Hittnau

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Hittnau
Coat of arms of Hittnau
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District : Pfaffikonw
BFS no. : 0173i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8335
Coordinates : 704 626  /  247527 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '13 "  N , 8 ° 49' 26"  O ; CH1903:  704626  /  247527
Height : 640  m above sea level M.
Height range : 603–929 m above sea level M.
Area : 12.95  km²
Residents: 3688 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 255 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		7.6% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor : Christoph Hitz ( independent )
Website: www.hittnau.ch
Location of the municipality
Greifensee Pfäffikersee Kanton St. Gallen Kanton Thurgau Bezirk Bülach Bezirk Hinwil Bezirk Meilen Bezirk Uster Bezirk Winterthur Bauma Fehraltorf Hittnau Illnau-Effretikon Lindau ZH Pfäffikon ZH Russikon Weisslingen Wila Wildberg ZHMap of Hittnau
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Hittnau is a municipality in the Pfäffikon district of the Swiss canton of Zurich . The municipalities include Ober- and Unterhittnau, Isikon, Hasel, Dürstelen, Schönau and Hofhalden .

Geography and history

Hittnau was first mentioned in a document as Hittenouva in 905. It is located in the Zurich Oberland above the Pfäffikersee , on the connecting road between the Glatttal and the Tösstal . The Kempt is the first village to flow through the village after its source. The highest point in the community is the Stoffel at 928 m above sea level. M., the lowest point the community has at Tobelweiher at 604 m above sea level. M. The municipality is mostly located on its western foothills. 48.1% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 37.3% is covered with forest, 3.5% is traffic area and 9.5% is settlement area, 0.4% is water.

population

Population development
year Residents year Residents
1467 approx. 165 1634 448
1762 1300 1836 1963
1850 1817 1900 1338
1910 1255 1940 1292
1950 1320 1960 1357
1980 1347 1990 2078
2000 2965 2001 3012
2002 3031 2003 3111
2004 3150 2005 3182
2006 3197 2007 3302
2008 3378 2009 3425
2010 3467 2011 3464
2012 3506 2013 3555
2014 3629 2015 3585

politics

The SVP has 40.8%, the SP 20.7%, the FDP 13.8%, the Greens 8.3%, the CVP 3.6% and the EPP 6.8% of the vote.

Christoph Hitz has been ( independent ) mayor since 2010 (as of December 2017).

coat of arms

Blazon : framed by black and silver and a golden bar covered with a black eagle

Attractions

  • photos

  • Reformed Church from 1708

  • Parish hall

  • Former Stutz weaving mill

  • Jakob Stutz's birthplace

  • Historical aerial photo from a height of 300 meters of Oberhittnau, taken by Walter Mittelholzer in 1922

Personalities

literature

  • Ueli Müller: Hittnau. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Martin Leonhard, Peter Niederhäuser, Markus Stromer: Hittnau. History and stories from 1100 years. Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0754-X .
  • Hans Martin Gubler, The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich. Volume 3: The districts of Pfäffikon and Uster. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1978 (= Swiss Art Monuments, Volume 66). ISBN 3-7643-0991-1 pp. 268-281.

Web links

Commons : Hittnau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  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. ↑ Hittnau Online: Facts and Figures. In: www.hittnau.ch. Retrieved June 15, 2016 .