Oberstammheim

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Zurich (ZH)

District :

Andelfingen

Political community :

Stammheim

Postal code :

8477

former BFS no. :

0036

Coordinates :

702 272 / 276 801 coordinates: 47 ° 38 '2 " N , 8 ° 47' 58" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and two thousand two hundred and seventy-two / two hundred seventy-six thousand eight hundred and one

Height :

440 m above sea level M.

Area :

9.36 km²

Residents:

1190 (December 31, 2017)

Population density :

127 inhabitants per km²

Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship )

6.3% (December 31, 2018)

Website:

www.oberstammheim.ch

Village square

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2019

Oberstammheim is a village in the political municipality of Stammheim in the canton of Zurich formed on January 1, 2019 . Until December 31, 2018, it formed an independent political municipality .

On September 24, 2017, the voters in Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen decided to unite to form the political municipality of Stammheim at the beginning of 2019 .

coat of arms

Blazon

A red trunk in gold with three stumps

The tree trunk with the stumps that was sawn off at the top and bottom has been attested since 1687. On April 9, 1932, the municipal council preferred the current version to the proposed oldest Obervogtei coat of arms.

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1956)

Oberstammheim is located south of the Stammerberg . The eastern municipal boundary also forms part of the canton border with the canton of Thurgau . 55.1% of the former municipality area is used for agriculture, 36.4% is covered with forest, 3.2% is traffic area and 5.0% is settlement area, 0.2% is water (as of 1996). The landscape of the Stammertal is strongly glacial.

economy

The main branches of the economy are agriculture and viticulture, some local industry has also settled. Besides Mund, Oberstammheim is the only place in Switzerland where the aromatic plant saffron is grown.

politics

The SVP has 37.73%, the FDP 19.14%, the SP 11.25%, the Greens 7.68%, the glp 7.33%, the BDP 6.87%, the EPP 2.79% and the CVP 1.41% of the vote ( National Council election 2011 ).

The last mayor was Martin Farner (FDP).

history

Stammheim is mentioned for the first time in a document from the year 761. The monastery of St. Gallen then received possessions of free Alemanni Isanhard as a donation.

Churches

There are three churches in Oberstammheim:

The reformed Gallus Chapel dates from the Middle Ages and has frescoes from 1310.
The Catholic Church of Our Lady dates from 1942.
The Evangelical Free Church of Chrischona

Personalities

Eugen Huber (1849–1923), politician (FDP) and lawyer, creator of the Swiss Civil Code
Isabelle Waldberg (1911–1990), sculptor
Konrad Langhart (* 1963), politician (independent) and farmer

Attractions

Gallus chapel with medieval frescoes
Hirschen inn
Old firm
Forge / old trot
Town center with numerous historical half-timbered buildings

Town entrance
View from the north (Gallus Chapel) to Oberstammheim
View from the south of Oberstammheim
Main street with (right) the parish hall
Reformed Gallus Chapel, Chilenbückli
Frescoes in the Gallus Chapel
Hirschen inn
Old office, Hauptstrasse 76

literature

Martin Illi: Oberstammheim. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume I: The districts of Affoltern and Andelfingen (= art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 7). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1938. DNB 365803030 .
Hansruedi Frei-Rohrer: Vom Höfli, vom Wirth and vo de Höll . Hallway, house and family names of the municipality of Oberstammheim. Ed .: Political Community Oberstammheim. Political community Oberstammheim, Oberstammheim 2007 (without ISBN).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
^ Spa: A clear yes to Stammheim . Ed .: Andelfinger Zeitung. 26th September 2017.
↑ Tages-Anzeiger of October 23, 2018
↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2013 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 January 24, 2012 @1@ 2

[1] Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Spa: A clear yes to Stammheim . Ed .: Andelfinger Zeitung. 26th September 2017.

[3] Tages-Anzeiger of October 23, 2018

[4] Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2013 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 January 24, 2012 @1@ 2