Turbenthal

Turbenthal
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Winterthur
BFS no. :	0228
Postal code :	8488
UN / LOCODE :	CH TUR
Coordinates :	706 277  /  254802 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '8 "  N , 8 ° 50' 51"  O ; CH1903:  706 277  /  254802
Height :	550  m above sea level M.
Height range :	537–870 m above sea level M.
Area :	25.22  km²
Residents:	4900 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	194 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	20.01%
Mayor :	Georg Brunner
Website:	www.turbenthal.ch
Turbenthal
Location of the municipality

Turbenthal [ ˈtʊrbənˌtaːl ] (in the local dialect : [ ˈtʊːrbəˌtaːl ]) is a municipality in the Winterthur district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

Surname

The name of the village was first documented in 825 in a document from the St. Gallen monastery as Turbatuntale , then in 829 as Turbatun and in 1330 as Turbaten . It should go back to a Celtic form * Turbādūnum with the meaning 'fortified settlement on the river Turbā'; Turbā (< idg. * Twer- 'turn, whirl') would be the old name of the Töss.

coat of arms

Blazon

A slanted, silver bar in red, covered with three blue rings.

geography

The municipality, located in the upper Tösstal , is one of the larger in the canton with an area of ​​25.07 km² and, in addition to the village of Turbenthal, includes numerous other localities. Since the early 19th century there have been ten civil parishes in what is now the municipality :

• Hutzikon with Altmühle , Friedthal , Grund and Girenbad
• Landenberg with mountain , ruins Breitenlandenberg , Bühl , Käfer and Ober Spitzwies
• Neubrunn
• Oberhofen
• Ramsberg with Neugrüt
• Schmidrüti with Kalchegg , Ruppen , Schochen and Sitzberg
• Seelmatten with Rengerswil and Schürli
• Steinenbach with Freckmünd , Gosswil and Kelleracker
• Tablet
• Turbenthal with Kehlhof

These were gradually all dissolved by 1930, their tasks were transferred to the political community.

58% of the municipal area is forested, 35% is used for agriculture, 4% is settlement area and 3% is used for traffic structures. The 540 m above sea level The lowest and at the same time westernmost point of the municipality is on the border with the municipality of Zell ZH an der Töss , the highest at 842 m on the border with Hofstetten .

history

Aerial photo from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1920)

Christianity was introduced in the region around Turbenthal around the year 700 . In a document from the year 858, a Reginbert transferred his property and his share in the "Basilica in Turbanturn" to the St. Gallen monastery . The monastery exerted influence on the church in the centuries that followed.

In 1328, the ancestral castle of the noble family von Breitenlandenberg was first mentioned in documents, which at that time held power not only in the Töss valley. The castle stood "high above the village" Turbenthal. The large castle complex was demolished in 1804. Parts of it were built into houses and some are still preserved. Until 1452 the municipality Turbenthal belonged to the area of ​​the county Kyburg . When the city of Zurich bought the county, the village became Zurich.

In the 17th century Turbenthal became famous for its numerous large spinning and weaving mills . The village suffered from famine. After a severe crisis, the house industry was replaced by the factory industry. The first cotton mills came into being. In 1830 the village received the traditional fair , which is still held in spring and autumn today.

In 1875 the Tösstalbahn was built through the village. Before 1920, the Töss burst its banks several times and sometimes caused devastating damage. In the 1930s, the river bed was rehabilitated with sleepers.

Local museum

The Turbenthal local museum is located in the former economic section of the boot house. Since 1988 objects of the earlier customs, handicrafts and the home industry from the Tösstal have been collected . Artists from the region can also present their work in the local museum. The objects on display from the personal estate of the writer Olga Meyer are of particular importance . In her novels Anneli , Sabinli and Sprengte Fesseln she described earlier life in the Tösstal.

politics

Georg Brunner ( FDP ) has been the mayor since 2010 (as of 2020).

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Turbenthal

, Reformed Church, built in 1512 858 as a basilica in turban Turn mentioned

There are four churches in the Turbenthal area:

• The Evangelical Reformed church in the center of Turbenthal was built between 1510 and 1512 immediately before the Reformation. The old tower had to be demolished at the beginning of the 20th century. Today's much taller tower has shaped the village image since 1904.
• The second Evangelical Reformed church on Turbenthaler Boden is located in the hamlet of Sitzberg. It is best known for its baroque organ, which was built in the years 1741–1743 by the master organ builder Georg Friedrich Schmahl from Ulm.
• The Roman Catholic Church of Turbenthal is the Herz-Jesu-Kirche . It is located on Schulstrasse and is a total work of art by the artist Emil Sutor . It dates from 1934.
• The Evangelical Methodist Church is on Tösstalstrasse and was built in 1902.

religion

Of the 4891 people in the community, 40 percent are Reformed and 18 percent are Catholic (as of the end of 2019) .

traffic

The Tösstalbahn has been connecting the village with the city of Winterthur since 1875 and now operates regularly as part of the Zurich Transport Association as S 26 Winterthur - Bauma - Rüti ZH and S 11 Aarau - Lenzburg - Dietikon - Zurich HB - Stettbach - Winterthur - Seuzach / Sennhof-Kyburg (- Wila ). In summer you can enjoy special trips with the old steam locomotives through the Töss Valley .

The following post bus lines operate from Turbenthal, train station:

805 Turbenthal - Hutzikon - Girenbad

806 Turbenthal - Bichelsee - Ithaslen - Dussnang

807 Turbenthal - Wila - Schmidrüti - Sitzberg

825 Turbenthal - Wildberg - Ehrikon - Madetswil - Russikon - Pfäffikon ZH

Turbenthal is a traffic junction for road traffic towards St. Gallen , Rapperswil SG , Winterthur , Frauenfeld and Uster .

The next serviced train station is in Winterthur-Seen .

Personalities

• Alfred Marxer (1876–1945), painter and graphic artist, born in Turbenthal
• Rudolf Ott (1900–1970), village butcher, mayor, national councilor, born in Turbenthal

literature

• Hans Martin Gubler, Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 76 "The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich Volume 7 The District of Winterthur Southern Part" Society for Swiss Art History GSK Bern 1986 ISBN 3-7643-1786-8 pp. 24–111.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Turbenthal
• Statistical data from the canton on the municipality of Turbenthal
• Ueli Müller: Turbenthal. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ Andres Kristol, Turbenthal ZH (Winterthur) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG) , Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005 , ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 891
3. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 6: Tavetsch Val - Zybachsplatte, supplement - last additions - appendix . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuchâtel 1910, p. 212, keyword Turbenthal .
4. ↑ Website of the municipality Turbenthal (history) ( Memento from February 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Association for a local museum in Turbenthal: Local museum Turbenthal . Retrieved December 1, 2014.
6. ^ Website of the Evangelical Reformed Church Turbenthal. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
7. ^ Website of the Reformed Church in Sitzberg. Baroque organ section. ( Memento of August 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved April 29, 2014.
8. ↑ Herz Jesu Turbenthal. In: Internet presentation. Herz Jesu Turbenthal, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 
9. ^ Website of the Methodist Church Turbenthal. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
10. ↑ Statistics ZH (accessed on February 7, 2020)
11. ↑ Stop timetables . Retrieved February 25, 2019 .