Humlikon

Humlikon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingen
BFS no. :	0032
Postal code :	8457
Coordinates :	692 665  /  270279 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '36 "  N , 8 ° 40' 13"  O ; CH1903:  692665  /  270279
Height :	438  m above sea level M.
Height range :	407-539 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.68  km²
Residents:	487 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	119 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	7.4% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Marcel Meisterhans
Website:	www.humlikon.ch
Location of the municipality

Village center of Humlikon

Village fountain in Humlikon

Humlikon (Swiss German [ ˈhʊəmlɪkχə ]) is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

Half a silver, red-tongued unicorn in blue

The coat of arms comes from the family of the Barons von Humlikon. In the 19th century the heraldic symbols for agriculture (ploughshare) and viticulture (vine knife) were used in the municipal coat of arms. When it came to establishing an official coat of arms, the municipality was recommended to reintroduce the historic coat of arms of the von Humlikon family , which was approved by voters in 1930.

geography

The municipality of Humlikon is located in the Zürcher Weinland between Schaffhausen and Winterthur . Of the municipal area, 63.5% is used for agriculture, 28.4% is covered with forest, 2.7% is traffic area and 5.4% is settlement area.

population

Population development

year	Residents
1467	approx. 60
1634	178
1850	346
1880	320
1900	263
1950	213
2000	408

history

On July 12, 1228, the monk Konrad von Humlicon registered a sale, this is the first written mention of the community.

In 1872 the existing civil parish was elevated to the status of a political parish.

Aerial photo (1953)

Dürrenäsch plane crash

When crash of an airplane type Caravelle of Swissair on 4 September 1963 in Dürrenäsch in Canton Aargau 74 passengers lost their lives; 43 people came from Humlikon, around a fifth of the population at the time. There were 19 married couples and 5 individuals, including all members of the parish council. They wanted to travel to Geneva with the Caravelle to find out about pest control. More than 40 children were orphaned. The management of the municipality was taken over provisionally by the canton.

politics

The SVP has 48.39%, the FDP 15.95%, the glp 10.03%, the SP 6.61%, the Greens 4.65%, the CVP 4.26%, and the EPP 4.03% of the votes ( National Council election 2019 ).

The mayor of the municipality is Marcel Meisterhans (as of May 2020).

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Humlikon

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 .
• Olga Muschg's youth book Fränzi (1975) plays a decisive part in Humlikon

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Humlikon
• Ueli Müller: Humlikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Statistical data for the municipality of Humlikon

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. ↑ From the broadcast "Antenne" of September 4, 1963 Airplane crash near Dürrenäsch ( Memento of the original of October 7, 2014 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. Swiss television 
4. ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed May 25, 2020 .