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Oberweningen
Oberweningen is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Oberweningen is first mentioned around 1096-1111 as ''Waningen''. In 1291 it was mentioned as ''Oberenweningen''. Geography Oberweningen has an area of . Of this area, 35% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is made up scattered farm houses and single family homes between the Lägern ridge and the Egg forest (''Eggwald'') in the Wehntal. Demographics Oberweningen has a population (as of ) of . , 15.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberweningen
Oberweningen is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Oberweningen is first mentioned around 1096-1111 as ''Waningen''. In 1291 it was mentioned as ''Oberenweningen''. Geography Oberweningen has an area of . Of this area, 35% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is made up scattered farm houses and single family homes between the Lägern ridge and the Egg forest (''Eggwald'') in the Wehntal. Demographics Oberweningen has a population (as of ) of . , 15.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schöfflisdorf-Oberweningen Railway Station
Schöfflisdorf-Oberweningen railway station is a railway station in the municipalities of Schöfflisdorf in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The station takes its name from the adjoining municipalities of Schöfflisdorf and Oberweningen. It is located on the Wehntal railway line, and is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S15. The old station building from the Swiss Northeastern Railway is still standing, but is disused. A waiting room and bike racks are from 1990 when the Zurich S-Bahn was inaugurated. In the front of the station is the turning loop for the bus line 555 connecting Oberweningen and Schleinikon to the station. The bus line is only operating Monday through Friday during peak hours. Services The following services stop at Niederweningen: * Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wehntal
Wehntal is the name of a valley region in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The ''Wehn'' valley (native German name: ''Wehntal'') area is situated between the Lägern and ''Egg'' mountain chain in the Dielsdorf District of the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. To the east the valley is bounded by a moraine of the Linth glacier, respectively the lower Glatt Valley near Dielsdorf, and in the west it passes over to the border of the Canton of Aargau respectively the drainage bassin of the Surb Valley (native German name: ''Surbtal'') and the river of the same name which rises in the Wehntal. The population of the region is expanding rapidly due to its proximity to city of Zürich and its beautiful landscape. Wehntal comprises the area of the municipalities: * Schöfflisdorf * Oberweningen * Schleinikon * Niederweningen * Steinmaur * Dielsdorf History About 185,000 years ago, a side lobe of the Walensee/Reinglacier overlapped on the threshold at the present Pfanne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inigo Gallo
Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Inigo Gallo had as a child actor appearances on Schauspielhaus Zürich, among other things as ''Walterli'' in Schiller's ''Wilhelm Tell''. From 1948 to 1951 he was educated at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'', and in 1951/52 Gallo got guest engagements at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, and from 1952 to 1958 engagements at the ''Stadttheater St. Gallen''. In 1958 Gallo worked as a freelance director, actor and author, among others at the Stadttheater St. Gallen, ''Stadttheater Basel '' and ''Schauspielhaus'': in 1959 as ''Bunker Willy'' in '' Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper'' and in the musical "Eusi chliini Stadt" at the Theater am Hechtplatz in Zürich. Since then, Gallo worked together with Ruedi Walter in a variety of diale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schöfflisdorf
Schöfflisdorf is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Situated in the Wehntal, Schöfflisdorf has an area of . Of this area, 43.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Schöfflisdorf has a population (as of ) of . , 9.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.2%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Italian being third ( 1.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (13%), the SPS (11%) and the CSP (10.6%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachs
Bachs is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Dielsdorf (district), Dielsdorf in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Bachs is first mentioned in 1100 as ''Fusebach'' and ''Fuisipach''. In 1384 the village section of Altbachs (Old Bachs) was mentioned as ''Obern Fisibach''. Geography Bachs has an area of . Of this area, 49% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located at the mouth of the ''Fisibach'' stream. Bachs is a village with two centers which, since the fire of 1763, are known as Alt- and Neubachs (Old and New Bachs). Demographics Bachs has a population (as of ) of . , 6.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4%. Most of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dielsdorf (district)
Dielsdorf District is a district in the northwestern part of the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Zürich. Since 1871 the administrative center of the district is located in Dielsdorf. Previously the district was named ''Bezirk Regensberg'', and its capital was Regensdorf, the only city in the district. Municipalities See also *Municipalities of the canton of Zürich References {{Canton Zurich Districts of the canton of Zürich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siglistorf
Siglistorf is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Siglistorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 51.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.6% is used for growing crops and 16.7% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisibach
Fisibach is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History While some scattered items from the Bronze Age were discovered in Fisibach, the first evidence of a settlement is a Roman era watchtower along the Rhine River. The modern village of Fisibach is first mentioned in 1050 as ''Fusibach''. The owners of Waldhausen Castle in the hamlet of Waldhausen, granted St. Blaise's Abbey extensive landholdings around their castle in 1113. However, by the 15th century, the castle was abandoned. On a rock in the Rhine was the Schwarzwasserstelz Castle. This castle, after 1363, was in the possession of the Bishop of Constance, and from 1589 to 1831 in the hands of the Tschudi family of Glarus. In 1875 it was demolished during the construction of the Rhine Valley Railway. The railroad did not have a station in Fisibach. The owner of Schwarzwasserstelz held the low court rights over Fisibach, while the ''Vogt'' of Baden held those rights in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schleinikon
Schleinikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Situated in the Wehntal, Schleinikon has an area of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Schleinikon has a population (as of ) of . , 5.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.8%), with English being second most common ( 0.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.6%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the CSP (12.9%) and the Green Party (11.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regensberg
Regensberg is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Dielsdorf (district), Dielsdorf in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zurich in Switzerland. It is located just to the west of Dielsdorf ZH, Dielsdorf, on a ridge of the Lägern (). History Regensberg was founded as a hilltop fortified settlement about 1245 by Baron Lüthold of Regensberg. The Regensberg Castle, fortifications include a high round tower dating from the 16th or 17th century and a deep water well. The church, originally dating from the 13th century, was rebuilt in 1506. During the mid 13th Century relations between the Barons of Regensberg and the city of Zürich became strained. At about this same time, the barons began to argue with the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs over who would inherit the lands of the now extinct Kyburg (castle), Kyburg family. In 1267 the disputes led to war between the barons and the combined Zürich and Habsburg forces. The barons lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Switzerland
Municipalities (german: Gemeinden, ' or '; french: communes; it , comuni; rm, vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,136 municipalities . Their populations range between several hundred thousand (Zürich), and a few dozen people (Kammersrohr, Bister), and their territory between 0.32 km² (Rivaz) and 439 km² (Scuol). History The beginnings of the modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic. Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws. The creation of a uniform Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
