Otelfingen

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Otelfingen
Coat of arms of Otelfingen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District : Dielsdorfw
BFS no. : 0094i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8112
Coordinates : 671 819  /  257139 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '40 "  N , 8 ° 23' 28"  O ; CH1903:  671819  /  257139
Height : 440  m above sea level M.
Height range : 415–863 m above sea level M.
Area : 7.15  km²
Residents: 2939 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 411 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		21.5% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor : Barbara Schaffner ( glp )
Website: www.otelfingen.ch
View from the Altberg on Otelfingen

View from the Altberg on Otelfingen
Location of the municipality
Katzensee Deutschland Kanton Aargau Bezirk Andelfingen Bezirk Bülach Bezirk Dietikon Bezirk Pfäffikon Bezirk Uster Bezirk Zürich Bachs Boppelsen Buchs ZH Dällikon Dänikon Dielsdorf ZH Hüttikon Neerach Niederglatt ZH Niederhasli Niederweningen Oberglatt ZH Oberweningen Otelfingen Regensberg Regensdorf Rümlang Schleinikon Schöfflisdorf Stadel bei Niederglatt Steinmaur WeiachMap of Otelfingen
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Otelfingen ( Swiss German Otelfingä ) is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

In black a silver boar's head

The current coat of arms was first shown in Gerold Edlibach 's coat of arms book in 1493. At that time the wild boar or boar stood for the gentleman family of the Otelfinger family. The old village sign, a golden sheaf and a green-leafed grape on a silver background was replaced by the boar's head by the resolution of the community assembly on December 23, 1928.

history

Otelfingen, historical aerial photo from 1919, taken from a height of 400 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

Otelfingen is first mentioned in the 11th century in connection with the Wettingen monastery . Of 1409 made until the fall of the city-state Zurich 1798 Otelfingen with the twelve municipalities Boppelsen , Buchs ZH , Dielsdorf , Regensberg , Sünikon , Niedersteinmaur , Upper Steinmaur , Bach , Schöfflisdorf , Oberweningen , Schleinikon and Niederweningen the bailiwick Regensberg . In 1409 the Austrian Duke Friedrich IV ("the one with the empty pocket") pledged the rule to the city of Zurich. A deposit was no longer released.

geography

Otelfingen is located in the Furttal at the foot of the Lägern along the Dorfbach , near the city of Zurich and on the border with the canton of Aargau . 47.0% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 37.2% is covered with forest, 5.8% is traffic area and 9.0% is settlement area, 0.3% is water.

Villagescape

Otelfingen, along with Regensberg, is the only municipality in the Dielsdorf district to have a village center that is included in the cantonal inventory of sites worthy of protection. Numerous early modern timber frame houses testify to a formerly wealthy peasant seed. In addition to the reformed church from 1607 with the distinctive bell helmet, the lower mill is the most striking building in the village center. The former grinding room now serves as a cultural center, which is particularly home to classical concerts.

Economy and Infrastructure

Otelfingen has an industrial area with several international industrial and technology companies, including the Blumer company founded in 1897.

Public transport

Like all Zurich communities, Otelfingen is part of the Zurich Transport Association (ZVV). The Otelfingen station of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is served every half hour by the S 6 Baden - Regensdorf-Watt - Zurich HB - Uetikon of the Zurich S-Bahn , as is the Otelfingen Golfpark S-Bahn. As an alternative, a new S-Bahn route was proposed in 2014 to open up the "Science City" ETH Hönggerberg via a tunnel station.

politics

The SVP has 37.8%, the SP 13.9%, the FDP 11.4%, the glp 20.5%, the Greens 5.8%, the CVP 2.4%, the EPP 3.3%, the EDZ 2.41%, the BDP 1.6% and the AL 1.0% of the votes. (Cantonal elections 2019)

Barbara Schaffner ( glp ) has been mayor since 2018 (as of November 2018).

Special

«Furttalstadt»

In the 1960s there were plans to build a “new city” instead of Expo 64 in Otelfingen that would have housed 30,000 people. The initiator of this idea was, among others, the writer Max Frisch . This city, designed according to the latest architectural and sociological findings at the time, would have been compact on the one hand, but would also have included spacious green areas and good transport links. However, the satellite city was never built because the resistance was too great. The “Furttalstadt” model has been owned by the Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences since October 2008.

Youth circus

The Otelli Circus has existed in Otelfingen since 1986 . This youth circus was founded by Fritz Zollinger .

Attractions

photos

  • Reformed Church from 1607

  • Lower mill and tavern or former brewery

  • Schibli Chabi's house from 1676

  • Old inn from 1682

  • "Bien venus Mesieurs"

  • Wash house from 1812. House motto initials of the once belonging farm No. 48: «W [enn] E [iner] B [aut] U [nd] G [ott] V [er] T [raut] S [o] M [ uss] E [r] L [assen] G [ott] W [old] S [o] W [ird] E [r] I [hn] U [nd] A [uch] S [on] H [off] Receive]"

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 : Otelfingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ History - Blumer AG - print finishing. Retrieved August 11, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Tunnel station for "Science City" adf-innovation.com 2014 (PDF)
  5. ↑ Ernst Egli: Report on the study project of a new city in the area of ​​Otelfingen, Canton Zurich, page 25 (in the volume "Project of a study city in the area of ​​Otelfingen in the Furttal, Canton of Zurich, written by Section B", 1958)
  6. ↑ Exhibition on the university town of Furttal at the HSR opens media information on hsr.ch from October 24, 2008
  7. ↑ Model of the “Furttalstadt” as a permanent exhibit at the University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil, article in the NZZ from October 25, 2008