Ottikon (Gossau ZH)
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 Switzerland
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 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | Hinwil | |
| Political community : | Gossau | |
| Postal code : | 8626 | |
| former BFS no. : | 0115 | |
| Coordinates : | 701 591 / 239259 | |
| Height : | 520 m above sea level M. | |
| Residents: | 1250 | |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
14.4% (December 31, 2018) | |
 Concise Flarzbau in Oberottikon |
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Ottikon is a watch in the municipality of Gossau ( Hinwil district ) in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .
geography
Ottikon is located south of the district of Gossau-Dorf and is embedded in the extensive drumlin landscape of the Zurich Oberland .
history
middle Ages
The Ottikon watch, which was first mentioned in a document in 908, has two parts of the village: Upper and Lower Ottikon. Oberottikon has a rather flat and Unterottikon a hilly topography, which led to a correspondingly different development. The farmers in Oberottikon, where the land could be cultivated according to the principle of the more profitable three-part farming, were generally more prosperous than the farmers in Unterottikon.
The Ottiker were legally privileged in the Middle Ages. Like the residents of Gossau-Dorf, Grüt and Bertschikon, they also belonged to the Dingstatt Binzikon, so they were free farmers with the right to judge civil law issues. In the feudal system, this right was otherwise only available to noble or ecclesiastical landlords.
Modern times
Until the middle of the 19th century, Ottikon developed on a par with the neighboring Gossau village. Here, too, could ehafte Commercial settle, including about the Chindismüli, one of the then largest mills in the area. It is documented as a mill as early as 1353, making it one of the oldest in Gossau. During the early industrialization, Ottikon was the only Wacht in Gossau to withstand the overwhelming competition of the textile factories in Uster and Wetzikon , not in the cotton industry, but in the silk industry. The silk winding mill JDEWE only closed its doors in 1973. Founded in 1817 as a cotton spinning mill, it was initially the largest textile factory in the Gossau region with two spinning chairs each with 216 spindles. The operator Johannes Weber came from a family that had belonged to the upper class of Ottikon for generations and provided numerous officials. Johannes Weber himself was mayor, then governor and later district court president. In 1833 he built the Biedermeier governor's house opposite his house - today's Dürstelerhaus. In 1873 the industrialist Johann Jacob Dürsteler from Wetzikon took over the cotton spinning mill and converted it into a silk winding mill. He used the neighboring Dürstelerhaus as a food store. Today it houses a museum. The ensemble of factory, Dürstelerhaus and Stadthalterhaus is now a sight of Gossau.
Despite the better economic conditions, Ottikon was also unable to cope with the decline of the local cotton industry and home work . Likewise, there was hardly any growth in the economically strong years after the Second World War , either in terms of economy or population. For 200 years - more precisely: between 1790 and 1990 - Ottikon counted around 700 inhabitants, apart from minor fluctuations. It was only when the new Forch autostrasse provided better access in the 1990s and inexpensive building land was available at the same time that the population skyrocketed, to around double that by 2012.
Attractions
economy
There is a retirement and nursing home and two restaurants.
Web links
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 .
- ↑ Dürstelerhaus local museum. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
- ^ Hansruedi Galliker and Thomas-Peter Binder: Gossau ZH. From abject poverty to a popular place to live. Gossau 2014.