Rossberg (Winterthur)
 quarter of Winterthur |
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| Coordinates | 696 173 / 257675 |
| height | 522 m |
| surface | 2.37 km² |
| Residents | 41 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km² |
| BFS no. | 230-440 |
| Post Code | 8310 |
| Urban district | Töss (District 4) |
Rossberg is an outside watch and a quarter of the city of Winterthur . Together with the Eichliacker , Schlosstal and Dättnau quarters , Rossberg is part of District 4 ( Töss ).
geography
The hamlet of Rossberg, which only has a dozen buildings, is part of the Töss district and forms the geographically southernmost part of the Winterthur municipality. The hamlet lies on the gently sloping slope of the Kempttal at an altitude of 522 m above sea level. M. and, together with the associated Kyburg golf course, is surrounded on all sides by forest.
The border of the district runs in the east, south and south-west together with the Winterthur municipality border. Rossberg borders on the municipality of Illnau-Effretikon in the south and southeast and on the municipality of Lindau in the southeast and east . In the small northern foothills of the district, Rossberg borders on the Winterthur – Zurich railway line and the A1 motorway to the mouth of the Kempt on the Dättnau quarter and between the motorway and the mouth of the Kempt on the Eichliacker quarter for 150 meters. Thereafter, the Töss in the northeast forms the border to the Heiligberg district area , which belongs to the Stadt Kreis (District 1).
education
There is no school in the 40-inhabitant hamlet of Rossberg. The city of Winterthur will not provide a school bus, as was recorded during the construction of four new residential buildings in 2012.
history
The Lords of Rossberg, who resided in Castle Rossberg on the southern edge of the site terrace, were mentioned for the first time in 1169. They were then also the masters of Hof Rossberg, which already existed at that time. Further mentions date back to the years 1180 and 1241, when Count Hartmann V. von Kyburg bequeathed the information about the then already existing Rossberg Chapel to his wife Margaretha of Savoy , which was not in the castle but at the more distant Rossberg court. In 1256, the Rossberg family appeared in Zurich, and three years later they were last mentioned in a document from the Töss monastery . It is questionable whether Rossberg Castle was still inhabited, but in any case it is described in a document in 1266 as "long since destroyed".
The Rossberg farm itself continued to exist and initially belonged to the Wettingen monastery and was acquired by the Töss monastery in 1446 in an exchange deal. Rossberg was tithing and ecclesiastical until the Reformation to Illnau, whose branch was the Rossberg chapel. After the Reformation in 1525, the farm, together with the remaining possessions of the abolished monastery, became the property of Zurich, who from then on leased the farm to fiefs. In 1825 the canton sold the farm to the Schenkel family, who had owned the farm for over 200 years for several generations. In 1928 the Maggi food factory , located in the nearby Kemptthal , bought the farm and used it as a model business, part of which was also used by the ETH . In 1979 Maggi sold the estate again to a couple of brothers who continued to run the long-standing inn.
In the 21st century, Rossberg's face changed again with the construction of the 18-hole golf course in 2004. In 2012, four new residential buildings in the higher price segment were built in the hamlet of Rossberg, the construction of which in the historic hamlet was controversial and led to objections up to the federal court.
Transport links
Rossberg cannot be reached by public transport. The 1300 meter long access road branches off from Zürcherstrasse shortly after leaving Winterthur.
The Leisental (Sennhof – Kemptthal) stage of the Winterthur circular route also leads through the Aussenwacht.
Web links
- Rossberg Töss in the Winterthur glossary.
- Rossberg restaurant
- Golf Kyburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rossberg Töss in the Winterthur glossary.
- ↑ Dr. Emil Stauber: The castles of the Winterthur district and their families . In: 285th New Year's sheet of the Winterthur City Library . Winterthur 1953, p. 222-227 .
- ^ Emil Stauber: History of the community of Töss (= New Year's Gazette of the City of Winterthur . No. 240 ). Buchdruckerei Geschwister Ziegler, Winterthur 1926, p. 59 .
- ^ Emil Stauber: History of the community of Töss (= New Year's Gazette of the City of Winterthur . No. 240 ). Buchdruckerei Geschwister Ziegler, Winterthur 1926, p. 221-223 .
- ↑ Life is expensive on the golf course . In: The Landbote . January 18, 2013 ( [1] [accessed August 15, 2016]).
