Dänikon

Dänikon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dielsdorf
BFS no. :	0085
Postal code :	8114
Coordinates :	673 052  /  255610 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '50 "  N , 8 ° 24' 26"  O ; CH1903:  673 052  /  255610
Height :	437  m above sea level M.
Height range :	415–632 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.87  km²
Residents:	1874 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	623 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	26.6% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	José Torche
Website:	www.daenikon.ch
Dänikon, in the background the Altberg and in the foreground the Golfpark Otelfingen
Location of the municipality

Dänikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

It is not to be confused with the Solothurn community Däniken and the Thurgau Tänikon .

coat of arms

Blazon

An upright black ploughshare in silver

geography

Dänikon is located in the Furttal , south of the Lägern , northwest of the city of Zurich and west of the Zurich-Kloten airport . To the west lies the municipality of Hüttikon , north of Otelfingen , northeast of Buchs ZH , and east of Dällikon . In the south, the Altbergkette forms the border with the municipality of Oetwil an der Limmat .

population

Population development

year	Residents
1634	88
1799	173
1850	238
1900	192
1950	175
1970	373
2000	1749

politics

José Torche has been mayor since July 2018.

economy

Agriculture is no longer the livelihood as it was 100 years ago. Today vegetable growers are active in the community. In addition, there are a number of commercial operations.

traffic

The Furttal is well developed with the S6 S-Bahn (station Otelfingen Golfpark) to Baden and Zurich , local distribution by the Glattal transport company (transport officer: VBRF E. Meier) and motorway connections in Regensdorf ( A1 / A4 northern bypass Zurich) and in Wettingen (A1 Zurich – Bern).

history

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli, 1950

The oldest surviving mention of the place name dates back to 1130 as Täninchoven , and in 1262 it was written Tenikon .

In 1821 the civil parish built a new school and community building and attached a previously unused coat of arms to it: a black ploughshare on a white ground, which underlines the self-confidence of the community's farmers. At that time the Danish people lived mainly from agriculture, a smaller part found their livelihood in commercial enterprises for local and regional needs.

Before 1843 Dänikon formed as a civil community with the neighboring village Dällikon a political community . Since the separation it has been a separate political community. The common school was not split up until 1867. The reformed parish of Dällikon-Dänikon, on the other hand, has survived to the present day.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Dänikon

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 : Dänikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Dänikon municipality
• Statistical data for the community of Dänikon
• Martin Illi: Dänikon. 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 .