Andelfingen to Oberstammheim (line 605 ), Seuzach (line 612 ) and to Flaach Post (line 677 ). On weekends night buses (line N63 to Rheinau via Trüllikon and line N69 to Oberstammheim via Ossingen) and night trains ( SN3 ) go to all important places in the area, e.g. B. Winterthur, Schaffhausen and Zurich.

Andelfingen is accessible to car traffic via the A4 motorway . There are numerous cycling and hiking trails around Andelfingen.

The Thur is open to water sports enthusiasts for dinghy rides. A popular watering place is a few meters below the outdoor pool.

history

Castle and market town of Andelfingen on an engraving by Matthäus Merian , 1642

The oldest finds in Andelfingen are Neolithic stone axes. Bronze Age pottery was discovered on Bollen , where there was also a settlement from the 12th century BC. Could be localized.

As early as 1844, several skeletons were lifted from a gravel pit. They can probably be assigned to the Hallstatt period . Two graves from the Latène period with rich furnishings caused a sensation in 1911 because a whole cemetery with a total of 29 burials was discovered during further investigations. The grave was built on the 4th – 3rd Century BC Assigned.

Remnants of the wall under today's church allow the conclusion that there was a settlement there in the 8th century. In the late Middle Ages, the Andelfingen church was of regional importance and looked after several branch offices.

Andelfingen Castle belonged to the sons of Emperor Albrecht , who pledged it to the Lords of Landenberg in 1377 . In 1434 the Hohen-Landenbergers sold Andelfingen to Zurich.

As the location of a Thur bridge , which was expanded in 1324, Andelfingen was a regional center as a customs and trading center. In 1799 the bridge was destroyed in the war. In 1814 a new wooden bridge was built by Hans Konrad Stadler.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Andelfingen

The publicly accessible park of the castle, which served as a retirement home until 1999 and is now a residential and office building, is a fine example of 19th century garden architecture.

photos

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Andelfingen on May 29, 2011

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  Village square

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  Porter's house, castle

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  Haldenmühle, castle

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  Schlossgasse

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  Felsenhof

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  Thur Bridge

Personalities

• Hans Jakob Arbenz (1883–1934), father of Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán , lived in Andelfingen
• Alexander Segert (* 1963), German PR expert, Vice President SVP Andelfingen
• Pajtim Kasami (* 1992), soccer player, grew up in Andelfingen
• Angelica Moser (* 1997), pole vaulter, grew up in Andelfingen

literature

• Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume I: The districts of Affoltern and Andelfingen. (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 7). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1938. DNB 365803030 .
• I. Bauer: Andelfingen Auf Bollen, in Bronze Age country settlements and graves 1992
• E. Stauber: History of the parish Andelfingen . 1940-1943
• K. Wanner: Settlements, Continuity and Desolation in the North. Canton of Zurich . 1984

Web links

Commons : Andelfingen ZH  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Andelfingen
• Statistical data for the municipality of Andelfingen
• Claire Hauser Pult / Martin Illi: Andelfingen (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Link catalog on Andelfingen at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

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. ↑ German National Museum MM916
4. ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed May 24, 2020 . 
5. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 1: Aa - Emmengruppe . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1902, p. 73, keyword Andelfingen   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
6. ^ Alfred columns stone, Judith Rüegsegger: The Andelfingen Castle Park. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 641). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1998, ISBN 3-85782-641-X .
7. ↑ Joseph Jung : Ex-President of Guatemala came to Andelfingen shortly - and then wandered around the world . In: The Landbote . Winterthur June 5, 2020 ( landbote.ch - Paywall ).