Schönenberg ZH

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

Schönenberg

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Zurich (ZH)

District :

Horgen

Political community :

Waedenswil

Postal code :

8824

former BFS no. :

0140

Coordinates :

691 396 / 227725 coordinates: 47 ° 11 '39 " N , 8 ° 38' 41" O ; CH1903: 691396 / 227725

Height :

714 m above sea level M.

Area :

11.00 km²

Residents:

1844 (December 31, 2017)

Population density :

168 inhabitants per km²

Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship )

10.9% (December 31, 2018)

Mayor :

before the congregation
merger:
Willi Schilling ( FDP )

Website:

www.waedenswil.ch

Reformed Church Schönenberg

map

Schönenberg is a village and part of the political municipality of Wädenswil in the canton of Zurich . Schönenberg ZH formed an independent political municipality until the end of 2018 , which was incorporated into the city of Wädenswil like huts when the municipalities merged on January 1, 2019 .

geography

Sihl after the Sihl jump in Schönenberg ZH

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2019

Schönenberg lies on the southern tip of the Zimmerberg range , a lateral moraine that the Linth Glacier left behind when it advanced after the last Ice Age. The terrain rises from the lake to a terraced, wide ridge, characterized by drumlins, and slopes steeply towards the Sihl. Forests lie along the Sihl and around the Teufenbachweiher in the south of Schönenberg. A linden tree is traditionally planted on the peaks of the drumlins . Due to its altitude, Schönenberg is mostly above the fog line of the Central Plateau. Together with the green landscape and the moors of national importance, this makes Schönenberg a hiking area.

history

Schönenberg, from the south-southwest, August 25, 1947

The first evidence of the settlement of the former municipal area comes from a document that is dated to 1270. Mention is made of six farms belonging to the Cistercian monastery Wettingen in today's area of Schönenberg, which at that time belonged to the domain of the barons of Wädenswil. In 1287 the last baron Rudolf III sold. in the absence of descendants, the lordship of Wädenswil (today's communities Wädenswil , Richterswil , and Uetikon am See and part of Hirzel ) to the knight house Bubikon . After the Reformation, the Johanniter sold the rule of Wädenswil (including today's Schönenberg area) with all rights to Zurich in 1549 . In 1701 the government built a reformed church , a rectory and a fortified churchyard on Geissferen (the name of the current village center at that time) . From 1703, the own parish of Schönenberg developed.

Schönenberg made himself financially independent by buying out the Wädenswil poor and Batzengut (1784) and from the Wädenswiler municipal property (1811/1813). In 1823/1824 a school building was built next to the church, and the secondary school followed in 1836. Schönenberg was opened up with a stagecoach connection to Wädenswil (1871) and later by postbus (1922). The community center was inaugurated in 1948 and the infrastructure of the community at that time has been expanded: in 1950 a school building with a gym was built on the "Humbel", a sewage treatment plant was built in 1953/1954 in the "Matte", an old people's home opened in the "Stollenweid" in 1958 and in 1977 another wastewater treatment plant (in the lower "Mittelberg") was put into operation. In recent history, the former parish hall was rebuilt (1996/1997), the “Stollenweid” retirement home was expanded (1997–99) and a school pavilion was set up (2001).

On May 21, 2017, as in Hütten , a referendum resolved to merge the municipalities with the city of Wädenswil on January 1, 2018. Due to further objections against the agreed merger, it was implemented one year later.

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) kept Schönenberg (ZH) under the FSO number 0140 until it was incorporated into the city of Wädenswil .

coat of arms

Blazon

An oval, silver belt buckle with an upward-pointing thorn in red over a green three-mountain .

The buckle shows the descent from Wädenswil . The Dreiberg refers either to the place name or to the drumlins there .

population

Population density: 167.3 inh / km ² (as of 2017)
Number of households: 762 (as of 2017)
Denomination: 45.0% Protestant Reformed , 27.9% Roman Catholic , 27.1% other or no denominational affiliation (as of 2017)

Schönenberg has its own village association, which cares for the interests of the people of Schönenberg. The president is Ueli Landis.

politics

Election results in the 2015 National Council elections : SVP 46.5%, SP 10.3%, FDP 16.3%, CVP 7.3%, GLP 6.0%, BDP 4.7%, Green Switzerland 3.8%, EPP 1.9%, EDU 1.1% and AL 0.6%.

Willi Schilling ( FDP ) was the community president from 2012 until the community merger .

Churches

There are two churches in Schönenberg:

The reformed church was built in the years 1701–1703 in the village center. The church tower was added in 1897.
The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family is located on Wädenswilerstrasse and was built between 1984 and 1985. Its predecessor was a chapel built on the same site in 1922.

economy

Tirggel bakery since 1840

Historic aerial photo from 1924, taken from 1500 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

Schönenberg is characterized by agriculture. The Tirggelfabrik Suter is of national importance .

traffic

The ZVV bus route 160, which PostBus Switzerland operates on behalf of the Sihltal-Zürich-Uetliberg-Bahn , connects Hütten with Wädenswil every half hour on weekdays and every hour on weekends. The ZVV bus route 150, also operated by PostBus Switzerland , also connects Schönenberg with Wädenswil and Horgen every hour.

From Schönenberg side roads lead to Wädenswil , Hütten , Menzingen and Hirzel . Hirzel connects Schönenberg with the Hirzelpassstrasse towards Sihlbrugg . Schönenberg is accessible via the Wädenswil and Richterswil exits on the A3 Zurich – Chur motorway.

Personalities

Johann Jakob Heusser (1783-1859), doctor, surgeon
Johann Jakob Scherer (1825–1878), Federal Councilor
Alfred Wolfer (1854–1931), astronomer

literature

Peter Ziegler : Schönenberg. Waedenswil 2008.
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 : Schönenberg ZH - Collection of images

Schönenberg village association
Martin Illi: Schönenberg (ZH). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .
↑ Official zip code and list of localities
↑ ^a ^b “Final green light for the large community of Wädenswil” , Zürichsee-Zeitung , December 17, 2018
↑ Voting: All regional results at a glance - The merger is a fact: Wädenswil, Schönenberg and Hütten say yes to the incorporation. Zürichsee-Zeitung , May 21, 2017.
↑ Official course book: 70.160 , 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019
↑ Official course book: 70.150 , 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019

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

[2] Official zip code and list of localities

[ZSZ-3] “Final green light for the large community of Wädenswil” , Zürichsee-Zeitung , December 17, 2018

[4] Voting: All regional results at a glance - The merger is a fact: Wädenswil, Schönenberg and Hütten say yes to the incorporation. Zürichsee-Zeitung , May 21, 2017.

[5] Official course book: 70.160 , 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019

[6] Official course book: 70.150 , 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019