Wila

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Wila
Coat of arms of Wila
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich (ZH)
District : Pfaffikonw
BFS no. : 0181i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8492
Coordinates : 706 459  /  252935 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '7 "  N , 8 ° 50' 58"  O ; CH1903:  706459  /  252935
Height : 566  m above sea level M.
Height range : 552–833 m above sea level M.
Area : 9.19  km²
Residents: 1971 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 207 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship )
13.4% (December 31, 2018)
Website: www.wila.ch
Wila

Wila

Location of the municipality
Greifensee Pfäffikersee Kanton St. Gallen Kanton Thurgau Bezirk Bülach Bezirk Hinwil Bezirk Meilen Bezirk Uster Bezirk Winterthur Bauma Fehraltorf Hittnau Illnau-Effretikon Lindau ZH Pfäffikon ZH Russikon Weisslingen Wila Wildberg ZHMap of Wila
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Wila is a municipality in the Pfäffikon district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

Wila, historical aerial photo from 1920, taken by Walter Mittelholzer

coat of arms

Blazon

Three silver rings in red (2, 1)

The coat of arms was adopted from the shield of the Lords of Breiten-Landenberg in 1926 .

geography

Wila is located in the Töss Valley between the municipalities of Turbenthal and Bauma . In the east, the municipality borders on the canton of Thurgau and in the west on the municipality of Wildberg . Hamlets in the vicinity of Wila are: Schalchen (SW), Tablat (SO), Aegetswil (O), Au (S) and Sitzberg (NO). 38.3% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 51% is forest, 6.4% is inhabited and 2.9% is used for transport.

history

During archaeological excavations on the occasion of the church renovation from 1978–1980, traces of a wooden church from the 7th to 8th centuries were found. The first documentary mention can be found in a tax sled of the Diocese of Constance from 1275.

The lords of width Landsberg possessed long time Kollatur and until 1796 the lower courts.

The Wila local museum was established in 2010.

Attractions

economy

Schwarz Sprengtechnik AG was known nationwide . It was inextricably linked with the name of the founder and owner Günter Schwarz and went bankrupt in 2005. The successor is called Schwarz Spreng- und Felsenbau AG .

Public transport

The S 26 Winterthur - Bauma - Rüti ZH of the S-Bahn Zurich runs from Wila . Since December 2018 the S 11 Aarau - Lenzburg - Dietikon - Zurich HB - Stettbach - Winterthur - Seuzach / Sennhof-Kyburg (- Wila ) of the S-Bahn Zurich has been running to the Wila stop during rush hour . From this point several Postbus lines operate:

833 Wila, Bahnhof - Schalchen - Pfäffikon ZH, Bahnhof

807 Turbenthal, Bahnhof - Wila, Bahnhof - Schmidrüti - Sitzberg

politics

The community president has been Hans-Peter Meier ( SVP ) since 2016 .

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Hans Martin Gubler, The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich Volume 3: The Districts of Pfäffikon and Uster. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1978 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 66). ISBN 3-7643-0991-1 . Pp. 310-330.

Web links

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

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 .
  3. zol.ch .
  4. on wila.ch
  5. SVP Wila  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.svp-wila.ch