Russikon

Russikon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Pfaffikon
BFS no. :	0178
Postal code :	8322 Gündisau 8322 Madetswil 8332 Rumlikon 8332 Russikon
UN / LOCODE :	CH MDL (Madetswil) CH RSS (Russikon)
Coordinates :	701 096  /  250 277 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '44 "  N , 8 ° 46' 40"  O ; CH1903:  701,096  /  250 277
Height :	608  m above sea level M.
Height range :	544–820 m above sea level M.
Area :	14.21  km²
Residents:	4370 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	308 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	13.0% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Hans Aeschlimann ( SVP )
Website:	www.russikon.ch
Location of the municipality

Russikon, historical aerial photo from 1920, taken from a height of 200 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

Russikon Church

Roundabout in the lower village

Main street of Russikon

The Stefan Stähli Museum is located at Dorfstrasse 3 in Gündisau. The collection includes tractors and hand tools.

Russikon is a municipality in the Pfäffikon district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The villages of Rumlikon and Madetswil as well as the hamlets of Sennhof , Wilhof , Gündisau and Ludetswil also belong to Russikon .

coat of arms

Blazon

In gold, a soaring, resisting black, red-armored lion

geography

The municipality of Russikon lies between the Kempttal and the Tösstal on the connecting road Fehraltorf - Turbenthal in a hilly landscape. 51% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 37% is forested.

• Area 1,425 ha, 472 ha of which is forest
• Highest point: Tämbrig / Hochwacht, 820  m above sea level. M.
• Lowest point: Bläsimühle (Tobelbach), 570  m above sea level. M.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	1876
1970	2002
1990	2586
1995	2837
2000	3886
2005	3862
2010	4096
2011	4126
2012	4132
2013	4155
2014	4197

economy

• Number of employees (as of 2008): 846 people
• Number of farms (as of 2008): 36
• Unemployed (as of 2009): 57

Public transport

The municipality of Russikon is served by several post bus lines:

825 Pfäffikon ZH - Russikon, Dorf - Madetswil - Ehrikon - Wildberg - Turbenthal

826 Pfäffikon ZH - Russikon, parish hall - Rumlikon - Theilingen

831 Pfäffikon ZH - Russikon, parish hall - Rumlikon - Fehraltorf

832 Fehraltorf - Russikon, parish hall - Rumlikon - Theilingen - Weisslingen - Kollbrunn

There is a connection to the following S-Bahn lines from the Pfäffikon ZH and Fehraltorf stations:

S 3 ( Bülach -) Hardbrücke - Zurich HB - Stadelhofen - Effretikon - Wetzikon

S 19 ( Koblenz - Baden -) Dietikon - Zurich HB - Wallisellen - Effretikon (- Pfäffikon ZH )

From the Turbenthal and Kollbrunn stations to the following S-Bahn lines:

S 11 Aarau - Lenzburg - Dietikon - Zurich HB - Stettbach - Winterthur - Seuzach / Sennhof-Kyburg (- Wila )

S 26 Winterthur - Bauma - Rüti ZH

politics

Eugen Wolf, a non-party member, was the mayor from 2006 to 2014. Hans Aeschlimann (SVP) has been elected mayor of the municipality since 2014. 1. Vice-President is Margrit Berlinger (FDP). The second vice-president is Barbara Schmid (SVP).

museum

In the hamlet of Gündisau there is an agricultural museum with a collection of tractors from the years 1922 to 1961. It was built by the owner Stefan Stähli and has been continuously expanded over the course of 20 years. These are primarily Swiss brands such as Hürlimann , Bührer , Vevey, Meili, but also lesser-known exhibits from the Grunder and Bösch brands. The two American Cletrac exhibits, one of which has a caterpillar drive, are considered exotic . All tractors on display are roadworthy. The collection also includes chainsaws from all eras, single-axle mowers and many hand tools. There is no publicly accessible local archive or local museum in Russikon.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Russikon

Daughters and sons of the church

• Johann Jakob Wolfensberger (1797–1850), painter
• Lukas Rüegg (* 1996), racing cyclist

literature

• Hans Martin Gubler, The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich Volume 3: The Districts of Pfäffikon and Uster. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1978 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 66). ISBN 3-7643-0991-1 . Pp. 246-267.
• Hans Keller, Chronicle of the community of Russikon, part 1: Primeval times until 1798, published by the community of Russikon
• Fritz Hauswirth, Chronicle of the community of Russikon, part 2: 1798 to 1997 published by the community of Russikon

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Russikon
• Statistical data of the canton on the municipality of Russikon
• Martin Illi: Russikon. 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. ^ Website of the community of Russikon: History of the outside guards. ( Memento of the original from July 17, 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. Retrieved March 4, 2015.