Kyburg ZH

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Kyburg
Kyburg coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District : Pfaffikonw
Political community : Illnau-Effretikoni2
Postal code : 8314
UN / LOCODE : CH ILL
Coordinates : 698 466  /  257 076 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '26 "  N , 8 ° 44' 40"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred ninety-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-six  /  257,076
Height : 625  m above sea level M.
Area : 7.58  km²
Residents: 405 (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 53 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.kyburg.ch
Kyburg village and castle

Kyburg village and castle
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Kyburg ZH (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2016

Kyburg ( Zurich German older Chibèèrg [ ˈχibɛːrɡ ]) is a village in the Zurich municipality of Illnau-Effretikon . It is dominated by Kyburg Castle .

By the end of 2015, Kyburg formed an independent political municipality . The hamlets of Billikon, Brünggen, Ettenhusen, Mülau, Neu-Brünggen and Seemerrüti also belonged to it .

coat of arms

Blazon

In black a golden sloping bar, accompanied by two striding golden lions

The coat of arms was taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Kyburg (see the article Coat of Arms of the Canton of Thurgau for a historical overview ).

geography

Aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1950)

Kyburg is located on a molasse hill five kilometers south of Winterthur and the Töss . The former municipality area is heavily forested (61.2% of the area), 32% of the area is used for agriculture.

population

Population development
year Residents
1634 148
1771 296
1850 374
1900 358
1950 386
2000 396
2010 419

politics

The SVP had 44%, the SP 16.2%, the FDP 15.3%, the Greens 13.1%, the CVP 1.8%, and the EPP 3.1% of the vote.

Community president was the non-party Kurt Bosshard (as of 2014).

history

A settlement Kyburg was first mentioned in 1262-1264. The history of the village is closely linked to that of the Kyburg Castle of the same name, first mentioned in 1027 . The place is on the site of the former outer bailey . This was separated from the plain by two dry trenches, which shaped the development of the settlement.

The Habsburgs extended the urban privileges of the settlement through donations . By Duke Albrecht , the settlement in 1337 received its own court and was exempt from taxes. When the settlement was rebuilt in 1362 after a fire, it was able to secure further privileges. Duke Leopold awarded the settlement a year and a weekly market in 1370. The market was not given up until the 18th century.

During the Appenzell War in 1407, the town and castle were taken by the Schwyzers. In the old Zurich War , the fortified town was badly affected and was rebuilt as an open village. When the county of Kyburg came to Zurich in 1424 , the rights of the town were preserved; it was given the lower jurisdiction and the market right was confirmed. In 1671 the Landschreiberei was moved from Pfäffikon to Kyburg. In 1798 all medieval privileges were lost and the community was assigned to the Fehraltorf district. Between 1803 and 1815 it belonged to the Uster-Grünigen district. During the restoration it became the seat of the Kyburg Higher Office again. The municipality of Kyburg has belonged to the Pfäffikon district since the administrative reform of 1831 .

On November 24, 2013, the voters of Kyburg voted with a yes share of 75% in favor of commencing merger negotiations with Illnau-Effretikon . The final decision on the merger was made in a referendum on June 14, 2015, the Kyburger with 81%, the Illnau-Effretiker with 89% approval; the union took place on January 1, 2016. The government council of the canton of Zurich subsidized the merger with 1.9 million francs.

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) led Kyburg until the merger with Illnau-Effretikon under the FSO number 0175.

photos

  • Village center

  • Parish hall

  • The village center with the church , in the background Kyburg Castle

  • Kyburg Castle

Events

Every summer the Kyburgiade , an international chamber music festival , takes place on the Kyburg .

Attractions

In addition to the Kyburg Castle with its castle chapel with medieval wall paintings, there are several stately buildings. In addition to the church with rectory, the former chancellery and the Hirschen inn are worth mentioning.

On the road to Winterthur - Sennhof , a covered wooden bridge from 1846 leads over the Töss .

literature

  • Hans Martin Gubler: Kyburg ZH (= Swiss Art Guide. No. 251). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997, ISBN 978-3-85782-251-3 .
  • Hans Martin Gubler: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume 3: The districts of Pfäffikon and Uster (= art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 66). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7643-0991-1 , pp. 141-200.
  • Martin Lee: Kyburg in 33 stories. Kyburg community and castle: from the past to the present. Kyburg community, Kyburg 2011.
  • Ueli Müller: Kyburg (community). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : Kyburg ZH  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result of the 2014 election in the Zurich Oberland .