Zumikon
| Zumikon | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | miles |
| BFS no. : | 0160 |
| Postal code : | 8126 |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH ZKN |
| Coordinates : | 689 605 / 243142 |
| Height : | 620 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 529–753 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 5.48 km² |
| Residents: | 5284 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 964 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
24.2% (December 31, 2018) |
| Mayor : | Jürg Eberhard ( FDP ) |
| Website: | www.zumikon.ch |
 View from the south |
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| Location of the municipality | |
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Zumikon is a municipality in the Meilen district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland .
geography
The community is located on the western flank of the Wassberg ( 748 m above sea level ; Pfannenstiel chain ), about 200 meters above the right bank of Lake Zurich .
- Area : 544 ha , of which 31.8% settlements , 32% agriculture and 28.7% forest .
The neighboring communities of Zumikons are Küsnacht , Zollikon and Maur .
history
The first traces of settlement were discovered as early as the Late Bronze Age , namely the terrace settlement (Gössikon-Küsnachtertobel). Zumikon first appeared in 946 as "de Zumminga". Several place names indicate an Alemannan settlement. This includes the hamlet of Gössikon (946 Cozinchova) and Waltikon (946 Waltlinchova). In 1467 there were six households. In 1634 there were 113 inhabitants. In Zumikon there is a branch chapel of the Zurich Grossmünster in 1271 . The chapel, which was no longer used after the Reformation, was restored in 1597. A parish vicar was then appointed, but he still lived in the city of Zurich until the 18th century . In the years 1730–31 the church was rebuilt. The government council set up a reformed pastoral office in 1868 and the old branch relationship with the Grossmünster Zurich ended. From 1333 Zumikon belonged to the Zollikon part of the Reichsvogtei Zurich, which was split up in 1218, and so came to the city of Zurich with Zollikon in 1358.
There was also a domestic textile industry in this village. In 1787 only 6 people were employed in the cotton spinning mill , whereas 26 cotton and 9 mousseline looms were counted. In the 19th century, working from home changed and specialized in the silk trade (in 1850 230 people were working from home, most of them in silk weaving ). In 1850 174 people were employed in agriculture, but there were only 11 craftsmen. In 1912 the Forchbahn was opened and a train station was built. There has been a golf course since 1930. For the first time, a building zone plan was adopted in 1946 and the village bypass was inaugurated in 1963. Because of the attractive residential area, wealthy residents settled here. That is why Zumikon had the third largest tax force in the Canton of Zurich in 2011 . In 1977 the Forchbahn and the road were moved underground. A village center was built above the roof that was created in 1982, which, depending on how you feel, is called an "ideal village" or a symbol of the "Swiss spirit turned into stone" of the 1980s.
coat of arms
- Two crossed silver keys in blue.
The coat of arms was first mentioned in a coat of arms book in 1740 . The bowl as the content of the coat of arms was probably taken from the coat of arms of the church in neighboring Zollikon , both communities belonged to the area of influence of the Zurich Grossmünster . The keys in both cases refer to the insignia of the Apostle Peter . In the case of the Zumiker municipal coat of arms , the entrance is likely to have been given by his companion Apollinaris of Ravenna , to whom the chapel , which existed before 1730 in place of today's Reformed church, was consecrated before the Reformation .
population
The residents call themselves Zumiker.
- Proportion of foreigners : 16.0%.
politics
Share of votes in the 2003 National Council elections : FDP 39.2%, SVP 30.5%, SP 14.3%, GP 6.1%, CVP 5.1%, EPP 1.9%
The municipal council consists of 4 FDP and 1 SVP , as well as 1 GLP and 1 CVP. Mayor since 2014 Jürg Eberhard (FDP).
| Members of the Zumikon City Council (2014-2018) | |||
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| Surname | Taking office | function | Political party |
| Eberhard, Juerg | / 2014 | Mayor | FDP |
| Bohnenblust, Marc | Building construction / 1st Vice President | GLP | |
| Buehrer, Stefan | 2014 | Civil engineering | FDP |
| Dietsche, Christian | 2014 | society | SVP |
| Epprecht, Thomas | 2014 | Security / real estate | FDP |
| Hugi, Andreas | education | FDP | |
| Messmer, Barbara | 2014 | Finances | CVP |
economy
- Land price : 1,183 Fr./m² (after sales )
- Activity rate : 52.4%, unemployment rate : 1.6%
The automobile manufacturer Rinspeed is based here.
Attractions
Historic buildings
In Zumikon there is a church from the 18th century and some historical secular buildings, which can be found by the cantonal preservation authorities under other architectural monuments in the directory of objects of supra-communal importance .
Seldwyla
The «Seldwyla» cooperative, founded in 1967 by six architects, forms an urban village and is named after Gottfried Keller's collection of novels « The People of Seldwyla » (1856 / 1873–74).
Personalities
- Max Daetwyler (1886–1976), first Swiss conscientious objector, pacifist and supporter of the abstinence movement
- Max Bill (1908–1994), architect, artist, university professor and member of the National Council
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915–2006), German-British opera singer and vocal teacher
- Hugo Imfeld (1916–1993), sculptor, relief artist, graphic artist and draftsman
- Elvira Schalcher (1923–2018), actress and radio play speaker
- Hans W. Kopp (1931–2009), lawyer and media expert
- Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), Austrian singer and composer
- Elisabeth Kopp (* 1936), politician, first female federal councilor in Switzerland
- Dave Dollé (* 1969), athlete
literature
- Beat Frei: Residence: 8126 Zumikon. Zumikon community, Zumikon 2009, ISBN 978-3-033-02266-9 .
- Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume II: The districts of Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Horgen and Meilen. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 15). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1943. DNB 365803049 .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Zumikon
- Statistical data from the canton on the municipality of Zumikon
- Martin Illi: Zumikon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Zumikon on the ETHorama platform
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 .
- ↑ Zumiker Bote ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website of the community of Zumikon
- ↑ New municipal council in the Zumiker Bote ( memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ DETAIL, 02/1979, detail.de
- ↑ heimatschutz.ch - The most beautiful buildings 1960–1975: Seldwyla
