Oberembrach

Oberembrach

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Bulachw
BFS no. :	0065i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8425
Coordinates :	688 906 / 260336 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '16 " N , 8 ° 37' 6" O ; CH1903: six hundred and eighty-eight thousand nine hundred and six / 26033647.487772 8.618338 459
Height :	459 m above sea level M.
Height range :	428–647 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.26 km²
Residents:	1073 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	10.4% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Verena Koch Hanselmann ( independent )
Website:	www.oberembrach.ch
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Oberembrach is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The hamlets Wagenburg and Mühlberg belong to Oberembrach.

coat of arms

Blazon

Half a golden, red-tongued lion in black

The coat of arms was adopted by the lords of Wagenberg, reversing the colors.

geography

Oberembrach is located in the Zürcher Unterland in a wooded landscape with rolling hills. 58.5% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 33.9% is covered with forest, 3.6% is traffic area and 3.7% is settlement area, 0.1% is water.

Aerial photo (1948)

politics

In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the vote in Oberembrach was: SVP 51.27%, SP 10.92%, FDP 9.03%, Greens 8.74%, glp 7.24%, EDU 5.52%, CVP 2.92 %, BDP 2.10% and EVP 1.35%.

The mayor is Verena Koch Hanselmann (independent as of May 2020).

history

The nobles at the Wagenburg were first mentioned in a document in 1263. When Adelheid von Wagenberg married Hartmann von Heidegg , the castle and the manor came into the possession of the Heidegger knights on Lake Baldegg in 1281 . Wagenberg remained in the possession of the Lords of Heidegg until 1451.

Oberembrach community library

Attractions

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 : Oberembrach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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 .
↑ Elections 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
^ H. Zeller-Wertmüller: The Zurich city books of the XIV. And XV. Century, Volume II, 1901, p. 394, Leipzig, published by S. Hirzel

[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] Elections 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .

[4] H. Zeller-Wertmüller: The Zurich city books of the XIV. And XV. Century, Volume II, 1901, p. 394, Leipzig, published by S. Hirzel