Eglisau

Eglisau

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Bulachw
BFS no. :	0055i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8193
UN / LOCODE :	CH GWF
Coordinates :	681 664 / 270039 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '34 " N , 8 ° 31' 27" O ; CH1903: six hundred eighty-one thousand six hundred sixty-four / 27003947.57597622 8.52403011 356
Height :	356 m above sea level M.
Height range :	330-567 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.06 km²
Residents:	5217 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	554 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	23.2% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Peter Bär (focus Eglisau)
Website:	www.eglisau.ch
View from the left bank of the Rhine to the town of Eglisau
Location of the municipality
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Eglisau is a small town and political municipality in the Bülach district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

A black stag standing in gold on a green three-mountain

geography

The town is located on the north bank of the Rhine ( Rhine kilometer 74.4) near the German border. The districts Seglingen, Tössriederen and the hamlet of Oberriet belong to Eglisau . Despite only slightly more than 5000 inhabitants in the community, Eglisau has retained the old town charter acquired in the Middle Ages.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1488	650
1588	860
1634	998
1689	1494
1796	1578
1850	1612
1880	1449
1900	1175
1950	1603
2000	2893
2003	3318
2005	3401
2007	3599
2008	3707
2009	3918
2010	4213
2011	4501
2012	4700
2013	4934
2014	4961
2015	5021
2016	5148
2017	5170

According to the denomination, 43% of the residents are Reformed , 24% Catholic and 33% belong to another or no religious community.

politics

The mayor is (as of 2020) Peter Bär (focus on Eglisau).

economy

Viticulture plays an important role, the northern bank of the Rhine with its south-facing slope is very suitable for this and ensures good wine quality. The cultivation areas extend to the neighboring towns around Buchberg and Rüdlingen . In Eglisau, below the vineyards, there is the Weierbachhaus , built in 1670 , a baroque half-timbered house with a trot and vaulted cellar.

With a view to the 1961 project of the "Swiss-German Technical Commission for Making the High Rhine Navigable ", Migrol built a tank farm for heating oil on the banks of the Rhine near Tössriederen in 1959. The plans for the loading facility were not implemented as large cargo ships never went to Eglisau. The heating oil was only transported by tanker truck. The facility was closed in the 1970s.

traffic

At Eglisau there is a railway bridge over the Rhine that was built before 1897 (opening of today's SBB line Bülach - Schaffhausen ). The viaduct has a 90 meter long truss with an overhead track. At the side of this are the fore bridges with twelve or nine stone arches. The southern fore bridge is curved. The bridge has a total length of 440 meters. The S-Bahn takes you to Zurich (S9), Bülach (S36) or Schaffhausen (S9) in no time .

The new road bridge on a bridgehead west of the city center, built in 1919 in the train of the Rhine traffic jam ( Eglisau-Glattfelden power plant ) is now used by thousands of vehicles every day, as it is the only road connection to Rafzerfeld and over the Jestetter Zipfel to Schaffhausen. For this reason, various projects for a high bridge at the level of the railway viaduct have already been launched.

history

Guarding the railway viaduct Zurich - Schaffhausen - CH-BAR - 3241684

Eglisau, historical aerial photo from 1929, taken from a height of 50 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

The oldest surviving documentary mention of Seglingens Owe dates back to 892. The old town, which is essentially medieval, is still recognizable and well preserved in its basic layout. The former western city gate, the Powder Tower, was demolished in the course of modernization, and today only the name Törliplatz reminds of it. The town of Eglisau, founded by the von Tengen , was in their possession until 1463.

Eglisau came under the rule of Baron Bernhard Gradner , an Austrian nobleman , in 1463 . In 1489 it became a Zurich bailiff, whose seat was at Eglisau Castle , which was demolished in 1810 . The last bailiff Salomon Landolt , who resigned in 1798, was legendary .

Due to the strategic importance of the town, it suffered badly from the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars in the years 1799-1813.

After the defeats during the Baden Revolution in the battle on the Scheideck and the battle near Dossenbach , General Franz Sigel, together with Joseph Weißhaar and the rest of the troops, on the advice of Colonel Rudolf Benz von Pfungen , commissioner of the cantonal government of Zurich, converted on July 11, 1849 , near Eglisau the Rhine, they were disarmed and interned.

Churches

There are two churches in Eglisau:

The Evangelical Reformed Church is present in the center of the old town with the Reformed City Church of Eglisau at Chilengass 11 . The church was first mentioned in 1254 and was a church of Our Lady in the Middle Ages . It has been used for Reformed worship since the Reformation in 1523. In the years 1715–1716, the church was rebuilt based on the model of St. Peter's Church in Zurich, but on a smaller scale. The choir has been preserved from the pre-Reformation church. The church can accommodate 500 people.
The Roman Catholic Church owns the St. Judas Thaddäus Church , built in 1949 , which is located on Eigenackerstrasse . As a special feature, the church contains a contemporary winged altar by the Hungarian artist Agnes Mager.

Attractions

photos

Eglisau in the Topographia Helvetiae by Matthäus Merian , around 1650
Reformed town church , first mentioned in 1254
Church seen from the north
Church by the riverside
Houses on the Rhine with Gasthof Hirschen
Untergass
Bakery and café to the night watchman
Bank of the Rhine in Eglisau
Eglisau railway bridge
Eglisau from the Rhine
Roman Catholic Church

Personalities

Bernhard Gradner († 1489), Lord of Eglisau
Emil Schmid-Kerez (1843–1915), architect
Ernst Heller (1894–1972), sculptor
Hans Walder (1920–2005), lawyer and university professor

Salomon Landolt (1741-1818), the last governor of Eglisau. A path that leads to the sleeping apple tree was named after him.

literature

Hermann Brassel: Eglisau . (= Swiss homeland books . Volume 129). Paul Haupt Publishing House , Bern 1966.
Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume II: The districts of Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Horgen and Meilen. (= The art monuments of Switzerland . Volume 15). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel 1943.
Ursula Heller: Our small town - for example Eglisau in 1970 and over time. Elfundzehn, Eglisau 2007, ISBN 978-3-905769-02-9 .
Franz Lamprecht, Mario König : Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 .
Hans Leuthold: Eglisau. Home book for school and home . Publishing house of the Realteachers' Conference of the Canton of Zurich, Zurich 1951.
Aline Marandet, Raymond Zychowicz: Eglisau, Switzerland. Self-published by A. Marandet, Eglisau 2009, ISBN 978-3-033-02029-0 .
Christian Renfer: Eglisau ZH. (= Swiss art guide . No. 389). Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-85782-389-6 .
Albert Wild: On the Zurich Rheine. Paperback for Eglisau and the surrounding area . S. Höhr, Zurich 1883.

Web links

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

Wikisource: Eglisaw in the Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae (Matthäus Merian) - sources and full texts

Official website of the municipality of Eglisau
Important parameters for the Eglisau community
Franz Lamprecht: Eglisau (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .
^ Community Eglisau :: Local council. Accessed June 16, 2020 (German).
↑ Welcome to the Evangelical Reformed Church Community. In: www.kircheeglisau.ch. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
↑ Welcome | Catholic parish Glattfelden - Eglisau - Rafz. In: www.glegra.ch. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .

[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] Community Eglisau :: Local council. Accessed June 16, 2020 (German).

[4] Welcome to the Evangelical Reformed Church Community. In: www.kircheeglisau.ch. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .

[5] Welcome | Catholic parish Glattfelden - Eglisau - Rafz. In: www.glegra.ch. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .