Hausen am Albis
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | Affoltern |
| BFS no. : | 0004 |
| Postal code : | 8915 Hausen am Albis 8925 Ebertswil |
| Coordinates : | 682 961 / 233254 |
| Height : | 611 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 524–915 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 13.60 km² |
| Residents: | 3701 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 238 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
15.4% (December 31, 2018) |
| Mayor : | Stefan Gyseler ( FDP ) |
| Website: | www.hausen.ch |
 View from the Hochwacht (Albis) observation tower |
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Hausen am Albis (officially Hausen until 1911 ) is a municipality in the Affoltern district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .
geography
Hausen am Albis is located in the south of the canton of Zurich in the Affoltern district , on the south side of the Albis . The community, located in the upper Jonental valley , consists of the villages of Hausen am Albis and Ebertswil and the hamlets of Türlen , Vollenweid, Tüfenbach, Hinter-, Mittel- and Oberalbis, Husertal , Hirzwangen and Schweikhof. The catchment area of the municipality extends from Sihlbrugg to the Türlersee . This makes Hausen am Albis the largest municipality in the district with a total of 13.64 km². The highest point in the municipality is 916 m above sea level. M. (Bürglen), the lowest point at 532 m above sea level. M. (Sihlbrugg). Hausen am Albis is located between the cities of Zurich and Zug .
Districts and hamlets
Hot
Heisch is a district that has grown together with Hausen today. It is located about a kilometer west of the village center and is divided into Ober- and Unterheisch. The border between the parts of the village Heisch and Hausen runs roughly at the former alpine dairy (today's printing company).
Ebertswil
Ebertswil is located in the south of the municipality, about two kilometers from the village center and had 667 inhabitants as of December 31, 2007. The location of the place on a slightly elevated plateau allows a wide view of the canton of Zug with Lake Zug and the Swiss Alps. Directly to the south you can see the Rigi and to the right of it the Pilatus . In between there are well-known mountains such as Mönch , Eiger and Jungfrau .
Heisch and Hausen am Albis
Upper and lower Schweikhof
Hirzwangen
Vollenweid
Ebertswil
Sihlbrugg
Sihlbrugg , which belongs to three other municipalities, is the southernmost hamlet of the municipality. In 2007 the Hausemer share counted 11 inhabitants.
Husertal
The hamlet of Husertal is located at the southwestern foot of the Albishorn, east of Hausen am Albis, between the hamlets of Oberalbis, Schweikhof and the village of Ebertswil. The hamlet had 50 inhabitants in 2000.
Türlen
Türlen is located on the Türlersee and is about three kilometers from the village center.
Tüfenbach and Vollenweid (background)
Behind Albis
Upper Albis
Husertal
Türlen at the Türlersee
history
Power relations in the Middle Ages
Hausen am Albis was first mentioned in a document in 869 as Huson , the current district of Heisch in 1184 as Heinsche . During this time the lords of Hausen were the barons of Eschenbach; It was they who built the Schnabelburg on the Albis ridge in 1150 and who founded the Cistercian Abbey of Kappel in 1185 . In 1309 their rule was ended by the destruction of the Schnabelburg because Walther von Eschenbach was involved in the murder of King Albrecht . The result was that Hausen am Albis was subordinated to the Hallwylers , who ceded it to the city of Zurich in 1406 .
reformation
The Kappel Monastery joined Zwingli's Reformation at a very early stage under Abbot Wolfgang Joner . Under this influence and in order to avoid the oppressive church taxes, the Hausemer also sided with the Reformed. In 1527 Hausen became an independent parish.
In the battle of Kappel on October 11, 1531, nine comrades-in-arms from Hausen were killed alongside Huldrych Zwingli. Adam Näf from Vollenweid saved the Zurich banner and received the “ Näfenhaus ” in Kappel as a fief from the city of Zurich . The “Milchsuppenstein” ( Kappeler milk soup ) on the municipal boundary and the Zwinglid monument in the Kappel municipality are a reminder of this chaos of war.
industrialization
In 1825 Jakob Zürrer founded a ferggerei and employed up to 700 silk weavers working from home. His sons Emil and Theophil introduced mechanical silk weaving, which over time replaced home work. The company Weisbrod-Zürrer 2011 AG had set the silk weaving, however, continues to reside in Hausen am Albis.
coat of arms
- In blue a half-timbered house viewed from above with a silver plinth and brickwork, red roof and beams, two black windows on the right, black door on the left above the black cellar entrance and stairs and a silver fireplace on the right.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1762 | 840 |
| 1850 | 1450 |
| 1888 | 1335 |
| 1900 | 1408 |
| 1950 | 1588 |
| 2000 | 3040 |
| 2007 | 3235 |
| 2015 | 3476 |
- Population density: 245.8 inh. / Km²
- Denomination: 42.9% Protestant Reformed , 29.4% Roman Catholic , 27.7% other or no denominational affiliation (status: 2010)
Attractions
Reformed Church, mentioned in 1250
Bürglenstutz: highest point of the Albis chain and the municipality
Schnabelburg ruins
Southern Schnabellücke, historical mule track “Spinnerweg” into the Sihl valley
There are two churches in Hausen:
- The Reformed Church was built in 1751. In the same place there was initially a Romanesque church, which was built before 1250, followed by a second church from 1491.
- The Catholic Church of the Heart of Jesus dates back to 1977. The previous building was a chapel from 1910. In the tower hangs the St. Mary's bell, cast in 1499, which had hung in the bell tower of the reformed church until 1905.
Albisbrunn
The cold water sanatorium in Albisbrunn was founded in 1839 by the Winterthur doctor Christoph Zacharias Wilhelm Brunner. A spring discovered on the Albishang was used for various treatments and therapies with "good water". A diverse social life arose with the spa operation. In the fall of 1851 Richard Wagner spent two months in Albisbrunn, where he hoped to cure his ailments (facial rose, nettle rash, chronic intestinal upset). This is where his conception of the Ring of the Nibelung came about .
In the absence of demand, the health resort became a pure hotel business after 1900. In 1924, Alfred Reinhart established the Albisbrunn Landerziehungsheim Foundation .
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
- Martin Illi: Hausen am Albis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Official website of the municipality of Hausen am Albis
- Statistical data for the municipality of Hausen am Albis
- Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland: Sihlwald - Schnabellücken - Heisch: "Spinnerweg" ( Memento from August 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Office for Spatial Development of the Canton of Zurich: A cultural and historical hike from the Albis Pass to the Kappel Monastery
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 .
- ↑ StiASG , Urk. III 303. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
- ↑ Martin Illi: Hausen am Albis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Website of the Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Hausen. Section On the Origin of the Church. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ Non-profit society of the district Affoltern (ed.): Knonaueramt. Yesterday Today Tomorrow. Portrait of a Zurich region . Affoltern am Albis 1987, ISBN 3-906258-01-7 .
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