Berg am Irchel

Berg am Irchel

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingenw
BFS no. :	0023i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8415 Berg am Irchel 8415 Gräslikon
Coordinates :	687 394 / 269 086 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '0 " N , 8 ° 36' 0" O ; CH1903: six hundred and eighty-seven thousand three hundred and ninety-four / 26908647.566663 8.599995 410
Height :	410 m above sea level M.
Height range :	344–678 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.01 km²
Residents:	570 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	9.3% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Roland Fehr
Website:	www.berg-am-irchel.ch
Berg am Irchel
Location of the municipality
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Berg am Irchel is a municipality in the Andelfingen district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

With the new cantonal constitution, the civil parish of Gräslikon was abolished at the beginning of 2010 and merged with the political municipality.

coat of arms

Blazon

In blue a leaping silver boar

geography

The municipality of Berg belongs to the Zürcher Weinland and is located on the south-western border of the Andelfingen district. The above the Thur plain lying terrain terrace of Berg am Irchel rises against the south, rising Irchel on.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1634	397
1698	527
1860	614
1900	464
1950	405
1980	376
2000	573
2010	599

politics

The mayor is Roland Fehr (as of May 2020).

history

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli, 1954

The first documented mention of the mountain as a mountain in 1243 is certain. In 1268 Ida von Teufen transferred jurisdiction over Berg to the Kappel monastery . According to the Memorabilia Tigurina, in the 14th century the Embrach chapter had the lower jurisdiction and the right to the basic tithe . These rights passed to Zurich after the Reformation . In the 17th century Berg became the seat of its own provincial court.

In 1938/40 the Ebersberg Fortress was built into the sandstone layer of the Ebersberg to prevent enemy troops from crossing the Rhine or to stop them for a certain period of time.

Birds of prey station Berg am Irchel

The Berg am Irchel bird of prey station was founded in 1956. A care station for birds of prey has been created in collaboration with the Zurich Animal Hospital and the Sempach ornithological station. The care station is located on the site of the former tithe house of the Rheinau monastery . In 2008 the station was integrated into the PanEco Foundation . Since it was founded, over 3,000 birds of prey have been cared for and their care has been documented (as of 2010). This means that the station has scientific material on the raptor population in the Zurich wine region . In addition to bird care, the bird of prey station operates species protection , especially of rare birds of prey, environmental education, guided tours, advice and damage prevention.

Attractions

Tithing and Reformed Church, mentioned in 1268
Berg am Irchel village center
Hofgut Eigenhal
Eigenhal Castle

Sons and daughters of the church

Georg Finsler (1852–1916), classical philologist
Karl Fehr (1910–1994), literary scholar and author
Hans Fehr (* 1947), politician ( SVP )
Paul Kläui (1908–1964) historian and president of the Antiquarian Society in Zurich

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 .

Web links

Commons : Berg am Irchel - 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 .

^ 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. 191, keyword Berg (am Irchel) ( scan of the lexicon page ).

[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 .