Stammheim ZH

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

Stammheim

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Andelfingen
BFS no. :	0292i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8468 Guntalingen 8468 Waltalingen 8476 Unterstammheim 8477 Oberstammheim
Coordinates :	701715 / 276 999 coordinates: 47 ° 38 '9 " N , 8 ° 47' 31" O ; CH1903: 701715 / two hundred and seventy-six thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine47.635763 8.792083 440
Height :	440 m above sea level M.
Height range :	415–639 m above sea level M.
Area :	23.95 km²
Residents:	2747 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	8.0% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Beatrice Ammann ( independent )
Website:	www.stammheim.ch
Unterstammheim
Location of the municipality
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Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1956) of Oberstammheim (front) and Unterstammheim (back).

Stammheim is a political municipality in the canton of Zurich ( Andelfingen district ) formed on January 1, 2019 , which emerged from the merger of the former political communities of Oberstammheim , Unterstammheim and Waltalingen . The new municipality has 2746 inhabitants and covers an area of 2393 hectares.

coat of arms

Blazon

A golden trunk with three stumps in red stalks

geography

Stammheim is located in the northeastern corner of the canton of Zurich in the Zurich wine country . The community includes the towns of Ober- and Unterstammheim, Waltalingen, Guntalingen , the Zurich half of Wilen near Neunforn and the hamlet of Girsberg . The northern, eastern and southern municipal boundaries also form part of the canton border with the canton of Thurgau . The Stammertal , in which the municipality is located, is a glacial landscape with a multitude of drumlins and other geomorphological manifestations. In the north of the municipality is the Stammerberg .

About 56% of the community area is used for agriculture, 35% is forested and a good 9% is built over.

politics

In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the vote in Stammheim was: SVP 37.12%, FDP 20.37%, Greens 10.29%, glp 10.07%, SP 9.66%, EVP 3.84%, BDP 2.41 %, EDU 2.11% and CVP 2.10%.

The mayor is Beatrice Ammann (as of May 2020).

Attractions

Schwandegg Castle near Waltalingen
Girsberg Castle near Guntalingen
Gallus Chapel in Oberstammheim with medieval frescoes
The Reformed Church of Waltalingen with its partly well-preserved frescoes from the Middle Ages.
The well-preserved parish hall, which has been in use since 1530.

In addition, Stammheim is considered to be one of the best preserved timber frame villages in Switzerland. In order to maintain this, few or no new buildings or conversions are carried out in the village center. Some of the buildings are under homeland security.

Schwandegg Castle in Waltalingen
Girsberg Castle near Waltalingen
Reformed Gallus Chapel, Chilenbückli
Town center
Half-timbered houses at Kellhofstrasse 8, 4 & others
Medieval frescoes in the Waltalingen church
Parish hall

traffic

Stammheim station

The Stammheim station is on the railway line Winterthur Etzwilen and every half hour from the S-Bahn S 29 Winterthur - Stein a. Rhine served. The Postbus line 605 connects Stammheim, Guntalingen and Waltalingen via Ossingen with Andelfingen . Line 823 connects Stammheim with Diessenhofen and Frauenfeld train station . The community is in the area of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund as well as in the tariff area of Ostwind .

Personalities

Elisabeth Binder (* 1951), writer
Wolfgang Binder (1916–1986), Germanist
Oskar Farner (1884–1958), Protestant clergyman, professor at the University of Zurich and Zwingli researcher
Eugen Huber (1849–1923), politician (FDP) and lawyer, creator of the Swiss Civil Code
Konrad Langhart (* 1963), politician (independent) and farmer
Johannes Stumpf (1500–1577), theologian, Johanniter , cartographer , historian; was pastor in Stammheim
Jakob Ulrich (1856–1906), Romanist
Isabelle Waldberg (1911–1990), sculptor

Web links

Commons : Stammheim ZH - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the community of Stammheim

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 .
^ Federal Statistical Office: Regional portraits 2020: municipalities. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .
↑ Elections 2019. Accessed May 26, 2020 .

[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] Federal Statistical Office: Regional portraits 2020: municipalities. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .

[4] Elections 2019. Accessed May 26, 2020 .