Steinhausen ZG

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ZG is the abbreviation for the canton of Zug in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Steinhausenf .
Steinhausen
Coat of arms of Steinhausen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ZugCanton of Zug Train (ZG)
District : No district divisionw
BFS no. : 1708i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6312
UN / LOCODE : CH STI
Coordinates : 679 373  /  227893 coordinates: 47 ° 11 '50 "  N , 8 ° 29' 10"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventy-nine thousand three hundred and seventy-three  /  227893
Height : 427  m above sea level M.
Height range : 411-529 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.04  km²
Residents: i10'026 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 1989 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		23.5% (December 31, 2,015)
Mayor : Hans Staub ( CVP )
Website: www.steinhausen.ch
View of Steinhausen

View of Steinhausen
Location of the municipality
Ägerisee Vierwaldstättersee Wilersee Türlersee Sihlsee Zugersee Zürichsee Zürichsee Kanton Aargau Kanton Luzern Kanton Schwyz Kanton Zürich Baar ZG Cham ZG Hünenberg ZG Menzingen ZG Neuheim ZG Oberägeri Risch Steinhausen ZG Unterägeri Walchwil Zug (Stadt) Zug (Stadt)Map of Steinhausen
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Steinhausen is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland .

geography

Steinhausen is the smallest municipality in Zug with an area of ​​5.04 km². In addition to the village, the municipality includes the hamlets of Bann and Erli .

The community is located on a south-facing terrain. The lowest point is at 417  m above sea level. M. not far from Lake Zug , the highest point is 529  m above sea level. M. in the northernmost part. Steinhausen borders in the north on the communities Knonau and Kappel a. A. in the canton of Zurich , in the east to Baar , in the south to the canton capital Zug and in the west to Cham .

history

Finds in the Sennweid and Swamp areas indicate that settlement areas existed in the Steinhausen area as early as the Stone Age. Until the end of the Old Confederation in spring 1798, Steinhausen was a bailiwick of the city of Zug. With the Helvetic Republic, it became an independent municipality (municipality). In 1904 the SBB train station was opened on the Zurich – Zug line. Until then, Steinhausen was also the smallest municipality in terms of population in the canton of Zug. The farming village only had 80 houses, but 40 barns and around 4,000 apple trees.

From 1945 Steinhausen was connected to a bus route. After 1958 a strong growth set in, which strongly influenced the appearance of Steinhausen. While the population was around 500 in 1800, it increased more than tenfold after 1940. In the years from 1985 to 2005, an urban infrastructure was built with many superstructures, a bypass road, the motorway and a workshop.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1962

Surname

The origin of the name Steinhausen cannot be proven with certainty.

In the book "Zuger Namenstudien" by Albert Iten, the two names "Steinhusin" (1173) and "Stainhusen" (1260) are used. And further: "The plural form" Steinhusin "indicates a group of brick houses, which among the Alemannic wooden buildings had a distinctive character, only feudal gentlemen built such. The name must refer to a permanent administrative building of the manor on the so-called castle hill. " In the further description, Iten is of the opinion that if the Steinhausen church was mentioned for the first time in 1173, then its location was apparently near these stone houses.

Albert Iten later explains in the book “Die Gemeinde Steinhausen” that the castle hill was the right location for a stately administrative center, but that no trace of it has been known from excavations until now. A landed gentry was out of the question. However, in the 14th and 15th centuries there was a notable rural family called the “Steinhuser” . Johann was a council member in 1336 and Walter in 1344 in the then Austrian town of Zug.

Where nothing is proven, there are legends about the origin of the name, as Alois Lüfolf reports in his book «Sages, Customs, Legends from the Five Places, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug», published in Lucerne in 1862:

«Once upon a time there lived a very godly nun who served the Lord day and night in a church in Aargau. She was born of poor parents and had the surname Steinhauser. But her stay in the monastery was not strict enough for her, and she asked that she be allowed to go into solitude.

Your pious wish was answered. In the wilderness a little stone house was built for her by the monastery. She lived and died in it. After her death a very strange tribe came to this place. People examined the same place and found the name Steinhausen. That is why the settlement was given the name Steinhausen. A tribe joined the first, which also took the same name. So a community was formed. "

population

Population development
year 1850 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1941 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 490 468 443 470 560 743 787 1,078 1,621 4,138 6,082 7,207 8,801 9,091

Today 8.4 percent of the population of the canton of Zug live in Steinhausen. In terms of inhabitants, Steinhausen is the fifth largest municipality after the four municipalities of Zug , Baar , Cham and Risch .

politics

Municipal council

The Steinhausen municipal council consists of five members and is set up as follows:

  • Hans Staub (CVP): Mayor , Education and School
  • Carina Brüngger (FDP): Finances and Economics
  • Markus Amhof (CVP): Construction and Environment
  • Christoph Zumbühl (Greens): Security and civil protection, water and electricity works
  • Esther Rüttimann (FDP): Social and health

Former Mayor

  • Fähndrich, Jakob: May 31, 1874, 1874–1876 Cons.
  • Meyer, Franz Philipp: April 30, 1876, 1876–1908 Cons.
  • Meyer, Leonz: December 20, 1908, 1909–1911 Cons.
  • Scherer, Christian: March 26, 1911, 1911–1914 Cons.
  • Schlumpf, Maurus: February 14, 1915, 1915–1929 Cons.
  • Wyss, Johann: February 23, 1930, 1930–1955 Cons.
  • Schlumpf, Walter: May 11, 1955, 1955–1974 Cons.
  • Ulrich, Ernst: December 1, 1974, 1975–1982 CVP
  • Berchtold, Hugo: October 31, 1982, 1983–1988 CVP
  • Limacher, Niklaus: November 4, 1988, 1989-1994 CVP
  • Marti, Urs: October 30, 1994, 1995-2006 FDP
  • Hofstetter, Barbara: December 10, 2006, 2007–2018 CVP

Cantonal elections

In the 2018 cantonal elections in the canton of Zug, the share of the vote in Steinhausen was: CVP 30.6%, GPS and CSP 25.1%, FDP 17.1%, SVP 17.0%, SP 7.2%, glp 3.0% .

National Council elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections 2019, the share of the vote in Steinhausen was: SVP 24.0%, CVP 23.0%, GPS 22.2%, FDP 15.6%, SP 8.7%, glp 5.6%.

economy

Due to the low tax rate in the canton of Zug, multinational companies such as Carlo Gavazzi Holding , Transocean and Porsche are based in Steinhausen . Therefore, the swamp road on the Steinhauser side was replaced by the better-sounding name Turmstrasse (named after the 4-Towers). The production halls of the Swisspor company were completely destroyed in a fire on May 25, 2007 on an area of ​​8,000 m 2 and then rebuilt. During the major fire, over 400 men from the cantons of Zug, Lucerne and Zurich were deployed.

Crypto AG , which specializes in encryption, had its headquarters in Steinhausen until it was dissolved in 2018. As reported in 2020, from 1970 onwards it was a joint venture between the German Federal Intelligence Service and the American CIA (see Operation Rubikon ). The successor companies of Crypto AG, Crypto International AG and CyOne Security AG, are based in Steinhausen.

The Zugerland shopping center is one of the ten largest shopping centers in Switzerland (in terms of sales). In addition to an MMM Migros, there are another 44 shops in the building. Of the around 40 milk suppliers of the dairy cooperative, 9 are still today.

traffic

By Steinhausen 1864 by leading Zurich-train-Lucerne railway opened railway line Zurich-train ; it is served by the S 5 Zug - Affoltern a. A. - Zurich HB - Uster - Pfäffikon SZ served by the Zurich S-Bahn (until 2015: S9). The Steinhausen Rigiblick stop was inaugurated in 2012. The southern border of the community is the A4a highway the Zugerland transport company operating the bus line 6 (Cham -) Steinhausen - train, the bus line 8 Rotkreuz - Cham - Steinhausen - Baar as well as the bus line 16 Steinhausen - train.

education

In Steinhausen there are ten kindergartens and eight schoolhouses in which all levels of compulsory elementary school are taught (primary school, secondary school, secondary school). The closest canton school (grammar school) is in the city of Zug.

Culture

Since the year 2000 the waldstock open air spectacle has been taking place at the end of July and beginning of August at the edge of the Steinhauser forest . The open air, organized by volunteers, has developed into one of the largest summer events in the canton. A ground path has been leading through the Steinhauser Forest since 2009. It is the largest environmental education offer in Switzerland.

Events

  • February / March: Carnival
  • May / June: Grumpy tournament
  • June: village festival
  • End of July / beginning of August: waldstock open air spectacular
  • August 1st: August 1st brunch
  • last weekend in August: soapbox race
  • penultimate weekend in October: Chilbi
  • Beginning of November: Räbeliechtliumzug

photos

  • Village square

  • Coop, roundabout and high-rise

  • Playground and retirement home

  • Church center Chilematt with Don Bosco Church

  • School building Sunnegrund 1

  • Feldheim Schoolhouse

  • Zugerland shopping center

  • Dairy

  • EHF settlement in Hasenberg

  • "Hammer" settlement of the SMUV

Attractions

Personalities

  • Melchior Schlumpf (1797–1880), canon of the Basel diocese and founder of the Swiss Church Newspaper.

literature

  • Linus Birchler : The art monuments of the canton of Zug, Volume I: Introduction and Zug-Land. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 5). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1934.

Web links

Commons : Steinhausen ZG  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Permanent resident population by nationality category, gender and municipality ( memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (permanent resident population)
  3. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Eidgenössische Volksensus 2000 - Population development of the municipalities 1850–2000 ( Memento of March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2002, ISBN 3-303-01154-0
  4. ^ Elections to the Cantonal Council. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .
  6. ↑ http://www.fw-steinhausen.ch/index.php?id=4&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=78
  7. ↑ http://www.bodenpfad.ch