Ustertag

The meeting in Uster on November 22, 1830 on a contemporary picture

Inscription on the plaque of the Usterstein

On November 22, 1830, around ten thousand men from the Zurich countryside gathered on the Zimiker Hill in Uster and demanded a new constitution with the “Memorial of Uster” . The main concern was equality between town and country. The Ustertag can be called a revolution because of its force, its purposefulness and the speed of events . It marked the political turning point towards the modern Canton of Zurich .

The Ustertag of 1830 had a significant impact on what was then Switzerland and the Federal Constitution of 1848 . Every year the event is celebrated in the Reformed Church of Uster with a prominent keynote speaker. In 1994, the then Federal Councilor and Head of the EMD , Kaspar Villiger, said:

“Uster is to modern Switzerland what Sempach is to the old Swiss Confederation : a decisive breakthrough. Uster is proof that our people have always found the strength to renew their history without losing their historical and political identity. "

- BR Villiger

The Usterbrand followed the Ustertag in 1832 . The Züriputsch of 1839 is considered a reactionary counter-movement .

literature

• Bruno Schmid (arrangement): The Ustertag as reflected in its time. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of November 22, 1830. Ustertag Committee, Uster 1980.
• Erwin Bucher: A socio-economic and a political chapter from regeneration. In: Swiss History Journal . Vol. 32 (1982), p. 48 ff., Doi : 10.5169 / seals-80874 .

Web links

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

• Bruno Schmid: Ustertag. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• History of Ustertags , website of the city of Uster

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Address by Federal Councilor Kaspar Villiger, Head of the EMD on Uster Day 1994 , Uster, November 20, 1994