Seegräben is a village and a
municipality
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in the district of
Hinwil
Hinwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland.
History
The village Hinwil from which the later municipality ...
in the
canton of
Zürich
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in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Besides the village of Seegräben itself, the municipality also includes the settlements of ''
Aathal'', ''Aathal-Seegräben'', ''Aretshalden'', ''Sack'', ''Ottenhausen'', and ''Wagenburg''.
Geography
Seegräben has an area of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
[ housing and buildings made up 10.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.3%).][ Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 10.4% of the area. 12.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.][
The '']Robenhauser Ried
Robenhausen is a locality in Wetzikon, one of the municipalities of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The wetland Robenhauser Ried belongs to the protected area surrounding ''Pfäffikersee''. The prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich, pre ...
'' wetland is a nature reserve of national importance and is situated between Seegräben, Kempten
Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest Town#Germany, town of Allgäu, in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by th ...
and Irgenhausen
Irgenhausen is a village ( Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Geography
Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffike ...
covering an area of about two square kilometers.
Seegräben is the smallest municipality in the district of Hinwil. It consists of three sections, the village of Seegräben, Aathal and Sack.
Demographics
Seegräben has a population (as of ) of . , 14.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51% male and 49% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (89.8%), with Turkish being second most common ( 2.0%) and Spanish being third ( 1.6%).
In the 2019 Swiss parliamentary elections the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.41% of the vote.The next four most popular parties were the GPS
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(15.91%), the SPS
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* NATO Science for Peace and Security
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(15.7%), the GLP (12.32%) and the FDP (11.74%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.4%. In Seegräben about 81.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). There are 491 households in Seegräben.[
Seegräben has an unemployment rate of 2.01%. , there were 52 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 24 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 227 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 39 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 06-Aug-2009 49.1% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50.9% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009
there were 309 Catholics
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and 610 Protestants
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in Seegräben. In the , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 53.6% were some type of Protestant, with 49.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
and 3.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 24.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 6.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2% did not give a religion, and 13.2% were atheist or agnostic.[
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Aathal Dinosaur Museum
The Aathal Dinosaur Museum
The Aathal Dinosaur Museum (Swiss German native name: Sauriermuseum Aathal) is a paleontological museum in the locality '' Aathal'' of the municipality of Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, and one of the few dinosaur museums in Eu ...
contains a collection of dinosaur skeletons which were unearthed by Hans-Jakob Siber and his team in the US state of Wyoming
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. Additionally they have a large reproductions of skeleton that were found by Robert Gaston and his team in Utah
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. The museum also includes exhibits on dinosaur eggs, foot prints, presence in movies and dinosaurs from Switzerland. The collection includes 10 skeletons being finds from excavations by the museum's team, 10 further original skeletons from Dino, air and marine saurians, 19 detached skeleton fossil dinosaur replicas as well as 31 life-size dinosaur models and 42 replicas of dinosaurs and dinosaur skulls. In 2012 there were 437 guided tours, of which about three hundred for school classes, and since 1992 about 1,571,012 visitors.
Jucker Farm
Jucker Farm
Jucker Farm is a Switzerland, Swiss agrotourism company and agriculture producer and distributor, that operates three farm estates including restaurants and three farm shops. Based in Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Jucker Farm is known for th ...
is an agrotourism company, agriculture producer and distributor, that operates three farm estates including restaurants and three farm shops. Based in Seegräben, Jucker Farm is known for the agricultural events, among them the biggest pumpkin festival in Switzerland, and attracts up to 300,000 visitors a year. It is also the most important pumpkin producer respectively distributor in Switzerland.
Transportation
Aathal railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn
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on the line S14. Its train station is a 26 minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
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. During peak season, there is also a shuttle-bus between the Aathal railway station and Jucker Farm
Jucker Farm is a Switzerland, Swiss agrotourism company and agriculture producer and distributor, that operates three farm estates including restaurants and three farm shops. Based in Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Jucker Farm is known for th ...
situated on Pfäffikersee lake shore in Seegräben.
Notable people
* Jakob Messikommer
Jakob Messikommer (18 August 1828 – 23 August 1917) was a Swiss archaeologist who among others discovered and researched the UNESCO serial site Wetzikon–Robenhausen.
Bibliography
Personal life
Born in the hamlet of ''Stegen'' in Wetzik ...
(1828–1917), pioneer of wetland archaeology, researched the prehistoric settlement Wetzikon–Robenhausen at Robenhausen
Robenhausen is a locality in Wetzikon, one of the municipalities of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The wetland Robenhauser Ried belongs to the protected area surrounding ''Pfäffikersee''. The prehistoric pile dwelling around Lake Zurich ''W ...
References
External links
*
Dinosaur Museum
Jucker Farm
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Municipalities of the canton of Zürich
Pfäffikersee