Schleinikon

Schleinikon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dielsdorf
BFS no. :	0098
Postal code :	8165
Coordinates :	672 355  /  261 253 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '53 "  N , 8 ° 23' 56"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventy-two thousand three hundred fifty-five  /  two hundred sixty-one thousand two hundred fifty-three
Height :	472  m above sea level M.
Height range :	451–866 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.68  km²
Residents:	728 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	128 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	10.2% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Florina Böhler (-steiger)
Website:	www.schleinikon.ch
Village entrance
Location of the municipality

Schleinikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The districts Schleinikon, Dachsleren and Wasen belong to the community .

coat of arms

Blazon

In blue a silver clover stem with five flowers

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1967)

The village center is on the southern side of the Wehntal , which is drained by the Surb . The municipality extends from the Lägerengrat in the south to the Egg in the north. It borders on Oberweningen , Niederweningen , Otelfingen , Boppelsen and Regensberg and in the far north on Siglistorf in the canton of Aargau . The agricultural area is 49.7%, forest and woodland are 43.4% and 6.7% of the municipal area is occupied by the settlement.

population

Since 1992 the population has increased by 22%, 8% of which is due to a birth surplus and 13% to immigration from other places. More than 77% of the working population are commuters.

politics

In 2007 the parties in Schleinikon had the following proportions of votes:

Political party	SVP	SP	Green	GLP	EDU	CVP	FDP	other
Voting shares	39.8	18.3	10.7	10.4	5.9	5.8	5.5	3.6

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Zythüsli

Schleinikon lies on the Wehntalbahn (Oberglatt – Niederweningen), which is served by the S 15 Rapperswil - Uster - Zurich HB - Oberglatt - Niederweningen , but has no train station.

The church is opened on weekdays at peak times of the post bus -Buslinie 555 that the station Schöfflisdorf-Oberweningen runs out. The three stops Wasen , Dachsleren and Schleinikon Dorf open up the respective localities in the municipality.

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

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Schleinikon

The most famous building in Schleinikon is the Zythüsli , a timber frame structure built in the 18th 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. DNB 365803049 .

Web links

Commons : Schleinikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Schleinikon community
• Christian Baertschi: Schleinikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Statistical data of Schleinikon municipality

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. ^ Community portraits Canton Zurich