Steinhausen is a

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in the canton of

Zug , neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri , twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina) Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...

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 ...

History

Steinhausen is first mentioned in 1173 as ''Steinhusin''.

Geography

Steinhausen has an area, , of . Of this area, 50.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 33.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on the north-west edge of the

Lorze The Lorze is the main river of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. It flows from Ägerisee through Lake Zug into the Reuss Reuss may refer to: *Reuss (surname) *Reuss (river) in Switzerland *Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries i ...

river flood plain. It consists of the village of Steinhausen and the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of Bann and Erli.

Demographics

Steinhausen has a population (as of ) of . , 19.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (86.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.4%) and Italian being third ( 2.8%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-Sep-2009 In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (22.7%), the FDP (19.7%) and the

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(19.5%). In Steinhausen about 78.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Steinhausen has an unemployment rate of 1.77%. , there were 77 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 2,185 people are employed in the

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and there are 102 businesses in this sector. 3,078 people are employed in the

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, with 431 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Transport

Steinhausen railway station is a stop of the

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 cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...

on the line S5. It is a 43 minute ride from

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland a ...

. Another station, Steinhausen Rigiblick railway station was opened in 2012.

Notable people

Max Huwyler Max Huwyler (6 December 1931 – 28 January 2023) was a Swiss writer. Biography Originally, Huwyler was a high school teacher in Zürich. He wrote several books for children, theatre plays, poetry, fiction stories, and radio plays. He co-auth ...

(born 1931) is a Swiss writer, lives in Steinhausen *

Josef Bisig Josef Meinrad Bisig (born 2 September 1952) is a Swiss Roman Catholic priest, and co-founder and first superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. He was originally a member of the Society of Saint Pius X but left when founder Arc ...

(born 1952 in Steinhausen) a Swiss Roman Catholic priest, and co-founder and first superior general of the

Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter ( la, Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri; FSSP) is a traditionalist Catholic society of apostolic life for priests and seminarians which is in communion with the Holy See. The society was founded in 19 ...

Céline Schärer Céline Schärer (born 9 February 1990), is a professional Swiss triathlete, National U23 Champion of the year 2010 and member of the National Team (Team Olympic Distance). In 2006 Céline Schärer took part in her first ITU competition. In 2 ...

(born 1990) is a professional Swiss triathlete, lives in Steinhausen *

Nina Betschart Nina Betschart (born 14 October 1995) is a Switzerland, Swiss professional beach volleyball player who plays as a Beach_volleyball#Player_specializations, right side defender with her partner Tanja Hüberli. She is a two-time European Beach Voll ...

(born 1995 in Steinhausen) a Swiss professional beach volleyball player

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Zug