Regensberg

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Regensberg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dielsdorf
BFS no. :	0095
Postal code :	8158
Coordinates :	675 388  /  259 747 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '3 "  N , 8 ° 26' 20"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventy-five thousand three hundred eighty-eight  /  two hundred and fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and forty-seven
Height :	617  m above sea level M.
Height range :	493–844 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.37  km²
Residents:	485 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	198 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	17.3% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Gregory Turkawka
Website:	www.regensberg.ch
View from the Lägern to Regensberg
Location of the municipality

Regensberg is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

The medieval country town and former center of the western Zurich Unterland lies on a rocky spur of the Lägern high above Dielsdorf . The Hirsmühle, a residential area with an old mill directly adjacent to Dielsdorf, also belongs to Regensberg.

coat of arms

Blazon

In red over a green six-mountain a silver rainbow ending in two clouds

history

The town of Regensberg (or Neu-Regensberg at that time) was founded in 1244 by Baron Lütold V von Regensberg . The ancestral seat of the Regensbergers ( Alt-Regensberg ) lies in the area of ​​the municipality of Regensdorf , near Zurich - Affoltern and the Katzenseen . The decisive factor in founding Regensberg was probably its strategically favorable location. As early as 1302, Lütold VII was forced to sell the town to the Habsburgs , who pledged it to the city of Zurich in 1409.

In 1417 Regensberg finally passed into Zurich ownership and became the seat of a governor. In 1443 Regensberg was besieged and conquered by the Swiss during the Old Zurich War . When the Helvetic Republic was founded in 1798 , it was incorporated into the Bülach district.

After the end of the Helvetic Republic in 1803 it became the district capital, but lost this function in 1871 to Dielsdorf , which had gained in importance through the construction of the railway.

Attractions

Plan of the small town of Regensberg from 1751 with baroque town fortifications from the 17th century

See also : List of cultural assets in Regensberg

• Town with Regensberg Castle (now a special school), Upper Castle (fortified) and Lower Castle.
• Schanze of the city fortifications from the 17th century: South-eastern half of the hornwork of the former Dielsdorfer Tor ( Pro Castellis )
• Round tower . The dungeon of the castle is open to the public.

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1955)

Attractions

• Regensberg has a small ski lift
• The toboggan run from the Lägeren to the ski lift

Personalities

• Heinrich Angst (1847–1922), first director of the Swiss National Museum
• Heinrich Leuthold (1892–1971), numismatist, known for the interpretation of the Byzantine solidi marked with ** (light gold coins with a grade of 23/24)

politics

• The executive branch of the municipality (the municipality council ) consists of five people. It is re-elected every four years by the Regensberg voters. Since 2018 Gregory Turkawka is mayor . He previously served as a councilor for four years.

photos

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  Regensberg

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  Castle tower

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  church

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  Grave slab Ulrich v. Regensberg

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  preserved horn work of the hill from the 17th century

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.
• Lucas Wüthrich: Regensberg. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 297). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1981, ISBN 3-85782-297-X .

Web links

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

Wikisource: Regensperg in the Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Official website of the municipality of Regensberg
• Statistical data for the municipality of Regensberg
• Martin Illi: Regensberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Illustration by Daniel Meisner from 1624: Regenspurg in the Zurich area; Ventris Et Oris Onus ( digitized version )

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 .