Hochfelden ZH

ZH is the abbreviation for the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Hochfelden .

Hochfelden
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Bulach
BFS no. :	0059
Postal code :	8182
Coordinates :	681 188  /  264333 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '29 "  N , 8 ° 31' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight  /  264333
Height :	399  m above sea level M.
Height range :	387–495 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.17  km²
Residents:	1931 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	313 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	12.8% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Simone Caneppele Zamatorcan (FoHo)
Website:	www.hochfelden.ch
Village pond in Hochfelden ZH
Location of the municipality

Hochfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach , Canton of Zurich , Switzerland .

The community is located about 17 km as the crow flies north of Zurich city ​​center and 9 km north of Zurich International Airport .

geography

The community is located in the Glatttal in the Zürcher Unterland , immediately west of Bülach an der Glatt . The nature reserve north of the community marks the lowest point of Hochfelden ( 391  m above sea level ). The highest point in the municipality is located northwest in the heavily forested Strassberg at 495  m above sea level. M.

Neighboring communities are clockwise, starting in the north: Glattfelden , the district capital Bülach , Höri , Neerach and Stadel .

The community includes the core settlement east of the territory, some individual farms ( Obermüli on the road to Jakobstal, Chalchofen on the road to Neerach, Im Hasli in Stadler Tobel, Im Zil , Im Birchacher and Im Schinderbüel on Haslistrasse), and the hamlets of Wilenhof the road to Höri and the Jakobstal.

In 1996, 43% of the municipal area of ​​6.16 km ^{2 was} used for agriculture, 45% was planted with forest, the traffic areas were 3.2%, the water bodies comprised 1.8% and the settlement area was 5.7%.

coat of arms

Blazon

A red sloping bar in gold, covered with four silver rafters

The earlier coat of arms of Hochfelden showed a six-pointed star over a fallen crescent moon. It was in the ceiling of the old schoolhouse, which was built in 1812.

Fig. 1: Community logo

This coat of arms - it occurs in many variants in the Zürcher Unterland - could not be called the actual municipal coat of arms. It merely indicated that they belonged to the former new office .

In its current form, the Hochfeld coat of arms was officially recognized by the local council on March 19, 1931. It was the shield of Meyer von Hochfelden which is first handed down in a seal from 1360.

history

Aerial photo (1948)

In 886, Hochfelden was first mentioned as Hofelda in a deed of donation to the Aadorf church . The main settlement Hochfelden got its name because of a raised arable land.

Political Affiliation

Fig. 2: Hochfelden in the Siegfried Atlas from 1880

In the 13th century, the Cistercian monastery Wettingen acquired land and mills in Hochfelden. As part of the Habsburg county of Kyburg , Hochfelden came to Zurich in 1424. When in 1442 the areas to the left of the Glatt were separated from the county, Hochfelden came to the Obervogtei Neuamt , which existed until 1798. After the French invaded in 1798, Hochfelden belonged to the Bülach district until 1813 and then to the much smaller Bülach district to this day . In 1847 a fire destroyed parts of the village.

Church conditions

Hochfelden belonged to the parish of Bülach. There was a chapel in the village in the 14th century. In modern times, only the chapel property, whose invoices have been preserved since the 17th century, testifies to this. In 1748 this fund, which functioned as a kind of village bank, paid over the considerable fortune of around 28,000 pounds, i.e. H. the equivalent of several large farms. This money was mainly loaned to people in the community and the surrounding area. From the interest income, for example, salaries were paid for the midwife and the schoolmaster. In addition, poor community residents could also be supported.

Cotton industry

Around 1790 more than a quarter of the population was still employed in the cotton mill. Several companies such as the Hochfelden spinning mill or the Hochfelden cotton twisting mill (1868–1962) settled on the Glattlauf.

Smooth correction

In order to master the floods of the Glatt, the river bed was shifted 100 m to the east during the Glatt correction (1975–1981). As a result, the village center underwent a profound transformation. A village pond was created so that the historically river-based façades remained related to the water. At the same time, a near-natural river landscape (approx. 8 hectares of protected area) was artificially created north of Hochfelden.

photos

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  Parish hall in Hochfelden ZH

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  Half-timbered house in the village center of Hochfelden ZH

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  Martinsmühle in Hochfelden ZH

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  Glatt near Hochfelden ZH

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  Ruins of the Jakobstal spinning mill in Hochfelden ZH

population

Population development
year	Residents
1467	10 households
1836	456
1850	563
1950	515
1960	538
1970	677
1980	928
1990	1105
2000	1579
2008	1876
2009	1914
2010	1999

Officially, 1876 people live in Hochfelden (as of December 31, 2008). 13.7% of the residents registered in Hochfelden, that is 257 people, do not have a Swiss passport. In the same year, 17.9 of the residents were younger than 14 years and 7% of the residents between 15 and 19 years old. Around 65.8% were between 20 and 64 years old and 9.3% were older than 64 years.

language

In the census of December 2000, the proportion of foreigners was 13.3%, slightly more than in the previous decade. The proportion of foreigners is thus far below the cantonal average of 22%. The distribution of the main languages ​​used by the residents gives an indication of their origin: the most common main language in the 2000 census was German (88.2%), the second and third most frequent were Albanian (3.2%) and Italian (6, 2%).

religion

A majority of the high fields are reformed. The proportion of Reformed people in the 2000 Federal Census was 57.4%. 26.5% were Roman Catholic and 9.4% were non-denominational; 6.7% belonged to other faiths.

economy

Hochfelden is a typical residential community, which is also reflected in the commuter balance of the working population. Around 84% of the 923 employed people commute to their workplaces outside the municipality every day (the most important places of work for commuters are Zurich , Bülach , Kloten and Höri ZH ). In Hochfelden itself there are around 310 jobs, 21% of which are part-time. The service sector has a share of 31%, the manufacturing sector and industry 69%. There are also 14 farms. The unemployment rate is 2.7% (as of 2009).

traffic

Hochfelden is served every half hour during rush hour and every hour at other times by the Zürcher Unterland post bus service ( ZVV , line no. 515). S-Bahn connections and express trains from Bülach connect the community with Zurich, Winterthur and Schaffhausen .

To the east of Hochfelden, the A51 suburban motorway (Zurich – Airport – Bülach) runs past and connects the community with the Bülach West junction . The Niederglatt –Höri – Hochfelden – Bülach road connection is also of regional importance .

Supply of public services

Kindergarten, school and library

There has been a community library in Hochfelden since 1978 . At present (as of 2010) the library offers around 5600 media (books, CDs, cassettes, games).

The kindergarten in Hochfelden has two classes. The Brestenbühl kindergarten is located in the middle of the village by the library opposite the community center. The second kindergarten is integrated in the Wisacher school complex . In total, the three kindergarten teachers look after around 40 children, around half of whom are already in the second year of kindergarten.

The Wisacher school building opened its doors in 1977 with seven classrooms, a work room, a handicraft room, a therapy room as well as two group rooms and a teacher's room. In 1993, an extension with a kindergarten and multi-purpose room was inaugurated. Since November 2004, children and teachers have had additional space available for lessons in the newly created hall. The school house is located on the northern edge of the community in the direction of Glattfelden. There are currently 6 classes with around 140 children in the primary school.

The primary school Hochfelden leads the first six classes of the Zurich elementary school . For the completion of the compulsory school time, the young people from Hochfeld attend the high school or the canton school in Bülach .

Post / cable network

At the time of the cantonal post office, on November 1, 1853, a post box was set up in Hochfelden. In the 1980s, the community was connected to the Cablecom cable television network.

Fire brigade and civil defense

The Hochfelden fire brigade has been combined in a special purpose association with the Höri military service since 2000 . In the area of civil protection , the community is integrated into the civil protection organization Bülach-Hochfelden-Höri.

societies

There are around 17 active clubs in Hochfelden.

The Hochfelden men's choir was founded in 1877 and is the oldest still active association in the community. Other older and still active clubs are the Hochfelden Schützenverein (founded in 1878) and the Hochfelden women's association (founded in 1916).

The Füür-Sprütze-Zug Hochfelden was founded in 1995 with the primary aim of maintaining and presenting the hand pressure sprayer from 1787.

Official publication medium

The publication organ Dorfspiegel , published by the municipal administration, has been published every two months since April 1988 and is distributed to all households. It has an edition of 900 copies and is printed in A4 format in color on both sides and provided with double stapling. The first editions were made with matrices , photocopied and compiled by hand.

politics

government

• Political community : The 5-member local council (executive) is determined every 4 years in a secret ballot based on the majority principle . Mayor for the 2014-2018 legislative period is Simone Caneppele Zamatorcan, FoHo - Forum open high fields (as of December 2017)
• Primary school municipality : It is territorially identical to the area of ​​the political municipality and is managed by the primary school administration.
• Upper school community : It is run jointly with the political communities of Bülach , Bachenbülach , Höri and Winkel . The school buildings are in Bülach.
• Municipal assembly (legislature). It consists of all voters in the community. Votes on community matters are usually carried out with an open hand.

Party strength

National Council elections

National Council elections in%	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011
SVP	35.5	44.6	47.9	50.9	44.40
SP	19.6	21.4	22.0	14.4	14.87
glp	-	-	-	7.5	7.57
FDP	8.5	9.5	6.1	6.2	6.16
BDP	-	-	-	-	5.91
EDU	5.3	4.2	4.4	4.1	4.95
EPP	4.3	2.8	4.7	4.1	4.58
Green	7.4	4.7	8.3	6.8	3.72
CVP	0.7	2.0	2.4	5.2	3.00
AL	-	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.38
SD	3.5	4.1	1.6	0.4	0.02

Cantonal elections in Zurich

Cantonal council elections in%	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
SVP	24.2	39.1	47.6	44.2	46.72	49.49
SP	18.2	20.1	20.0	14.8	14.88	11.72
FDP	11.3	6.1	8.3	10.2	8.25	9.39
GLP	-	-	-	5.3	8.19	4.12
EDU	-	4.1	2.3	7.2	6.43	6.83
Green	9.4	5.5	10.9	9.4	6.05	3.83
EPP	2.8	7.3	4.8	5.0	3.76	7.96
BDP	-	-	-	-	3.40	3.40
CVP	2.5	2.0	2.8	2.2	1.16	2.42
AL	-	-	-	0.5	0.61	0.57
Pirates	-	-	-	-	0.54	0.27
SD	-	9.3	2.1	1.2	-	-

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Hochfelden ZH

• In 2009, as part of the village development project "Hochfaele mitenand" , the eight-kilometer-long Hochfelden culture path, comprising 37 stations and leading around the village, was created.
• Village pond with children's playground and fountain sculpture by Robert Lienhard (born February 4, 1919 in Winterthur ; † March 24, 1989 there). Made in 1979 on the occasion of the smooth correction.
• Village center with old half-timbered houses
• Glass windows in the church of the Hochfelden community center: On March 14, 2004, the new glass windows by the glass artists Bernd Engel and Kathrin Engel-Mayer from Germany were inaugurated.
• Chäslen vantage point with a view of the Zurich lowlands to the Alps when the foehn is located .

Personalities

• Sandra Kalt (born May 29, 1974), wheelchair tennis player and Paralympics bronze medal winner 2004
• Ruedi Keller (* 1943), Zurich Cantonal Councilor from 1989–2000 and President of the Höri-Hochfelden Nature Conservation Association

Partner municipality

• Hochfelden (Bas-Rhin)

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 .
• Forrer, Härri, Hofer, Lichtwitz, Meier, Schäuffele, Stähele: Along the Glatt . Reading Society Bülach (1st edition 1982, 29th year in the series New Year's Papers of the Reading Society Bülach )
• Böhmer, Brändli, Leonhard, Niederhäuser: From grave mound to eco-settlement - Zurich building stories . Antiquarian Society Zurich (1st edition 2007, Volume 74/171. New Year's Gazette of the communications of the Antiquarian Society Zurich )

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Hochfelden
• Statistical data on the community of Hochfelden
• Martin Illi: Hochfelden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ hochfelden.ch: Community of Hochfelden - emergence ( memento of the original from January 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed May 31, 2010
4. ^ Martin Illi: Hochfelden. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on May 2, 2014
5. ↑ svps-ascep.ch: Poststellenchronik.pdf (application / pdf-Objekt; 1.5 MB) , accessed on March 4, 2010
6. ↑ refkirchebuelach.ch: Church   Treasures  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed March 4, 2010
7. ↑ Zürcher Unterländer: Article "Sandra Kalt rolls up the world rankings from the back" (application / pdf object)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , November 20, 2004
8. ↑ asccre.ch: Liste_Partschaftenen.pdf (application / pdf-Objekt)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , Accessed February 17, 2010