Wettswil on the Albis

Wettswil on the Albis
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
District :	Affoltern
BFS no. :	0014
Postal code :	8907
UN / LOCODE :	CH WSI
Coordinates :	678 302  /  243 631 coordinates: 47 ° 20 '20 "  N , 8 ° 28' 29"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred and two  /  two hundred forty-three thousand six hundred thirty-one
Height :	563  m above sea level M.
Height range :	515–642 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.77  km²
Residents:	5188 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1123 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	15.9% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.wettswil.ch
Wettswil am Albis - in the background the Uetliberg
Location of the municipality

Wettswil am Albis (officially called Wettswil until 1976 ) is a political municipality in the Affoltern district of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

geography

There are 89 hectares of forest in the municipality. The border sections to the neighboring communities: with Bonstetten 3.9 km, with Stallikon 3.2 km, with Birmensdorf 3.2 km, with Aesch 0.0 km (border point Aesch / Birmensdorf / Bonstetten / Wettswil am Albis). 42.4% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 23.6% is covered with forest, 5.6% is traffic area and 25.2% is settlement area, 2.7% is water.

history

Wettswil am Albis was first mentioned in 1184 as Wettesweilare , the actual founding of the village dates back to the time of the Great Migration, when the Alemanni settled Switzerland. A tribal chief named Wetto or Wettin, who settled here with his clan, may have given the village his name. In addition to viticulture, clay cutting and brick making experienced a brief boom around 1850; There were no fewer than three hand-held brickworks in the parish at that time.

Wettswil am Albis, historical aerial photo from May 4, 1953, taken by Werner Friedli

coat of arms

Blazon : A red flight in silver

The coat of arms was first recorded by Gerold Edlibach in 1488 and is said to belong to a noble family of the same name. It has served as the municipal coat of arms since 1675.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1454	approx. 50
1529	approx. 120
1634	147
1670	255
1708	310
1772	264
1836	317
1870	389
1900	318
1920	328
1950	380
1960	734
1970	1739
1980	3384
1990	3466
2000	3833
2010	4515
2015	4920
2018	5172

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Wettswil am Albis

Personalities

• Hans Kaufmann (* 1948), politician (SVP) and economic advisor

literature

• Bernhard Schneider : From 800 years of Wettswil history, municipality of Wettswil am Albis 1984.
• Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume I: The districts of Affoltern and Andelfingen. (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 7). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1938. DNB 365803030 .

Web links

Commons : Wettswil am Albis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Wettswil
• Statistical data for the municipality of Wettswil am Albis
• Martin Illi: Wettswil am Albis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Link catalog on Wettswil am Albis at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

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 .