Volketswil
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | Uster |
| BFS no. : | 0199 |
| Postal code : | 8604 Volketswil 8605 Gutenswil |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH VKI (Volketswil) CH HGA (Hegnau) |
| Coordinates : | 694 897 / 249 649 |
| Height : | 475 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 438-579 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 14.04 km² |
| Residents: | 18,669 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 1330 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
24.4% (December 31, 2018) |
| Mayor : | Jean-Philippe Pinto ( CVP ) |
| Website: | www.volketswil.ch |
 View from the Loorenkopf to Gutenswil (Volketswil community), |
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Volketswil is a municipality in the Uster district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The localities Volketswil, Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil belong to the municipality in the agglomeration of Zurich .
geography
Geographical location
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Volketswil is located in the center of the canton of Zurich and, at 14.00 km 2 , is the fourth largest municipality in the district after Maur , Egg and Uster . Volketswil is located in the upper Glattal , at the gateway to the Zurich Oberland , between Dübendorf and Uster, north of the Greifensee . The hamlets of Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil belong to the community. Volketswil is 12 kilometers from Zurich by air .
The neighboring communities of Volketswils are Wangen-Brüttisellen , Dübendorf , Schwerzenbach , Greifensee , Uster in the Uster district and Fehraltorf , Illnau-Effretikon , Lindau in the Pfäffikon district in a counterclockwise direction from the north .
Municipal area
The largest part of the municipal area is taken up by agricultural land, which comprises 42.3 percent. Another 24.5 percent is forest, 22.4 percent settlement area, 9.9 percent traffic area and 0.2 percent water.
geology
The village of Volketswil fits in between the two moraine hills Hutzlen and Homberg, which were created by the Linth glacier. The landscape is slightly sloping towards Hegnau-Dammboden Zimikon. Hegnau is a typical street village : the road route of the national road Schwamendingen – Uster – Hinwil leads right through Hegnau. Today Hegnau is divided by the A53 . The Zimikon part of the village is located in a former reed area of the Greifensee. The villages Gutenswil and Kindhausen are located on hills.
The Linth Glacier not only shaped the terrain, but also deposited rubble and gravel and formed gravel deposits. Gravel mining was of great importance in Volketswil in the 20th century. In the meantime, some gravel mining areas have disappeared, but various mining areas still shape the area today.
history
Between 3000 BC BC and 1800 BC BC, during the Neolithic Age , the area around Volketswil was probably settled. The discovery of a bronze sword in Zimikon indicates that this area was also settled in the Bronze Age. Coin finds in Volketswil and the ruins of a villa built according to a Roman model on the «Hutzlen» bear witness to the settlement around Volketswil during the Roman Empire .
The Alemanni immigrated between 400 and 500 AD . Most of the names of today's villages probably come from this period (for example: Zimikon was called Ziminghovun, which means "at the court of the man Zimo"). Village names with the ending «wilare» originated in the 6./7. Century. In 904, Volketswil was first mentioned in a document as Folcharteswilare in a donation to the St. Gallen monastery . In the 14th century, a chapel, later the Reformed Church, was built, which is dedicated to St. Agatha.
In 1402 the city of Zurich bought the rule of Greifensee with Hegnau, in 1424 the rule of Kyburg with Volketswil, Gutenswil, Zimikon and Kindhausen. In 1638, Volketswil's own parish was founded. In 1767 Gutenswil was reallocated from Uster to the parish of Volketswil. The reformed church was therefore expanded with an extension (“Gutenswil Church”) on the west side. During the Helvetic Revolution in 1798, Volketswil was a new part of the Uster district (1815–1831 briefly Oberamt Greifensee) in the newly created canton of Zurich. A year later, 5,000 Imperial Russian soldiers marched through the village of Volketswil during the chaos of the Helvetic war.
In a village fire in Gutenswil in 1803, 205 people lost their belongings. The Volketswil double murder took place in 1859. A plaque on the north side of the old cemetery commemorates this event. Due to the crisis in home weaving in 1900, the population of Volketswil decreased to 1,515. In 1932, the five villages of Volketswil, Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil became part of the Volketswil community. A federal court decision in 1967 led to the zoning of the "Sunnebüel" area. A building boom was triggered. The Göhner development “Sunnebüel” was built in 1968.
In 1956 the reformed church was torn down to the ground and replaced by a new building. Only the pews and the pulpit still bear witness to the old church.
The construction boom resulted in various infrastructure buildings:
- 1968: Inauguration of the “Hellwies” primary school.
- 1969: The “ Waro ” supermarket chain opens the first large consumer market in Switzerland in Volketswil, whose Cash & Carry concept originates from the USA.
- 1970: Opening of the "Waldacher" swimming pool.
- 1971: Commissioning of the Neuwies cemetery complex. Construction of the provisional Catholic parish center "Brother Klaus", which was later expanded into a permanent church.
- 1972: Inauguration of the "Feldhof" primary school.
- 1973: Opening of the Volketswil center with various specialist shops, post office and community library.
- 1974: Inauguration of the “Lindenbüel” secondary school.
- 1984: Opening of the “Volkiland” shopping center in the Zimikon district.
In 2003 the comprehensive school "In der Höh" was inaugurated. The architecturally outstanding building was considered the most modern school building in the canton of Zurich until 2009. In 2004 Volketswil celebrated its 1100th birthday with a large village festival.
In 2008 the new sports facilities in Gries were put into operation and the Dorfbach exposed. The "Gries" development and the Griespark, which was inaugurated in 2009, were created. In 2014 the new parish hall was completed and handed over to the population.
Volketswil, historical aerial photo from 1922, taken from a height of 300 meters by Walter Mittelholzer
Hegnau, historical aerial photo from 1920, taken from a height of 200 meters by Walter Mittelholzer
Gutenswil, historical aerial photo from 1920, taken from a height of 200 meters by Walter Mittelholzer
coat of arms
- Divided, at the top by black and silver boxed for eight places, at the bottom a red star in gold.
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1850 | 2'058 (only Volketswil) |
| 1900 | 1'515 (only Volketswil) |
| 1975 | 9,770 |
| 1980 | 10'033 |
| 1998 | 13,500 |
| 2000 | 14'070 |
| 2004 | 14,752 |
| 2007 | 15,804 |
| 2009 | 16,875 |
| 2010 | 17,412 |
| 2011 | 17,572 |
| 2014 | 18,384 |
population
18,499 people live in Volketswil (as of the end of 2016), 24.31 percent of them foreigners.
In 2016, 22 percent of the population were younger than 19 years, 62 percent between 20 and 64 years old and 16 percent older than 64 years. With an average age of 39.8 years, Volketswil is one of the Swiss communities with the youngest population.
The largest town in the Volketswil community is Hegnau (including Gfenn ) with 9,661 inhabitants. This is followed by Volketswil (3,477 inhabitants), Zimikon (1,729), Gutenswil (1,973), Kindhausen (1,659). All of these localities were independent civil parishes until 1932.
Religions, denominations
On December 31, 2014, 30.3 percent of the population belonged to the Reformed Church , 27.8 percent to the Roman Catholic Church , and 41.8 percent of other or no religious affiliation.
There are two evangelical free church communities in Volketswil: the Chrischona community and the Christian community in Volketswil. There are also various smaller religious communities.
The Islamic community recorded strong growth in Volketswil: The number of Muslims rose to 7.6 percent. Therefore there is a mosque in the industrial area . More and more people in Volketswil describe themselves as non-denominational; the proportion of those officially registered as non-denominational was 11.3 percent in 2000, 2.7 percent were not given any information.
Social
At the end of 2014, according to the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, 362 people in Volketswil were registered as unemployed in the literal sense of the AVIG unemployment insurance law. This corresponds to a rate of 2.9 percent. The proportion of women in Volketswil was 50.1 percent in 2014.
politics
legislative branch
Volketswil has no municipal parliament. The highest body is the community assembly , which is called two to four times a year depending on the business.
executive
Mayor is Jean-Phillipe Pinto (CVP).
Cantonal Council
Volketswil is represented in the Cantonal Council of the Canton of Zurich by Barbara Bussmann (SP), Jean-Phillipe Pinto (CVP) and Benjamin Fischer (SVP).
National elections
In the 2019 National Council elections, the share of the vote in Volketswil was: SVP 42.4%, glp 12.5%, FDP 11.0%, SP 10.6%, Greens 7.5%, CVP 5.7%, BDP 5.5 %, EVP 1.8, EDU 1.5%.
National Council
- Bruno Walliser (SVP), since 2015
Parish partnership
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Gadmen , Switzerland - 2000 to 2013. The parish partnership with Gadmen was terminated on December 31, 2013, as the parish merged with Innertkirchen .
economy
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The proximity to the cities of Zurich , Winterthur and Uster as well as Zurich Airport and well-developed infrastructures make Volketswil an important business location in the upper Glattal. The approximately 800 resident companies employ more than 9,500 workers, mainly for the industrial and service sectors. Various shopping centers and specialist markets have opened in Volketswil over the past few decades.
From 1934 to 1972 the nationally famous breakfast drink “ Forsanose ”, a cocoa-malt powder, was produced in Volketswil .
Every three years in October the Volketswiler trade fair (VOGA) takes place, at which the various companies in the area are represented. Every Thursday the weekly market takes place on the parish hall square, as well as the spring and autumn market and the pumpkin festival and at Christmas the Christmas market.
traffic
Public transport
Volketswil is one of the largest communities in Switzerland in terms of population and does not have its own train station. However, Volketswil is easily accessible through the three surrounding train stations Effretikon, Uster and Schwerzenbach. The four bus lines 720 (Schwerzenbach – Volketswil – Kindhausen – Effretikon railway station), 721 (Schwerzenbach – Industrie – Eichstrasse railway station), 725 (Schwerzenbach – Volketswil – Gutenswil – Gutenswil – Uster railway station) and 726 (Schwerzenbach-Industrie-Dorf railway station) provide access Localities of the municipality and the surrounding villages with the public transport network of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).
Private transport
In 1840 the national road N34 was built from Schwamendingen via Uster to Hinwil. The Strassen-Trassee runs through the middle of Hegnau. The street still exists today.
The community is accessed by the cantonal A53 motorway (Oberlandautobahn) with the two connections Hegnau and Volketswil . It leads to Uster or Brüttisellen on the A1 .
Other important road connections lead to Wangen, Effretikon, Illnau, Fehraltorf, Schwerzenbach and Fällanden.
Culture
Attractions
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- The Reformed Church stands on a small hill in the old village center of Volketswil. The eleven colored windows by the Zurich artist Max Hunziker contain the motif “Our Father” and were created between 1962 and 1966.
- The old rectory was built in 1638, and the old school and Sigrist house from 1648 was Volketswil's first schoolhouse.
- In Hegnau there is the Chappeli, a chapel from the early 13th century with a characteristic onion helmet tower.
- Opposite the Sigristenhaus is the house of the village poet Jakob Bersinger .
- The viewpoint on the Huzlen offers a view of the Alpine chain, the Pfannenstiel , the Greifensee and Zurich-North.
- In Volketswil there is the “Sunnebüel” estate with over 1000 apartments, ingloriously called “Göhnerswil” in the late 1960s (after the building contractor Ernst Göhner ), which is now a listed building.
Customs and Sports
Every three years there is a large, three-day village festival in Volketswil. On the occasion of carol singing on Christmas morning, singers move with lights through the streets of Volketswil and delight the population with Christmas carols.
The largest sports club in the village is the FC (football club) Volketswil. Their first team currently (2016) plays in the 3rd division, the second team in the 4th division.
Dä schnällscht Volketswiler is a running competition held in September by the Volketswil gymnastics club. The whole community can take part in this sporting event.
Personalities
- Markus Bäumler (1555–1611), reformed clergyman and university professor at the high school in Zurich
- Dean Kukan (* 1993), ice hockey player
literature
- Hans Martin Gubler: Art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 66: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Zurich. Volume 3: The districts of Pfäffikon and Uster. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7643-0991-1 , pp. 522-541.
- Beat Frei: Volketswil - Village life before 1800 (history book, volume 1) 1993.
- Beat Frei: Volketswil - 19th and 20th centuries (history book, volume 2) 1966.
- Heini Bachmann «Göhnerswil. Housing construction in capitalism ». 1972.
- Commemorative document village fire Gutenswil, ed. from the Gutenswil village association.
Web links
- Website of the Volketswil community
- Ueli Müller: Volketswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Portrait of the canton of Zurich. Volketswil (statistical data on the municipalities of the canton of Zurich)
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 c d e f Portrait of the canton of Zurich. Volketswil. In: Website of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on May 9, 2015.
- ^ Judgment of March 8, 1967 in the Volketswil community against Gryfag Immobilien AG and those involved as well as the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich. In: Federal Supreme Court website.
- ↑ Welcome to the parish of Volketswil. In: Website of the parish Volketswil.
- ↑ a b c Population 2015. In: Website of the Volketswil community, accessed on May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Chrischona Volketswil website ( memento of the original from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 9, 2014.
- ^ Website of the Christian Community in Volketswil , accessed on February 28, 2012.
- ↑ Elections 2019. Accessed August 1, 2020 .
- ^ Gadmen on the last ( Memento of March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: Glattaler. November 28, 2013, accessed February 25, 2014
- ↑ Angela Schiffhauer: The stained glass windows of the Volketswil Church (= Swiss Art Guide, No. 935, Series 94). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-119-2 .
