Village ZH

ZH is the abbreviation for the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Dorf .

Village
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingen
BFS no. :	0026
Postal code :	8458
Coordinates :	691 123  /  269977 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '27 "  N , 8 ° 38' 59"  O ; CH1903:  691 123  /  269977
Height :	426  m above sea level M.
Height range :	409-546 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.56  km²
Residents:	658 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	118 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	9.4% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Patric Eisele
Website:	www.dorf.ch
Location of the municipality

Center of village

Stained glass in the village church

Goldenberg Castle 1742. Etching by David Herrliberger

Goldenberg Castle

Dorf is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

In silver, two crossed black keys with turned beards

geography

The village is on the road from Henggart to Flaach in the Flaach valley. Goldenberg Castle is on a hill . 53.2% of the municipal area is agricultural land, 40.2% is forest, 5.0% is settlement area and 1.6% is used for traffic.

The municipality of Dorf borders on Andelfingen in the north, Humlikon in the east, Neftenbach in the southeast , Buch am Irchel in the southwest and Volken in the west .

population

Population development

year	Residents
1467	50
1634	187
1850	413
1900	336
1950	295
1970	280
2000	593
2010	633

politics

In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the voters in Dorf was: SVP 48.87%, glp 11.12%, SP 9.85%, FDP 19.74%, EDU 8.41%, EVP 4.35%, Greens 3.94 % and CVP 2.04%.

Parish president is Patric Eisele (as of May 2020).

history

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli, 1948

The community was first mentioned in a document in 1044.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in the village

Villa Arbenz

To the south of the village, at the Rütihof under the Bergbuck hill, lies the "Villa Arbenz", the former command post of the former Border Brigade 6 of the Swiss Army. The bunker is nicknamed after the last commandant, Brigadier Peter Arbenz .

The system dates from 1961/62. The facility, which was previously classified as secret, extends from the entrance disguised as a barn 300 m long and 50 m deep under the Bergbuck hill. It was decommissioned and declassified in 2011.

Personalities

• Max Maag (1883–1960), Swiss mechanical engineer and organ builder
• Eugen Wipf (1916–1948), Swiss prisoner functionary in the Hinzert SS special camp

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 : Dorf ZH  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the village municipality
• Statistical data for the municipality of Dorf
• Martin Illi: village. 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. ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed May 24, 2020 .