Bertschikon near Attikon

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Bertschikon near Attikon
Coat of arms of Bertschikon near Attikon
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District : Winterthurw
Political community : Wiesendangeni2
Postal code : 8543
Coordinates : 703 565  /  264 961 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '38 "  N , 8 ° 48' 50"  O ; CH1903:  703,565  /  264961
Height : 506  m above sea level M.
Area : 9.64  km²
Residents: 1091 (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 113 inhabitants per km²
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Bertschikon near Attikon (Switzerland)
Bertschikon near Attikon
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Bertschikon is a village in the Zurich municipality of Wiesendangen . Until December 31, 2013, it formed an independent political municipality .

coat of arms

Blazon

In red a silver bar, covered with two red and accompanied by five silver stars (3, 2)

Bertschikon's coat of arms was established in 1926. The seven stars indicate the seven original civil parishes . Two red stars in the white bar stand for the former civil parishes of Zünikon and Gündlikon, which were church members in Elgg, another five stars on a red background mean the other five who were church members in Gachnang, Thurgau.

geography

Bertschikon lies within the municipality of Wiesendangen to the east and borders the canton of Thurgau . 70% of the flat, hilly landscape is primarily used for agriculture. The small forest area of ​​20% is not contiguous and strongly fragmented.

population

Population development
year Residents
1836 823
1850 949
1900 643
1950 720
1960 733
2000 985
2007 999
2013 1,091

politics

Brigitte Boller Schürch was the mayor before the merger.

economy

Agriculture is an important economic factor, but Bertschikon is gradually developing into a semi-agricultural town.

traffic

The A1 Winterthur – St. Gallen and A7 Attikon – Frauenfeld and the railway line Winterthur – Frauenfeld of the Swiss Federal Railways cross the local area. However, due to the small number of inhabitants, there is neither a motorway connection nor a railway station. Bertschikon can be reached by bus.

history

Former mill
Village school with clock tower

Traces of Roman settlement have been found in the Ziegelacker.

Bertschikon is first mentioned in 1255 as Bersinkon . Gündlikon was mentioned as Gundilinchova in 1162.

From the medieval landlords, the Habsburgs , Kyburgers and the monasteries of St. Gallen and Reichenau, Bertschikon passed into Zurich rule in 1471 .

The former community of Bertschikon consisted of the civil communities Bertschikon, Gundetswil , Gündlikon , Zünikon , Liebensberg , Stegen and the Zurich part of Kefikon in the 19th and partly still in the 20th century . Hence the seven stars in the former municipal coat of arms. On January 1, 2014, she joined the neighboring Wiesendangen.

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) led Bertschikon until the merger with Wiesendangen under the FSO number 0212.

Attractions

literature

  • Hans Martin Gubler: Art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 79: The art monuments of the Canton of Zurich, Volume 8: The district of Winterthur, northern part. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1986, ISBN 3-7643-1812-0 , pp. 272–286.
  • Martin Illi: Bertschikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : Bertschikon bei Attikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Florian Sorg: Bertschikon and Wiesendangen united. First Zurich municipality merger since 1934. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from December 28, 2013.