Rickenbach ZH

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

Rickenbach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Winterthur
BFS no. :	0225
Postal code :	8545
UN / LOCODE :	CH RKB (Rickenbach-Attikon)
Coordinates :	702 177  /  267 779 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '10 "  N , 8 ° 47' 46"  O ; CH1903:  702,177  /  two hundred sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine
Height :	425  m above sea level M.
Height range :	403–491 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.02  km²
Residents:	2704 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	449 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	12.0% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Robert Hinnen (independent)
Website:	www.rickenbach.zh.ch
The village of Rickenbach
Location of the municipality

Rickenbach is a municipality in the Winterthur district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

The community consists of the villages Rickenbach , Sulz , Grüt and some hamlets.

coat of arms

Blazon

A silver cross brook in red, accompanied at the top by a lying silver vine knife with a gold handle, at the bottom by a green-leafed blue grape

geography

Rickenbach is about 10 km from the city ​​of Winterthur .

61.4% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 22.6% is covered with forest, 4.6% is traffic area and 11.3% is settlement area, 0.2% is water.

Rickenbach ZH, historical aerial photo from 1923, taken from a height of 400 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

history

Rickenbach was first mentioned in a document in 820.

population

Of the 2717 (as of March 31, 2019) residents, 12.37% are foreigners.

Religions - denominations

46% of the population are of the Reformed denomination, 21% are Catholic and 33% are followers of other faiths or are non-denominational.

There are two churches in Rickenbach:

• The reformed church is located in Rickenbach itself and goes back to a previous medieval building. The present nave was built in 1695. Up until 1966 it had a roof turret, which was replaced in that year by today's modern church tower. The church has five stained glass windows by the artist Jacques Schedler, who also designed the stained glass windows of the Catholic Church.
• The Catholic Church of St. Josef is located in the Sulz district and was built in 1958. Until the construction of the Catholic churches of St. Stefan (Wiesendangen) and St. Martin (Seuzach) , the church in Sulz was the parish church for all localities northeast of Winterthur. As a special feature, the St. Josef Church has 14 glass windows by the artist Jacques Schedler , which form a cycle on the Way of the Cross on Good Friday and the Resurrection of Christ on Easter. These stained glass windows are complemented by five more stained glass windows on the subject of the Eucharist and the Holy Spirit.

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  Reformed Church in Rickenbach

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  Catholic Church of St. Josef in Sulz

politics

The SVP has 38.36%, the glp 13.39%, the Greens 12.65%, the FDP 11.63%, the SP 9.45%, the EPP 5.80%, the CVP 4.59%, and the BDP 1.38% of the vote ( National Council elections 2019 ).

The current mayor is Robert Hinnen (independent, as of May 2020). There are only two local parties in the community, the SVP and FDP.

economy

Of the 1100 buildings in Rickenbach, 650 are residential buildings.

traffic

The Rickenbach-Attikon train station is in the Sulz district . This is served by the S 24 Thayngen - Schaffhausen / Weinfelden - Winterthur - Zurich Airport - Zurich HB - Thalwil - Horgen Oberdorf - Zug and the S 30 Winterthur - Frauenfeld - Weinfelden of the Zurich S-Bahn .

The following postbus line operates from Rickenbach-Attikon, train station:

615 Rickenbach-Attikon - Sulz - Rickenbach ZH - Ellikon an der Thur - Altikon

Sports

The village gymnastics club was founded in 1921, and there is also a boules club in the village. A football club does not exist.

From 1984 on, UHC Sulz-Rickenbach had its own NLA floorball club, which was merged into UHC Winterthur United in 1996 .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rickenbach ZH

literature

• Hans Martin Gubler: Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 79 "The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich Volume 8: The District of Winterthur Northern Part" Society for Swiss Art History GSK Bern 1986 ISBN 3-7643-1812-0 pp. 249-271.

Web links

Commons : Rickenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Rickenbach ZH
• Ueli Müller: Rickenbach (ZH). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Statistical data from the canton on the municipality of Rickenbach ZH

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. ↑ StiASG , Urk. II 36. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
4. ^ Website of the reformed parish Rickenbach. Section We introduce ourselves. ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 9, 2014. 
5. ^ Website of the reformed parish Rickenbach. Section The Importance of Our Church Windows. ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 9, 2014. 
6. ^ Website of the Catholic parish. Section architecture and art in St. Josef. ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 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 May 9, 2014.