Freienstein-Teufen
Freienstein-Teufen | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Zurich (ZH) |
District : | Bulach |
BFS no. : | 0057 |
Postal code : | 8427 Freienstein 8428 Teufen ZH |
Coordinates : | 686 321 / 265 271 |
Height : | 370 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 343–692 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 8.40 km² |
Residents: | 2371 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 265 inhabitants per km² |
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
13.4% (December 31, 2018) |
Mayor : | Oliver Müller ( independent ) |
Website: | www.freienstein-teufen.ch |
View of Freienstein from the ruins |
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Location of the municipality | |
Freienstein-Teufen (officially Freienstein until 1958 ) is a political municipality in the Bülach district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .
coat of arms
- In silver a soaring blue, red-tongued and armored lion
geography
Freienstein-Teufen is located between Irchel and Dattenberg in the lower Töss Valley on the right side of the Töss . It consists of the villages of Freienstein and Teufen and borders the Rhine at Tössegg . Rorbas is on the left bank of the river . The two communities are connected to each other by a modern road bridge and an old arch bridge.
The political community is 8.32 km², of which 50% are forest, 40% agriculture, 6% settlements and 4% traffic / road.
Surname
The name Freienstein is derived from Freienstein Castle .
Before 1800 the community was called Rorbas am Freienstein or Rorbas ennet der Töss .
population
Population development | |
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year | Residents |
1634 | approx. 436 |
1771 | 679 |
1836 | 788 |
1850 | 835 |
1900 | 1301 |
1950 | 1120 |
1970 | 1219 |
2000 | 2127 |
2011 | 2280 |
2012 | 2317 |
- Population density: 274.8 inh. / Km 2
- Number of private households: 799 (as of 2000)
Churches
On December 31, 2011, 49.3% of the population belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church and 21.9% to the Roman Catholic Church .
The Evangelical Reformed Church and the Chrischona congregation are linked in the Rorbas-Freienstein section of the Evangelical Alliance .
politics
The mayor is the non-party Oliver Müller (as of December 2017).
In many areas Freienstein-Teufen organizes itself with the neighboring community of Rorbas , for example with the school and church community. The post office also operates only one post office for the closely-knit villages of Freienstein and Rorbas. Until July 29, 2006 the town of Teufen had its own post office with the postcode 8428.
economy
Viticulture is an important branch of the economy . Freienstein-Teufen is the second largest vineyard community in the canton after Stäfa .
Attractions
photos
Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer before 1937 with a brick factory
Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer before 1937
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
- Official website of the municipality of Freienstein-Teufen
- Statistical data on the municipality of Freienstein-Teufen
- Ueli Müller: Freienstein-Teufen. 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 .
- ↑ http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/aktuell/mitteilungen/2012/bev_2011.html (Cantonal population statistics ... total accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed October 18, 2013).
- ↑ http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/aktuell/mitteilungen/2012/bev_2011.html (accessed on February 27, 2012).
- ↑ http://www.each.ch/ea-rorbas-freienstein.html (accessed on February 27, 2012).