Wallisellen is a

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in the district of

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in the canton of

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, and belongs to the

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(German: ''Glattal'').

History

The first settlement at Wallisellen dates from 58 BC. The municipality Wallisellen has its origin between 400 and 700 BC, after the Germanic migration of the peoples. Wallisellen is named according to both parts "Walchen" and "Seller". The Germanic peoples described as "Walchen" its Celtic and Romanic neighbours (see

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, lake of the Walchen). The word "Seller" stands for immigrated farmers, in contrast to long-established farmers, who cultivated small and modest farms. Linguists think that the name originated because

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gave the name "Wallisellen" to a small farmer settlement, which was inhabited or founded by

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s or

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s. With inauguration of the

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-line Zürich–Wallisellen–Winterthur on 25 June 1856 Wallisellen had its first connection with the Swiss railway network. In 1916, the municipality of Rieden merged with Wallisellen. In the interwar period Wallisellen developed from a village to a growing suburb-municipality of Zurich, but didn't want to have a town charter. During the Second World War, Wallisellen participated actively in the "cultivation battle" ("Anbauschlacht", i.e. increase in domestic food production due to reductions in imports). In 1958 the Roman Catholic church of St. Antonius was built.

Geography

Wallisellen has an area of . Of this area, 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 54.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Demographics

Wallisellen has a population (as of ) of . , 25.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (83.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (1.9%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(19%), the FDP (15.4%) and the CSP (9.8%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) making up 19.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.5%. In Wallisellen about 76.9% 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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''). Wallisellen has an unemployment rate of 3.21%. , there were 50 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 3085 people were employed in the

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and there were 137 businesses in this sector. 8950 people were employed in the

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, with 731 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 30-July–2009

Economy

The large

Shopping Center Glatt The Glattzentrum, more formally known as the Einkaufszentrum Glatt or Glatt shopping centre, is a shopping mall located in the Glatt Valley close to the Swiss city of Zurich. Politically, the mall is situated in the municipality of Walliselle ...

(or

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) is an indoor shopping mall in the municipality, which opened in 1975. Between it and Wallisellen railway station lies

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, an open-air shopping center, which was officially opened in winter 2013 and was completed by end of 2014. Various international companies such as

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and NCR have their Swiss headquarters in Wallisellen.

Transportation

Wallisellen Bahnhof 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 lines S8, S14, S19 and on the

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light rail system. Th
Line 12 tram
serves Wallisellen, with five stops within the municipality; Wallisellen Herti, Wallisellen Belair, Wallisellen Bahnhof, Wallisellen Glatt and Wallisellen Neugut.

Places of interest

* Reformed Church * Doctorhouse *

, also known as (

) * Tower of Rieden * Boulder Nature Trail * Nature Reserve "Moos" * Holzers Home "Holz Hütte"

Sport and association

The largest sports club of Wallisellen is the FC Wallisellen (Football club Wallisellen), which first team in the season 06/07 was promoted to the 2. league. Other successful sports clubs are the EHC Wallisellen (Ice hockey club Wallisellen) and Faustball Wallisellen (Fistball Wallisellen). Also very active is the TV Wallisellen (Gymnastic club Wallisellen). That club has organised since 1993 the Walliseller Lauf (Run of Walisellen), from which all of the earnings go to children who are suffering from cancer. In Wallisellen there are two scout troops: scout troop Gryfensee and scout troop Winkelried.

Language and rhyme

Wallisellen is known in the German part of

due to a rhyme: "Aazelle, Bölle schelle, d'Chatz gaht uf Walliselle, chunnt si wider hei, hät si chrummi Bei, piff paff puff und du bisch (ehr und redlich) duss". :German translation: "Anzählen, Zwiebeln schälen, die Katze geht nach Wallisellen, kommt sie wieder nach Hause, hat sie krumme Beine, pfiff paff und du bist (ehr und redlich) draussen". :English translation: "Counting, peeling onions, the cat goes to Wallisellen, comes she back home, has she crooked legs, piff paff and you are (honestly and candidly) outside". A song of the Bernese dialect-band Stiller Has is "Walliselle". Today the native German-speaking population speaks a mixture of Swiss German dialects. A levelled Zurich-German with a tendency of integration of elements of German is widespread. Long-time residents recognise only in its pronunciation of the toponym Wallisellen with sharp "s".

Notable people

* (1883 – 1954 in Wallisellen), watercolourist, illustrator and graphic designer * (1897–1988), soldier and honorary citizen of Wallisellen *

Kurt Wüthrich Kurt Wüthrich (born 4 October 1938 in Aarberg, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules. Education and e ...

(born 1938 in Aarberg), chemist and prize winner in the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then "M ...

* Beat Fehr (1943 in Wallisellen – 1967) a racing driver *

Adrian Naef Adrian Albert Naef (born 10 January 1948) is a Swiss writer and musician. One of his best known works is ''Nachtgängers Logik – Journal einer Odyssee'' (Suhrkamp 2003), a written statement of his struggle against severe depression. It is the f ...

(born 1948) a Swiss writer and musician, grew up in Wallisellen * (born 1957), graphic designer, illustrator and artist, lives in Wallisellen * (born 1960 in Zürich), actor, director and theater manager *

Jacqueline Fehr Jacqueline Fehr (born 1 June 1963) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. She represents the Canton of Zürich in the Swiss National Council. Professional career Born in Wallisellen, Jacqueline Fehr grew up in El ...

(born 1963 in Wallisellen) politician on the Swiss National Council. * (born 1974), German professional dancer in the field of standard and Latin German Wiki, Sven Ninnemann * Fabienne Liechti (born 1978) a Los Angeles-based professional ballroom dancer and choreographer *

Sven Riederer Sven Riederer (born 27 March 1981) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in triathlon. Riederer competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other simila ...

(born 1981) triathlon athlete, bronze medallist at the

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and Swiss champion * Pius Suter (born 1996) ice hockey player for the

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Top Scorer in 2019-20

External links

* *http://www.wallisellen.ch

References

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