Steinhausen is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

in the

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an It ...

Zug Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; ; ; ; )Named in the 16th century. is the largest List of cities in Switzerland, town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug. Zug is renowned as a hub for some of the wealthiest individuals in the wor ...

in Switzerland.

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. See also * List of rivers of Switzerland The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Incl ...

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. 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 ...

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 2007 federal election 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

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

(19.5%). In Steinhausen about 78.5% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...

or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). 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

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

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

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

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

Transport

Steinhausen railway station Steinhausen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zug, situated in the municipality of Steinhausen. The station is located on the Zurich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line and is an intermediate stop on Zurich S-Bahn ...

is a stop of the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

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

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof, often shortened to Zürich HB or just HB, and known in English as Zurich Main Station, is the largest railway station in Switzerland and one of the busiest in Europe. It is a major railway hub, with services to and from a ...

. Another station,

Steinhausen Rigiblick railway station Steinhausen-Rigiblick is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zug, in the municipality of Steinhausen, on the Zurich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line. It was inaugurated on 26 November 2012 and opened on the timetable change on ...

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, FSSP (born in 2 September 1952) is a Swiss traditionalist Catholic priest. He was co-founder and first superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, created in 1988. He was originally a member of the Society of ...

(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 (; FSSP) is a traditionalist Catholic society of apostolic life for priests and seminarians. It is in communion with the Holy See. It was founded in 1988 by 12 former members of the Society of Saint Pius ...

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 200 ...

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

Nina Betschart Nina Brunner (; born 14 October 1995) is a Swiss professional beach volleyball player who plays as a right side defender with her partner Tanja Hüberli. She is a two-time European Champion, winning the title in 2021 and 2023, the silver meda ...

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

Economy

The headquarters of now defunct

Crypto AG Crypto AG was a Swiss company specialising in communications and information security founded by Boris Hagelin in 1952. The company was secretly purchased in 1970 by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and West German Federal Intelligence Se ...

was located in Steinhausen.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Zug