Dietlikon

Dietlikon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Bulach
BFS no. :	0054
Postal code :	8305
UN / LOCODE :	CH DLK
Coordinates :	689 102  /  252833 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '13 "  N , 8 ° 37' 10"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-nine thousand one hundred and two  /  252833
Height :	445  m above sea level M.
Height range :	429–492 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.25  km²
Residents:	7776 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1830 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	25.1% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Edith Zuber ( SVP )
Website:	www.dietlikon.ch
Location of the municipality

Dietlikon ( Swiss German : Dietlike) is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . It should not be confused with the almost homophonic Zurich community of Dietikon in the district of the same name west of the city of Zurich .

coat of arms

Blazon

A golden six-pointed star in blue

geography

Local division

Reformed church and half-timbered house in Dietlikon

Dietlikon is split into three parts by the street Schwamendingen - Effretikon ( Winterthurerstrasse / Zürcherstrasse ) and the NOB mainline Oerlikon - Winterthur, which opened in 1855 , in the northern part is the idyllic village center with many green areas, the middle part has a similar characteristic, with a remainder Industry in the west, in the southern part there is the industrial quarter, which is cut through by the motorway one more time.

The neighboring communities are Wallisellen , Kloten and Bassersdorf in the Bülach district, and Wangen-Brüttisellen and Dübendorf in the Uster district, clockwise from the west .

history

Historical aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer , 1923

Dietlikon used to be an Alemannic settlement. The founder of the family, Dietilo (other spellings: Dietelo, Dieto), translated as "son of the people", is considered to be the founder. In 1124 the name appears for the first time as "Dietlinchoven".

population

Population development
year	Residents
1467	115
1634	137
1771	482
1880	386
1900	565
1950	1205
1970	4381
1980	5400
2000	6281

Dietlikon has 7,553 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016), 3 schools, 4 kindergartens.

economy

Many wholesalers and specialist stores have settled in the industrial quarter: IKEA , Livique / Lumimart , Coop Megastore , Athleticum , Jumbo Maximo , Bruno Piatti Küchen, Conrad , MagicX, Dosenbach-Ochsner , Vögele , Media Markt , the largest Qualipet , the largest Toys'R 'Us and the largest multiplex cinema Pathé in the canton of Zurich. Dietlikon is the headquarters of Häuselmann Holding and the headquarters of Implenia AG .

traffic

Dietlikon is well served by public transport .

railroad

Dietlikon train station

The S3, S8 and S19 of the Zurich S-Bahn run from Zurich main station to Dietlikon station , right in the village center.

There are direct connections to Winterthur via Effretikon, to Wetzikon via Pfäffikon and to Zurich HB via Oerlikon or Stadelhofen. and on to Aarau. There are no direct connections to the airport or to Bülach or Rapperswil.

S 3 ( Bülach -) Hardbrücke - Zurich HB - Stadelhofen - Effretikon - Wetzikon

S 8 Winterthur - Wallisellen - Zurich HB - Thalwil - Pfäffikon SZ

S 19 ( Koblenz - Baden -) Dietikon - Zurich HB - Wallisellen - Effretikon (- Pfäffikon ZH )

future

Together with the construction of the Brüttener Tunnel , there are plans to completely rebuild the Dietlikon station. Instead of three tracks, the new station will have 4 tracks with 2 central platforms.

bus

During the day, two bus lines serve to develop the industrial area and are subsidized by individual specialist stores through building and permit requirements. In the evenings and on Sundays, a bus provides a connection to Dübendorf train station at the expense of the Pathé cinema. Another bus line leads to Zurich- Kloten Airport.

Street

The village can be reached by car from Zurich via Autobahn 1 / Autobahn 4 and Hauptstrasse 1 . The airport Zurich-Kloten is about 6 kilometers away and reachable by car also in about 7 to 8 minutes.

politics

The mayor is Edith Zuber (SVP) (as of December 2017). In addition to two other non-party councils, the FDP , the SP and the SVP are each represented with one seat. The president of the RPK is Beat Lüönd.

Sports

The women of the Floorball Club Dietlikon won both the championship and the cup in 2006. 7 players from UHC Dietlikon became world champions in women's floorball in 2005 . The European Cup and the Swiss championship title were won in the 2006/2008 season. In the 2007/2008 season, the UHC Dietlikon was both European Cup winner, Swiss champion and cup winner.

The Dietlikon gymnastics club is a successful club both cantonally and nationally.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Dietlikon

The listed Reformed Parish House from 1777 at Dorfstrasse 13 was extensively restored in 1978, as was the former schoolhouse from 1716.

Personalities

• Celestino Piatti (1922–2007), Swiss graphic artist, painter and book designer
• Gerhard Müller (1915–1985), ski lift pioneer, inventor of the Aerobus

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Dietlikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Dietlikon municipality
• Population survey as of December 31, 2014
• Ueli Müller: Dietlikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ Municipality of Dietlikon: facts and figures accessed on October 19, 2017
4. ↑ Zurich Monument Preservation: 9th Report 1977/78 Part I ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Pp. 34/35. Retrieved September 14, 2012