Hütten is a

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in the district of

Horgen Horgen () is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is one of the larger towns along the south bank of the Lake of Zurich. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the mu ...

in the canton of

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

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. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg merged into the municipality of

Wädenswil Wädenswil (locally often called ''Wättischwiil'', ''Wädischwiil'' or ''Wädi'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality located in the district of Horgen (district), Horgen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Z� ...

History

Hütten is first mentioned in 1270 as ''ze dien Hütten''.

Geography

Hütten has an area of . Of this area, 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 2.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 2.8% of the area. 1.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is near the Hüttnersee, a small lake shared with

Richterswil Richterswil (Swiss German: ''Richtischwiil'' ) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Richterswil is first mentioned in 1265 as ''Richtliswile''. During the 17th Century, a series of peasan ...

. It is a

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(''Strassendorf'') made up of

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

and farm houses along both sides of the

Sihl The Sihl is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the Zürich, city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at . It has ...

Demographics

Hütten has a population (as of ) of . , 6.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 52.9% male and 47.1% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.1%), with English being second most common ( 1.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 55.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (11%), the SPS (9.6%) and the CVP (7.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.6%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hütten about 71% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ). There are 327 households in Hütten. Hütten has an unemployment rate of 2.11%. , there were 93 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 35 businesses involved in this sector. 31 people are employed in the

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and there are 11 businesses in this sector. 101 people are employed in the

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, with 24 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 07-Aug-2009 38% of the working population were employed full-time, and 62% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 359

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and 413

Protestants Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

in Hütten. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 49.5% were some type of Protestant, with 46.2% belonging to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

and 3.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 36.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 2.8% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.9% did not give a religion, and 5.9% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

Transportation

The

Zimmerberg bus line The Zimmerbergbus is a bus network in the Horgen District in Switzerland, operated by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) and its local partner firms: ''AHW Busbetriebe AG'' in Horgen, ''Busbetriebe Bamert GmbH'' in Wollerau, ''Leuthold Tr ...

(''Zimmerbergbus''), provided by the

Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn The ''Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn AG'' () – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a public transport company and network in the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of canton of Zurich, Zurich. The network comprises the Uetliberg railway line, ...

(SZU), connects the

Zimmerberg The Zimmerberg (el. ) is a mountain and a region in the Horgen (district), district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its name comes from the Old High German word ''zimbar'', meaning lumber. Geography Zimmerberg mountain is lo ...

region and parts of the

Sihl valley Sihl Valley ( German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the Horgen (district), district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutten Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich