Schöfflisdorf

Schöfflisdorf

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dielsdorfw
BFS no. :	0099i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8165
Coordinates :	673 711 / 261 610 coordinates: 47 ° 30 '4 " N , 8 ° 25' 1" O ; CH1903: six hundred seventy-three thousand seven hundred eleven / 26161047.501108 8.416947 471
Height :	471 m above sea level M.
Height range :	458–671 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.01 km²
Residents:	1376 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	297 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	16.3% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Alois Buchegger ( independent )
Website:	www.schoefflisdorf.ch
Schöfflisdorf in the Wehntal
Location of the municipality
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Schöfflisdorf (Zurich German: Schöfflisdorf or older Schöfflischtòòrf ) is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

In blue a striding silver sheep

The coat of arms is from the Helvetic era . The sheep indicates a corruption of the place name: the Schööfli from the Zurich-German Schöfflisdorf is a diminutive of sheep . The name Schöfflisdorf comes from the fact that the village used to be the seat of a court lay judge ( jury ).

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1958)

Schöfflisdorf is the easternmost municipality in the Wehntal , about 20 kilometers northwest of Zurich . The municipality borders on Bachs , Oberweningen , Steinmaur and Boppelsen . 35.4% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, forests cover 55.6% and 9% for settlement and transport, 0.2% are bodies of water.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1634	145
1710	189
1764	236
1799	300
1850	446
1900	318
1950	369
1960	460
1970	494
1980	700
1990	1021
2000	1001
2010	1353
2017	1398

Population development in the community of Schöfflisdorf from 1630–2000

On December 31, 2007, 1189 inhabitants were registered in the community of Schöfflisdorf.

The community of Schöfflisdorf offers jobs for around 250 workers from the surrounding area. The employers include skilled trades and the Wehntal retirement home.

politics

The SVP has 40.6%, the SP 16.8%, the FDP 14.7%, the Greens 9.6%, the CVP 5.8%, and the EPP 4.1% of the vote.

Alois Buchegger has been mayor ( independent ) since 2006 (as of December 2017).

history

Around 1800 BC Chr .: The first inhabitants probably lived in the area of Oberweningen at the end of the Stone Age . In the forest on the Egg were grave mounds found. In the grave goods were corded ceramic pots . In Roman times there was a manor here .

9th century: The name ending in -dorf indicates a settlement founded by the Alamanni . In 1285 Schöfflisdorf was first mentioned in a parchment letter from Baron Lütold VIII von Regensberg , where the sale of a property to a Berchtold von Waldhausen in the Bachsertal was confirmed. The parchment letter is still kept in the Zurich State Archives.

13th century: First chapel built in Schöfflisdorf, which at that time still belonged to the Niederweningen parish . In 1409 Schöfflisdorf and the rest of the Wehntal came under the rule of the city of Zurich. In 1524 the population of that time converted to the Reformed faith like the other Zürcher Unterländer . The current spelling of the name was first mentioned in 1548. Today's church was built in 1706, followed by the rectory in 1713.

In the spring of 1798 the Napoleonic troops marched in in connection with the coalition wars . During the Second Battle of Zurich there were also larger troop marches in Wehntal. The chaos of war followed until 1802.

In 1843 the road to Zurich was expanded. At the suggestion of the village pastor, the road was not built along the warehouses as originally planned, but led with a sharp curve towards the village. The curve was named Pfaffenrank . A year earlier, the first stagecoach drove through Schöfflisdorf on the Zurich – Dielsdorf – Niederweningen route.

In 1891 the railway line from Dielsdorf to Niederweningen was opened. In 1973 the restricted level crossing in the 'Pfaffenrank' was lifted and replaced by an overpass. In the same year the multi-purpose hall was opened. 1990 Opening of the Zurich S-Bahn . In the years that followed, the population grew rapidly. Several quarters with single and multi-family houses were built. The influence of the city of Zurich became noticeably stronger.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Schöfflisdorf is located on the Wehntalbahn (Oberglatt – Niederweningen), which is served by the S 15 Rapperswil - Uster - Zurich HB - Oberglatt - Niederweningen . The S 15 trains run every half hour. At the station Schöfflisdorf-Oberweningen starting post bus -Buslinie 555 to Oberweningen- Schleinikon .

The main road 17 from Zurich to Döttingen leads through Schöfflisdorf.

Others

The partner community of Schöfflisdorf is Messolongi in Greece.

Personalities

Gustav Guhl - hairdresser and entrepreneur
Johann Jakob Meyer - Philhellene , Greek freedom fighter, citizen of Schöfflisdorf
Rudolf Mülli - painter, citizen of Schöfflisdorf

Attractions

photos

Church of Schöfflisdorf
House at the entrance of Schöfflisdorf
Village entrance
Ausserdorf fountain

literature

Heinrich Hedinger: Local history of Schöfflisdorf . Schöfflisdorf, 1965
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 : Schöfflisdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Schöfflisdorf Online. Retrieved October 2, 2018(Official website of the municipality).
Portrait of the canton of Zurich. Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich(statistical data for the municipality can be found on this page).; accessed on October 2, 2018
Martin Illi: Schöfflisdorf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[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 .