Waltalingen

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Zurich (ZH)

District :

Andelfingen

Political community :

Stammheim

Postal code :

8468

former BFS no. :

0044

Coordinates :

700 830 / 275633 coordinates: 47 ° 37 '25 " N , 8 ° 46' 48" O ; CH1903: 700 830 / 275633

Height :

429 m above sea level M.

Area :

7.25 km²

Residents:

652 (December 31, 2017)

Population density :

90 inhabitants per km²

Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship )

7.5% (December 31, 2018)

Website:

www.waltalingen.ch

Waltalingen from the east

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2019

Waltalingen is a village in the political municipality of Stammheim in the canton of Zurich formed on January 1, 2019 . Until December 31, 2018, it formed an independent political municipality .

On September 24, 2017, the voters in Oberstammheim , Unterstammheim and Waltalingen decided to merge to form the political municipality of Stammheim at the beginning of 2019 .

coat of arms

Blazon

Diagonally divided by silver and blue, above a stalked clover leaf, below a silver ploughshare

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1948)

Waltalingen is located in the northeastern corner of the canton of Zurich in the Zurich wine country . The Stammertal , to which the village belongs, is a glacial landscape with a multitude of drumlins and other geomorphological manifestations. The former community also included the villages of Waltalingen and Guntalingen and the hamlet of Girsberg . 63% of the former municipality area is used for agriculture, 28% is covered with forest (as of 1996).

politics

The SVP has 47.77%, the glp 10.49%, the SP 8.88%, the Greens 7.28%, BDP 7.12%, the FDP 6.41%, the EPP 3.56%, and the CVP 3.23% of the vote ( National Council election 2011 ).

The last mayor was Martin Zuber ( SVP ).

economy

Agriculture and viticulture are essential branches of business in Waltalingen, and local trade has also established itself.

Attractions

Schwandegg Castle towers high above the village on a vineyard .
In the church there are partly well-preserved frescoes from the Middle Ages.
The village of Guntalingen has a well-preserved townscape with half-timbered houses , some of which date back to the 16th century.
Girsberg Castle above the hamlet of Girsberg near Guntalingen .

View of the village from the castle
Waltalingen Reformed Church
Schwandegg Castle in Waltalingen
Waltaltingen and Schwandegg Castle
Church from the east with a covered tower staircase
Medieval frescoes in the church

literature

Martin Illi: Waltalingen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume I: The districts of Affoltern and Andelfingen (= art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 7). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1938. DNB 365803030 .

Web links

Commons : Waltalingen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
^ Spa: A clear yes to Stammheim . Ed .: Andelfinger Zeitung. 26th September 2017.
↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2012 @1@ 2

[1] Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Spa: A clear yes to Stammheim . Ed .: Andelfinger Zeitung. 26th September 2017.

[3] Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2012 @1@ 2