Book at the Irchel

Book at the Irchel

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingenw
BFS no. :	0024i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8414
Coordinates :	689 096 / 267 135 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '56 " N , 8 ° 37' 20" O ; CH1903: 689,096 / two hundred sixty-seven thousand one hundred thirty-five47.548889 8.622218 534
Height :	534 m above sea level M.
Height range :	405–695 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.21 km²
Residents:	977 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	96 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	7.5% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Hansruedi Mosch ( independent )
Website:	www.buchamirchel.ch
View from the Irchel Tower to Buch am Irchel
Location of the municipality
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Municipal administration Buch am Irchel

Church Buch am Irchel

Buch am Irchel is a municipality in the Andelfingen district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . On January 1, 2013, the hamlet of Oberhueb (also Obere Hueb ) was separated from Buch am Irchel and incorporated into the Neftenbach community . This reduced the municipality's land area by 4.6 hectares.

coat of arms

Blazon

A red beech tree in silver on a green ground

The coat of arms represents the copper beech documented since 1680 on the Stammberg, a small wooded elevation. It is said to be one of the oldest known copper beeches in Europe. In 2007 it was badly damaged by a storm.

The legend goes around, according to which the blood that has flowed in a fratricide is supposed to color the leaves of the tree red from the day of the driveway .

The name Buch am Irchel is most likely due to the considerable stocks of common beech trees that existed in this area.

geography

Historical aerial photo, Walter Mittelholzer , 1923, from 300 m

Buch am Irchel is located in the Zürcher Weinland and at the foot of the Irchel . On the Irchel, at the highest point of the municipality (694 m above sea level), there is an observation tower. The whole ridge is heavily forested. The forest area is 38%, the cultivated land 56% of the municipal area.

The community consists of the village parts and hamlets Oberbuch, Unterbuch, Wiler, Bebikon and Desibach.

The municipality of Buch am Irchel borders in the northwest on Berg am Irchel , in the north on Volken , in the northeast on Dorf , in the southeast on Neftenbach , in the south on Dättlikon and in the west on Freienstein-Teufen .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1634	311
1736	600
1850	840
1900	516
1950	445
2000	728
2010	872

politics

The mayor is Hansruedi Mosch (as of May 2020).

history

During construction work on the church, remains of the Roman wall came to light. In Zieglen more buildings are suspected of the same period, they have so far not been scientifically studied.

Buch am Irchel was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1089 . Count Kuno von Achalm - Wülflingen gave part of the village and the church to the Zwiefalten monastery in Württemberg. Buch came into Habsburg possession in the 13th century .

Zurich took over the rule in Buch am Irchel in 1761 and incorporated it into the Landvogtei Andelfingen .

In 1855, Buch became an independent political municipality.

Attractions

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 .
Jacob Jaggi: The copper beech for Buch Am Irchel. (1893) New edition 2010, Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 9781162486284 .

Web links

Commons : Buch am Irchel - collection of pictures, 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 .

[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 .