Henggart

Henggart

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingenw
BFS no. :	0031i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8444
Coordinates :	693 855 / 269 031 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '55 " N , 8 ° 41' 9" O ; CH1903: 693,855 / 269,03147.565277 8.685829 440
Height :	440 m above sea level M.
Height range :	427-527 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.03 km²
Residents:	2239 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	739 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	9.2% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Hans Bichsel ( FDP )
Website:	www.henggart.ch
Henggart Church
Location of the municipality
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Henggart is a municipality in the Andelfingen district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

In gold on a green, two-petalled stem, a red rose with a golden clasp and green sepals

geography

Henggart is located between Winterthur and Schaffhausen , in the Zurich wine country . The community belongs to the agglomeration of the city of Winterthur.

The neighboring communities are Dägerlen , Hettlingen , Humlikon and Neftenbach .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1733	290
1850	279
1910	388
1950	464
1960	712
1980	970
1990	1'230
2005	1,900

politics

The community president is Hans Bichsel ( FDP , since 2014). Other members of the municipal council are Vice President Astrid Erdmann-von Moos (non-party, since 2014), Eveline Schwarz (non-party, since 2018), Andreas Wyler (non-party, since 2018) and Andreas Strolz (non-party, since 2020) (as of 2020).

history

Henggart, historical aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer taken in 1923 from a height of 300 meters

The first traces of settlement have been found near the church, they come from Roman times . In the Middle Ages there was a fortified structure on the Schlossbuck. From 1228, servants of the Counts of Kyburg are mentioned in a document in the defense tower on the church hill . In the course of the 14th century the rule passed to Habsburg-Laufenburg . The monasteries Rheinau , Kappel , Kreuzlingen , Töss and Allerheiligen owned large estates in Henggart. The court rights was between Andelfingen divided and Kyburg. After the decline of the Kyburger in 1452 the second part of the village came under the rule of the city of Zurich.

The church of Henggart was expanded in 1275, with the collature from 1474 in the diocese of Constance until it came to Zurich with the Reformation. In 1820, today's classical church was built on the same site.

Culture

The Bleisch Puppet Theater , a touring theater, was founded in 1970 in Henggart.

Attractions

photos

Henggart train station
Village center in the evening
Henggart Church
Half-timbered house
Bridge over the A4
Historic earth wall at Schlossbuck

Personalities

Willy Angst (1913 – unknown), wrestler, wrestler
Adrian Furrer (* 1964), stage actor
Johann Rudolf Ott (1642–1716), theologian

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 : Henggart - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Henggart
Statistical data for the municipality of Henggart
Valentin Zandonella: Henggart. 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 .

[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 .