Dinhard
Dinhard | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Zurich (ZH) |
District : | Winterthur |
BFS no. : | 0216 |
Postal code : | 8474 |
UN / LOCODE : | CH EKO (Eschlikon ZH) |
Coordinates : | 700182 / 268 301 |
Height : | 434 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 418-513 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 7.07 km² |
Residents: | 1655 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 234 inhabitants per km² |
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
8.7% (December 31, 2018) |
Mayor : | Peter Matzinger ( SVP ) |
Website: | www.dinhard.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Dinhard is a municipality in the Winterthur district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .
coat of arms
Blazon : a silver key in red
geography
The community consists of different localities: Eschlikon, Welsikon, Vorder-Grüt, Ausser-Dinhard, Riedmühle, Kirch-Dinhard and Längerenrüti.
69.8% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 19.7% is covered with forest, 3.9% is traffic area and 6.2% is settlement area, 0.4% is water.
history
In 1934 the village of Sulz was separated from Dinhard and assigned to the municipality of Rickenbach ZH .
In 1943 an urn from the Hallstatt period was recovered from a burial mound near the Riedmühle . It is the oldest evidence of human presence in Dinhard.
Dinhard was first mentioned in a document as Thynhart in 1275. The important humanist Jakob Wiesendanger, called Ceporinus (1499–1525), who is commemorated by a memorial stone by the church, came from Dinhard .
Churches
There is a church in Dinhard.
Attractions
population
year | Residents |
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1467 | 150 |
1634 | 438 |
1771 | 619 |
1850 | 738 |
1900 | 639 |
1910 | 758 |
1950 | 586 |
1970 | 651 |
2000 | 1301 |
2008 | 1396 |
2013 | 1497 |
politics
In the National Council elections in 2019, the voting shares in Dinhard were: SVP 44.72%, glp 12.16%, Greens 10.59%, FDP 10.50%, SP 8.97%, EVP 3.36%, EDU 3.20 %, CVP 2.98%, and BDP 2.33%.
Peter Matzinger has been mayor since 2002 (as of May 2020).
Partner municipality
- Šitbořice , Czech Republic
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Dinhard
- Statistical data from the canton on the municipality of Dinhard
- Ueli Müller: Dinhard. 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 .
- ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed May 17, 2020 .