Uitikon

Uitikon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dietikon
BFS no. :	0248
Postal code :	8142
UN / LOCODE :	CH UKN
Coordinates :	676 617  /  247315 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '20 "  N , 8 ° 27' 11"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-six thousand six hundred and seventeen  /  247315
Height :	550  m above sea level M.
Height range :	476–799 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.38  km²
Residents:	4344 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	857 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	17.5% (December 31, 2018)
Mayor :	Chris Linder ( FDP )
Website:	www.uitikon.ch
Uitikon-Waldegg, divided in two by Birmensdorferstrasse
Location of the municipality

Uitikon (in Swiss German in the local parlance "Üdike") is a political municipality in the Dietikon district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

Uitikon is located in the lower Reppisch Valley at the transition to the Limmat Valley , on the western flank of the Uetliberg . With regard to jobs, business activities, due to the very good public transport and the cultural offerings, Uitikon is oriented towards the neighboring city of Zurich.

history

Uitikon Castle 1742. Etching by David Herrliberger

Viergemeindenstein Altstetten-Schlieren-Urdorf-Uitikon

Aerial photo (1966)

Uitikon is made up of the parts Ringlikon, Waldegg and Uitikon. Ringlikon was a separate civil parish until 1917 . The topographically determined trisection is supported by the road over the Waldegg. This arterial road from Zurich is one of the busiest main roads in the canton.

The former residence of the court lords of Uitikon and Nieder-Urdorf is located on a hill a little south of the village center of Uitikon. Colonel Hans-Jakob Steiner von Hallwil and his successors built “the new house on the Büel” into a castle in the years 1624–1626. In 1650, a baroque facade was built in line with the taste of the time, as the still-preserved portal shows. Even after the fall of the judiciary, the Steiners lived in the castle for a long time. In the autumn of 1874 the Uitikon am Albis asylum was opened as a forced labor institution , after 14 parishes (Aesch, Birmensdorf, Catholic and Reformed Dietikon, Enge, Fluntern, Hottingen, Oberstrass, Riesbach, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wiedikon, Wipkingen and the city of Zurich) in the previous year ) had decided to create a district-owned institution. So the Uitikon manor was bought and expanded. From 1877 the institution received state support. On April 12, 1926, the Cantonal Council decided to convert the institution into a labor education institution, while at the same time abolishing the women's department. In 1979 the institution was expanded to include a closed department.

The judge Hans Jakob Steiner granted his brother's wish in 1625 and set about building a church for Uitikon. The residents were not particularly enthusiastic about this, as they had to do considerable labor . However, one of the judges' sermons resulted in the church with the turret being closed six weeks later. So Uitikon became the first parish with a post-Reformation church. For the Roman Catholic residents, the church of St. Michael was built in 1970 according to plans by the Hungarian architect Dezsö Ercsi.

The structural planning ensures that the population, which is 3900 today, will not significantly exceed 4500. The community has its own indoor swimming pool with sauna, an observatory, a newly designed village center with a hall, a reformed church center and apartments for the elderly. The village center of Uitikon is of regional importance to be protected.

coat of arms

Blazon

A golden sloping bar in red, topped with a striding red lion.

Surname

The community name Uitikon is a linguistic curiosity. Because it is pronounced by the locals as Üdike . On March 30, 1951, the community assembly decided that the official place name will continue unchanged, although it sounds similar to Witikon or Uetikon .

population

According to information from the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich (as of 2000), 47.2 percent of the population are Reformed and 27.8 percent are Roman Catholic . 17.6 percent are non-denominational , no information was available for 2.3 percent. There is an Evangelical Reformed parish that belongs to the regional church of the Canton of Zurich . The Catholic Church of St. Michael has existed since 1971; the parish of Aesch - Birmensdorf -Uitikon of the Diocese of Chur is responsible for them. From 1956 to 1967 Ernst Sieber officiated in the Reformed Church of Uitikon.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Uitikon

Uitikon Reformed Church from 1625

traffic

The Uitikon-Waldegg and Ringlikon train stations of the Sihltal-Zürich-Uetliberg-Bahn (SZU) and the Uetlibergbahn (S10) are located in the municipality, with which you can either get to the city of Zurich or to Zurich's local mountain, the Uetliberg . There are bus connections to Zurich- Triemli , Stallikon , Wettswil and Birmensdorf . Also part of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund is a village bus that runs through the village every half hour. The Zurich West Bypass can be reached directly by car as part of the A3 motorway without having to go through town.

Personalities

• Andreas Brunner (* 1949), former Chief Public Prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich, grew up in Uitikon-Waldegg
• Ernst Kappeler (1911–1987), writer, lived in Uitikon-Waldegg
• Roger Schawinski (* 1945), media entrepreneur, lived in Uitikon-Waldegg
• Ernst Sieber (1927-2018), pastor and head of a social welfare organization, lived in Uitikon
• Werner Vetterli (1929–2008), sports reporter and politician, lived in Uitikon-Waldegg
• Erich Vogel (* 1939), football trainer and manager, lives in Uitikon-Waldegg
• Willi Wottreng (* 1948), writer, grew up in Uitikon-Waldegg

literature

• Karl Grunder: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich Volume 9: The Dietikon District. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 88). ISBN 3-909164-57-9 . Pp. 265-294.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Uitikon
• Statistical data Uitikon municipality
• Martin Illi: Uitikon. 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. ↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .