Brütten

Brütten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Winterthur
BFS no. :	0213
Postal code :	8311
Coordinates :	693 160  /  258765 coordinates: 47 ° 28 '23 "  N , 8 ° 40' 28"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred ninety-three thousand one hundred sixty  /  258765
Height :	610  m above sea level M.
Height range :	506–644 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.60  km²
Residents:	2010 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	305 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	7.2% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Rudolf Bosshart ( FDP )
Website:	www.bruetten.ch
Partial view of the village center from the south-southwest
Location of the municipality

Brütten (in the local dialect : [ ˈbrytːə ]) is a municipality in the Winterthur district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

The village belongs to the agglomeration of the city of Winterthur .

coat of arms

Blazon

In blue a silver sickle with a golden handle

population

Population development
year	Residents
1467	70
1850	515
1900	462
1950	492
1970	671
2000	1774
2006	1888
2013	2009

politics

The Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Political Community Association (PGV) and the Swiss People's Party are active in Brütten . The community president is currently Rudolf Bosshart (FDP, as of May 2020).

history

The origin of the name Brütten (recorded as Pritta in 876 and Brittona in 996 ) is not clear. Due to the evidence of settlement in ancient times and the early Middle Ages, a derivation of a Latin personal name Brittus or Britto , the Briton, is being considered.

In 876 the village became dependent on the St. Gallen Monastery , and from around the year 1000 it belonged to the Einsiedeln Monastery , to which relations existed until 1832. In the 13th century, a “von Brütten” family of minerals, followers of Einsiedeln Abbey, resided at Buch Castle , which was located on a spur of the Dättnauerberg . By 1832, the abbot of Einsiedeln Abbey elected the reformed pastors of Brütten from a three-point proposal by the city of Zurich . In 1798 the village was successively ravaged by French, Austrian and Russian troops and badly damaged. At that time, the Austrian Archduke Karl is said to have exclaimed on the Brüttemer Buck:

If I were Swiss, I would build a castle here

geography

Brütten is located between Winterthur and Kloten in the center of the canton of Zurich , so the geodetic center of the canton of Zurich is in Brütten. On the occasion of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of official surveying in Switzerland, Government Councilor Markus Kägi presented the viewpoint with the new surveying pillar designed by Teufen-based sculptor Ueli Thalmann to the population on May 12, 2012 .

Center of the Canton of Zurich

Art and culture

school

Brütten Church

Rectory Brütten

Brütten has its own primary school , which currently teaches around 170 pupils. The upper level is attended by the students in Nürensdorf ( elementary school ) or in Winterthur ( grammar school ).

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Brütten

• The reformed church

Others

Since Brütten belongs to the Winterthur district in the canton of Zurich, the official publication organ of the community is Der Landbote . There is also a local paper called Dorf-BLITZ , which is shared with the communities of Nürensdorf and Bassersdorf . The information sheet s'Chilefäischter is published monthly for church and cultural information .

The first multi-family house without energy connections is in Brütten, a house that can cover its own electricity and heat requirements from solar and geoenergy.

Personalities

• Johann-Conrad Appenzeller (1775–1850), reformed pastor and folk writer, from 1809 to 1817 pastor in Brütten.
• Ettore Cella (1913–2004), actor and director, lived in Brütten from 1963 until his death in 2004.
• Jürg Stahl (* 1968), politician (SVP), National Councilor, President of the National Council in the 2016/17 year of office, lives in Brütten.

literature

• Hans Martin Gubler: The district of Winterthur southern part (= Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): The art monuments of Switzerland , Volume 76: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich ). Birkhäuser, Basel 1986, ISBN 3-7643-1786-8 , pp. 213-239.
• Hans Martin Gubler: Reformed Church Brütten ZH (= Swiss Art Guide , Volume 388, Series 39), together with the Reformed Church Community of Brütten and the Canton of Zurich. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1986, ISBN 3-85782-388-4 .

Web links

Commons : Brütten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Brütten
• Statistical data from the canton on the municipality of Brütten
• Ueli Müller: Brütten. 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. ↑ ^{a b} Gabrielle Schmid / Andres Kristol, Brütten ZH (Winterthur) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG) , Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 194f.
4. ↑ Hans Martin Gubler: Reformed Church Brütten ZH. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 388). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1986.
5. ↑ A house without an electricity meter in Brütten ZH