Elsau

Elsau

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Winterthurw
BFS no. :	0219i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8352
Coordinates :	702 789 / 262631 coordinates: 47 ° 30 '23 " N , 8 ° 48' 11" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine / 26263147.506387 8.803048 498
Height :	498 m above sea level M.
Height range :	464–609 m above sea level M.
Area :	8.07 km²
Residents:	3659 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	402 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	16.5% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Jürg Frutiger ( FDP )
Website:	www.elsau.ch
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Elsau is a municipality in the Winterthur district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

The localities Elsau, Räterschen, Rümikon, Ober- and Unterschottikon , Fulau, Unter- and Oberschnasberg and Tolhusen belong to the municipality.

Historical aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1918–1937

coat of arms

Blazon

In silver, a black oblique bar broken four times, accompanied by two upright black lilies

geography

The municipality of Elsau is located in the Eulach Valley , which was formed during the last Ice Age. The landscape is characterized by moraine hills . 56.5% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 25.9% is covered with forest, 6.1% is traffic area and 10.9% is settlement area, 0.5% is water.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1467	60
1634	188
1771	479
1836	896
1850	909
1900	1047
1950	1348
1960	1972
2000	2900
2005	3040

politics

In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the vote in Elsau was: SVP 31.45%, glp 13.92%, FDP 13.56%, SP 12.62%, Greens 12.49%, CVP 4.91%, EPP 4.27 %, BDP 2.53% and EDU 2.27%.

The mayor is Jürg Frutiger (as of May 2020).

history

Traces of a Roman estate have been found near Tolhusen .

The villages of Rümikon and Schottikon were first mentioned in documents in 829. Elsau was first mentioned as Elnesouva in 1043. In the middle of the 11th century, a ministerial family "von Elsau" is attested to having its seat south of Elsau on the Burgstall hill (also called Balchenstall). A Konrad is mentioned in a document as the last representative of the family in 1350. Together with Winterthur, the community came under the rule of the city of Zurich in 1462.

In 1922 Schottikon was incorporated into the municipality of Elsau.

traffic

The municipality of Elsau is connected to the Zurich S-Bahn network with the Räterschen and Schottikon stations. They are on the St. Gallen – Winterthur railway line . The two stations are served by the S 35 Winterthur - Wil and the S 12 Brugg - Altstetten - Zurich HB - Stadelhofen - Winterthur - Schaffhausen / Wil of the S-Bahn Zurich. In addition, the community is served by the Postbus line 680 Winterthur, HB - Elsau - Schlatt ZH - Hofstetten ZH - Elgg . From December 2019, bus line 7 will run from Wülflingen station - Winterthur, HB - Elsau, Melcher from Stadtbus Winterthur to Elsau.

Art and culture

The school offer includes kindergartens, primary schools and a separate secondary school (together with the municipality of Schlatt).

societies

There are two scout departments in Elsau : Bubenberg and Eschenberg. The Bubenberg department has existed since 1942, Trupp Klingsor since 1951.

In 1962 the FC Räterschen was founded. The 1st team plays in the 3rd division .

Personalities

Bartholomäus Anhorn the Younger (1616–1700), Evangelical Reformed pastor and historian, 1678–1700 in Elsau
Heinrich Bosshard von Rümikon (1748–1815), farmer, lay preacher and geodesist, born in Rümikon.

Attractions

The Reformed Church and its picture windows

literature

Hans Martin Gubler: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich - the district of Winterthur, northern part. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland , Volume 79.) Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 1986, ISBN 3-7643-1812-0 . Pp. 334-363.

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Elsau
Statistical data from the canton on the municipality of Elsau
Ueli Müller: Elsau. 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 .
↑ Elections 2019. Accessed May 23, 2020 .
↑ Dr. Emil Stauber: The castles of the Winterthur district and their families . In: 285th New Year's sheet of the Winterthur City Library . Winterthur 1953, p. 70-71 .
↑ Gerhard Piniel: The Church Elsau and its image window. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 344). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1983, ISBN 978-3-85782-344-2 .

[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 23, 2020 .

[4] Dr. Emil Stauber: The castles of the Winterthur district and their families . In: 285th New Year's sheet of the Winterthur City Library . Winterthur 1953, p. 70-71 .

[5] Gerhard Piniel: The Church Elsau and its image window. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 344). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1983, ISBN 978-3-85782-344-2 .