Loo-Ferenbach

Loo-Ferenbach ( Swiss German : Loo-Feräbach ) is a former civil parish in the political municipality of Affoltern am Albis in the Affoltern district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

From a topographical point of view, the former civil parish is located away from the town of Zwillikon on the border with Hedingen . The Hofibach is the border between Loo and Ferenbach. Today the villages are viewed as hamlets of Zwillikon. According to the Federal Building and Housing Register GWR, the houses in Loo-Ferenbach have the postal address 8909 Zwillikon.

history

Loo-Ferenbach was a civil parish until the late 19th century. Together with Zwillikon, Oberaffoltern and Unteraffoltern , the civil parish was divided into the political municipality of Affoltern am Albis. The village of Ferenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1309 as "ze Verenpach". On the Gyger map from 1667, the castle of the Lords of Loo is drawn in the village of Loo to the right of the Jonenbach . It is not known whether there was a connection to the destroyed castle of Hedingen (1510). In 1820 a number of human skeletons were found in a gravel pit near Ferenbach, all of which were lined up. The background is not known.

Place name meaning

• Loo (from Ahd.Loh = forest, wood, from Latin lucus = wooded slope)
• Ferenbach (from mhd. Fer, ferre = fern) Bach that flows from a distant village (here probably the Hofibach or the Jonen).

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Lords of Loo-Ferenbach

The coat of arms was first mentioned in writing in 1406. Ulrich von Loo described the blazon of the coat of arms in a letter :

Divided by blue with a white lion marching in and split six times by blue and white

Spellings

There are various spellings for Loo-Ferenbach:

• Dufour map from 1864: Loo-Fehrenbach
• National map of Switzerland from 1957: Loh-Ferenbach
• National map of Switzerland from 2013 (current): Loo-Ferenbach
• The postbus stop on line 214, however, has the outdated spelling Zwillikon, Fehrenbach

Modern times

Loo-Ferenbach was spared the construction boom of the last decades and a rural townscape is still characteristic today. In the district of Loo there are individual commercial buildings such as a lighting shop, a hairdressing salon and garage, and a gas station on the border with Hedingen. Ferenbach has remained a quiet residential area. A small building boom in recent years has nevertheless brought Loo-Ferenbach some new buildings.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Affoltern 1873. Retrieved June 13, 2018 . 
2. ↑ OGS Seebach - contribution. Retrieved June 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Zurich village coat of arms. Retrieved June 13, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Friedrich Vogel: The old chronicles or memorabilia of the city and landscape of Zurich from the earliest times to 1820 . Ed .: Printed and published by Friedrich Schulthess.
5. ↑ OGS Seebach - contribution. Retrieved June 13, 2018 . 
6. ↑ OGS Seebach - contribution. Retrieved June 13, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Stop timetables . Retrieved June 13, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '19.3 "  N , 8 ° 26' 28.2"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventy-five thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight  /  238018