Knonau

This article deals with the Swiss community in the canton of Zurich. For the Swiss historian, see Gerold Meyer von Knonau (historian) , for the Swiss archivist and geographer, see Gerold Meyer von Knonau (archivist)

Uttenberg is a redirect to this article. For the Swiss politician (liberal) see Joseph Schumacher-Uttenberg .

Knonau
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Affoltern
BFS no. :	0007
Postal code :	8934
UN / LOCODE :	CH KNA
Coordinates :	677.48 thousand  /  230957 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '30 "  N , 8 ° 27' 42"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-seven thousand four hundred and eighty  /  230957
Height :	431  m above sea level M.
Height range :	412–504 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.47  km²
Residents:	2373 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	Error in expression: unrecognized punctuation mark "'" inh. Per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	18.6% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.knonau.ch
Location of the municipality

Knonau is a municipality in the Affoltern district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1974)

Hinteruttenberg

Knonau is located in the southwest of the canton of Zurich and is 6.48 km² before Wettswil am Albis , Maschwanden and Ottenbach, the fourth smallest municipality in terms of area in the Affoltern district. The largest part of the municipal area is taken up by agricultural land, which comprises 64.8 percent. Another 17.6 percent is forest, 10.2 percent settlement area and 5.6 percent traffic area. The community area is drained by the Haselbach towards the Lorze .

The village of Knonau is 431  m above sea level. M. and is located 23 kilometers from Zurich and 7 kilometers from Zug . The hamlets of Vorderuttenberg, Hinteruttenberg and Baaregg also belong to the community.

In the west Knonau borders on Maschwanden , in the north and east lies the municipality of Mettmenstetten and also in the east the higher situated municipality of Kappel am Albis . In the south Knonau borders the communities Steinhausen and Cham , both of which belong to the canton of Zug .

Knonau is located on the railway line Zurich-Affoltern am Albis-train and is determined by the line S 9 of the train Zurich operated. Since December 2015, the S 5 has been serving Knonau instead of the S 9 . The section of the A4 motorway with the Eitenberg rest area was built in the municipality as early as 1970, but only opened in November 2009.

history

Knonau Castle in the regimental book of Junker Gerold Escher .

Knonau was first mentioned in writing in 1045 in a document from the Schänis monastery, in which the Knonau church and the associated Meierhof are named as the property of the monastery. The Meyer von Knonau acted as administrators of this farm. They settled in Zurich in the middle of the 14th century , where they became naturalized. They were soon represented in the city council and even appointed the mayor. Thanks to their connections, they were able to acquire the bailiwick over the village of Knonau and other villages in 1399.

In 1512 the city of Zurich bought the Vogtei Knonau along with some other rights in the area. From then on, a bailiff resided at Knonau Castle , which the city had built as the administrative seat.

When a liberal constitution was enacted in the canton of Zurich in 1830/31, the rural communities were given equal rights with the city. By tradition, Knonau became the capital of the newly founded district . Because of its peripheral location, the district capital was soon relocated to Affoltern am Albis .

coat of arms

Blazon

In red a silver Meier hat with a cord.

The coat of arms matches the shield that the Meyer von Knonau have been using since at least 1375. It shows the Meyerhut, the badge of her office, which consisted in the administration of the court of Knonau belonging to the Schänis monastery .

population

Reformed Church Knonau

Population development
year	Residents
1450	about 110
1634	226
1750	359
1850	594
1900	529
1950	649
2000	1445
2014	2033

politics

Share of voters in the National Council elections 2015
SVP	SP	FDP	glp	EPP	BDP	GREEN	Others (lists with less than 5%)
32.66	18.18	11.39	9.59	5.97	5.94	5.61	10.66

The municipal assembly exercises legislative power. The executing authority is the six-member municipal council. Since 1993 there has been a town partnership with Abaliget in Hungary .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Knonau

traffic

By Knonau the 1864 by leading Zurich-train-Lucerne railway opened railway line Zurich-train ; it has been operated by the S 5 Zug - Affoltern a. A. - Zurich HB - Uster - Pfäffikon SZ served by the Zurich S-Bahn . From December 2019 the bus line 42 Knonau, Bahnhof - Cham, Bahnhof of the Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe will run in a three-year trial operation.

Personalities

• Heinrich Häberling (1764–1804), Freiamtsweibel until 1789, leader of the Zurich landscape in the buck war
• Andreas Jordi (* 1961), painter

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 .
• Bernhard Schneider: History of the community of Knonau. Primusverlag, Affoltern am Albis 1982

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Knonau
• Martin Illi: Knonau (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Martin Illi: Knonau (Vogtei). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Link catalog on Knonau at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

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. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical data for the municipality of Knonau