Weiningen ZH

ZH is the abbreviation for the canton of Zurich in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Weiningen .

Weiningen

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District :	Dietikon
BFS no. :	0251i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8104
Coordinates :	675 226 / 252733 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '16 " N , 8 ° 26' 8" O ; CH1903: six hundred seventy-five thousand two hundred and twenty-six / 25273347.421103 8.435556 413
Height :	413 m above sea level M.
Height range :	381–632 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.37 km²
Residents:	4832 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	767 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	28.5% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.weiningen.ch
Schlössli Weiningen
Location of the municipality
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Weiningen is a municipality in the Dietikon district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . It is located west of Zurich on the northern edge of the Limmat Valley .

geography

Ref.Church Weiningen, built in 1650

Weiningen ZH, historical aerial photo from 1919, taken from a height of 600 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

The municipality of Weiningen is located to the right of the Limmat on the Länggenbach and is divided into the following two parts: Weiningen-Dorf and Weiningen-Fahrweid. The municipality is particularly known for its extensive vineyards (approx. 30 hectares) on the Hasleren and Gubrist , which extend over almost the entire hillside of the municipality (see also viticulture in Switzerland ). In contrast to other communities in the Dietikon district, Weiningen has a distinctly rural character, which is particularly evident in the way the village is built. The Fahrweid district also belongs to Weiningen . Of the municipal area, 31.9% is agricultural land, 38.3% is forest, 18.5% is settlement area and 10.4% is used for traffic, 0.2% is water.

history

The first mention Weiningens as Winigon took place on February 8, 870. land were owned by Yeomanry , the Church set the Parish Church of St. Peter belonged to the barons of Regensberg ; the area of the parish also included the town of Glanzenberg . In the middle of the 12th century the parish became the property of the Fahr Monastery . With the conquest of Aargau by the Confederates , the village came under the influence of the city of Zurich in 1415 . It was part of the county of Baden and formed its own lower court district. In 1435 the court rights came into the possession of the Meyer von Knonau family from Zurich. As in the other communities in the eastern part of Baden County, the people of Zurich pushed through the Reformation in the 1520s .

From 1798 to 1803, during the time of the Helvetic Republic , Weiningen was a municipality in the Regensdorf district . Then it was in the Zurich district until 1989 (when the Dietikon district was founded) . Until well into the 20th century, Weiningen was dominated by agriculture. This gradually changed due to the development of the Limmattal tram , which operated the Schlieren –Weiningen branch from 1901 to 1931 . The Fahrweid settlement was built in the 1950s . The A1 was opened in 1971, the A4 in 1985 ; the two motorways cross in the municipality ( Limmattaler Kreuz ).

coat of arms

Blazon

A blue ploughshare in gold in front of a blue pruning knife with a red handle, raised by a green-stemmed and leafy blue grape

politics

In the 2011 cantonal elections, the SVP achieved 45.1%, the FDP 16.6%, the SP 13.2%, the Greens 7.9%, the GLP 6.8%, the CVP 4.0% and the EPP 2 , 1% of the vote. The mayor is Hanspeter Haug (SVP as of 2012).

Attractions

Personalities

The Zurich canon, writer and philosophy professor Heinrich Hirzel (1766–1833) was probably born in Weiningen and grew up there.

Albert Bunjaku , soccer player of Kosovar origin and former member of the Swiss national team (participation in the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa), obtained his Swiss citizenship in Weiningen. He grew up in Fahrweid-Weiningen and is a citizen of the community of Weiningen.

Carmen Schäfer and Janine Greiner , both grown up in Fahrweid-Weiningen, have celebrated several successes as curlers on an international level at world and European championships as well as at the Olympic Winter Games. In 2008 they became European champions, in 2010 (Vancouver) and 2014 (Sochi) they were fourth at the Winter Olympics and in 2012 they triumphed at the World Championships in Lethbridge .

Corps Commander Rolf Binder (1929–2016), former head of training in the Swiss Army, was born in Weiningen.

Theo Frey (born February 14, 1908 in Hochdorf LU; † April 19, 1997 in Weiningen ZH) was a Swiss photographer who lived in Weiningen for over 50 years. He is one of the classics of Swiss reportage photographers and documentarists.

Yves Miller, who grew up in Weiningen, was the shooter king in the Zurich boys' shooting competition in 2006 and 2009 . Such a double victory at this prestigious event, in which over 5000 shooters (boys and girls) take part every year, has not been achieved by anyone since 1926.

The bank manager and economist Hans Geiger (* 1943) lives in Weiningen.

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. 367-396.

Web links

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

Official website of the community of Weiningen
Statistical data for the municipality of Weiningen
Martin Illi: Weiningen ZH. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ Data on the resident population by home, gender and age (community profile). Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Community portrait of Weiningen. (PDF) Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, 2011, accessed on November 19, 2012 .

[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 .

[statistik-3] A ^b Community portrait of Weiningen. (PDF) Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, 2011, accessed on November 19, 2012 .