Steinmaur

Steinmaur
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dielsdorf
BFS no. :	0101
Postal code :	8162
UN / LOCODE :	CH SMR
Coordinates :	676 064  /  260 898 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '40 "  N , 8 ° 26' 53"  O ; CH1903:  676 064  /  two hundred sixty thousand eight hundred ninety-eight
Height :	451  m above sea level M.
Height range :	411–797 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.39  km²
Residents:	3535 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	376 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	26.3% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Andreas Schellenberg ( SVP )
Website:	www.steinmaur.ch
Steinmaur in 1991, Obersteinmaur in the foreground, Niedersteinmaur in the background
Location of the municipality

Steinmaur (dialect: Steimer ) is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon

In red on a silver three-mountain, a rising silver ibex

There used to be a boar on Steinmaur's coat of arms in red. This animal was replaced by the ibex at a community meeting.

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1964)

Steinmaur is located in the Zurich Unterland and is a so-called suburban residential community and belongs to the Zurich metropolitan area. The air distance to Zurich is 15 km. Of the 939 ha area, 57% is used for agriculture, 29% for forest, 5% for transport and 8% for settlements.

The districts of Obersteinmaur, Niedersteinmaur , Schibler and Sünikon belong to the community .

population

On October 31, 2004, the community had 2904 inhabitants (2849 in the previous year), of which 401 were foreigners, which corresponds to a share of about 13.8% foreigners. The population density per hectare of settlement area is around 23 people.

1414 people (48.7%) are Reformed and 811 (27.92%) are Roman Catholics. The remaining 679 people (23.38%) belong to other religious communities or are of no religion.

Daughters and sons of the church

• Fabian Lienhard (* 1993), racing cyclist

politics

The mayor is Andreas Schellenberg (SVP) (as of December 2017).

school

Steinmaur has a kindergarten and a primary school. The upper school is attended in Dielsdorf.

economy

According to the 1998 company census, there are 127 workplaces in Steinmaur (39 industry / trade and 88 services) with a total of 610 employees (212 industry / trade and 398 services).

traffic

Steinmaur is located on the Wehntalbahn (Oberglatt – Niederweningen), which is served by the S 15 Rapperswil - Uster - Zurich HB - Oberglatt - Niederweningen . The S 15 trains run every half hour.

From the Steinmaur train station in the Niedersteinmaur district, the PostBus- operated ZVV bus lines 510 (Steinmaur – Oberglatt) and 535 ( Niederhasli - Dielsdorf - Stadel b. N. ) serve the community center, the community hall , Obersteinmaur and Heitlig (only 535 ).

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

history

Steinmaur was once founded by the Romans. That is why one can still read the name Steinmurico in the first written mention of Steinmaur . The Reformed Church was first mentioned in 1274.

Partner municipality

•  Stone walls , Germany ( Baden-Württemberg )

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Steinmaur

photos

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  Reformed Church of Steinmaur

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  Entrance to the village from Obersteinmaur

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  Village center of Obersteinmaur

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  Gasthof Kreuz in Obersteinmaur

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  Half-timbered house in Obersteinmaur

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  Half-timbered house in Obersteinmaur

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  Entrance to the village of Sünikon

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  View from Sünikon to Regensberg

literature

• Markus Brühlmeier: Steinmaur in the 20th century. History and stories from Obersteinmaur and Niedersteinmaur, Sünikon and the Schibler. Steinmaur parish, Steinmaur 2004.
• 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 : Steinmaur  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

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 .