Oberrieden ZH

ZH is the abbreviation for the canton of Zurich in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Oberrieden .

Oberrieden
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Horgen
BFS no. :	0137
Postal code :	8942
UN / LOCODE :	CH ORN
Coordinates :	686 209  /  236 976 coordinates: 47 ° 16 '41 "  N , 8 ° 34' 41"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-six thousand two hundred and nine  /  236 976
Height :	460  m above sea level M.
Height range :	406–627 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.79  km²
Residents:	5083 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1759 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	21.2% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Martin Arnold ( SVP )
Website:	www.oberrieden.ch
, Oberrieden of Erlenbach seen from
Location of the municipality

Oberrieden (formerly Obrendrieden ) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

Oberrieden is located on several terraces on the left bank of Lake Zurich , about 11 km southeast of Zurich . The western municipal boundary extends over the Zimmerberg down into the Sihl valley , the eastern to the middle of Lake Zurich. The northern neighboring municipality is Thalwil , the southern the district capital Horgen .

The municipal area is 276 hectares, of which 15% is agriculture, 42% forest, 14% traffic and 27% settlements.

history

• The earliest detectable traces of settlement can be based on scrap wood, Silex tool and pottery shards to the years 3051-3037 BC - the New Stone Age - retrace.
• The first school was founded in Oberrieden in 1620.
• After the parish, which was Horgen's fourth watch at the time, had separated from Horgen, Oberrieden became a politically independent parish on May 13, 1773.

Aerial photo (1955)

coat of arms

Blazon

A six-pointed silver star in blue

population

Oberrieden has 5071 inhabitants (2017), the proportion of foreigners being 21%. In the last five years the population has increased by 2.1%. 19% of the Oberriedner population are 0–19 years old. 57% are between 20 and 64 years old and 24% are older than 64 years. There are 2,294 households in Oberrieden (2015).

Population development
year	Residents
1634	246
1750	690
1850	832
1900	1224
1950	1987
1960	1375
1990	4385
2010	4936

politics

• In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the vote in Oberrieden was: SVP 25.13%, FDP 21.56%, SP 15.11%, glp 13.78%, Greens 11.65%, CVP 5.48%, EPP 3.02 %, AL 1.71%, and BDP 1.16%.
• Martin Arnold (SVP) is the mayor (as of May 2020).

Public transport

Two railway lines run through the municipality, the left bank Zurichseebahn and the Thalwil – Arth-Goldau railway line , which is why the municipality has two train stations. The Oberrieden Dorf train station is served by the S 24 Thayngen - Schaffhausen / Weinfelden - Winterthur - Zurich Airport - Zurich HB - Thalwil - Horgen Oberdorf - Zug . The S 8 Winterthur - Wallisellen - Zurich HB - Thalwil - Pfäffikon SZ stops at the lower station .

In the main season (June to September) the Zürichsee-Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Oberrieden operates three times a day in the direction of Rapperswil or Zurich . The bus lines 145 and 136 of the Zimmerberg Busbetriebe together go to six bus stops in the municipality.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Oberrieden

• The oldest house in Oberriedens was built in 1294 and is now a listed building.
• Another historical building is the old "Spycher im Länz", which was built in 1553 and which today belongs to the municipality.
• A showpiece of the village is the reformed church Oberrieden , built by Hans Ulrich Grubenmann in 1761 , which is used today by the evangelical-reformed parish.
• Next to the Chrüzbüel, built in 1798, has been the Roman Catholic Church of Heilig Chrüz, built as a rotunda , since 1988 .
• The two villas “Schönfels” and “Sonnenbühl” are two prestigious buildings in Oberriedien.
• A historically significant industrial building is the aircraft factory in the "Usser Scheller", which was operated from 1923 to 1935 by the pilot and aircraft manufacturer Alfred Comte.
• Lookout points in the community are the "Frohe Aussicht", the "Laugerenried" and the "Aebnet", accessible via the Lottereteweg.

The annual "Open-air Oberrieden" has become known as an event.

photos

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  Ship station

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  Roman Catholic Church

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  Reformed rectory

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  Secondary school Kirchstrasse

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  Secondary school Langweg

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  Sports facility and sports hall in Langfeld

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  Primary school Pünt

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  Historic aerial photo from 1919, taken by Walter Mittelholzer

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  reformed Church

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  View from the viewpoint Aebnet on the pan style ; below Restaurant zur Frohen Aussicht , formerly Lotterete

Personalities

• John Brack (1950–2006), Swiss country musician
• Alfred Comte (1895–1965), aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer, ran an aircraft factory in Oberrieden
• Max Dünki (1932–2011), politician (EPP, National Council 1983–1999), community clerk, lived in Oberrieden
• Maria Fierz (1878–1956), promoter of women's rights
• Hannes Gruber (* 1928), painter
• Steff Gruber (* 1953), filmmaker, photographer, author, internet pioneer
• Gerold Hilty (1927–2014), Romance scholar, linguist
• Theo Hotz (1928–2018), architect, born in Oberrieden
• Heiri Leuthold (1967–2009), social geographer
• Fritz Peter (1925–1994) singer
• Hans H. Staub (1908–1980), nuclear physicist, entitled to live in Oberrieden
• Peter Surava (1912–1995), journalist, died in Oberrieden
• Dominique Rinderknecht (* 1989), Miss Switzerland 2013, model

literature

• Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume II: The districts of Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Horgen and Meilen. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 15). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1943. DNB 365803049 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Oberrieden ZH
• Statistical data for the municipality of Oberrieden
• Walter R. Bernhard: Oberrieden. 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. ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed February 25, 2020 .