Aesch, Zurich

Aesch ZH

Aesch (until 2001 officially called Aesch bei Birmensdorf ) is a municipality in the district Dietikon the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

Blazon

On a community disc from 1587 is the oldest representation of the municipal coat of arms.

Geography

Aesch is slightly elevated in a depression in the south of Birmensdorf against the Islisberg.

Neighboring municipalities are on Aargau page Arni, Islisberg, Oberwil- Lieli and Zurich side Birmensdorf, Wettswil and Bonstetten. However Wettswil and Bonstetten limits only at a point on Aesch.

One-third of the municipal area is wooded and more than half is used for agriculture.

Population

After a certain upswing as suburban community of Zurich between 1960 and 1990 the Aescher population has grown rapidly and has decreased to 3.6% in the meantime since 1993. Easy to delayed yet sustained brisk construction activity in 2009 exceeded the threshold of thousands.

Aesch leads nursery and primary school in the community. Secondary education is conducted on the basis of a district municipality and in Birmensdorf. The closest high schools are located in Oberurdorf and in Zurich.

Traffic

Leads through the village a busy street on which rolls of rush-hour traffic from Aargau via Birmensdorf to Zurich or on the highway ( A3/A4 ). Opened in April 2009, Zurich western bypass crosses under Aesch in a tunnel.

Aesch is due to two integrated in the Zurich Transport Network Postbus lines (215 and 245 ) that connect the village with Zurich - Wiedikon. In the peak hours the buses run in a 10 - to 15 -minute intervals. The Zurich Hauptbahnhof can be - with change in Birmensdorf on the S-Bahn line S9 - reach in 28 minutes.

Economy

The agriculture and some small businesses are the main industries. As part of the opening of the West ring is made ​​some construction activity after a long period of stagnation. Approximately 75 % of employees work outside the community.

Policy

As a typical small rural community of Zurich Aesch bourgeois ( middle-right ) is dominated. The percentage of voters in the six largest parties in the parliamentary elections of 2003 show this clearly:

• Right-wing parties 60.9 %: SVP ( 43.8 %), the FDP ( 17.1% )
• Center parties 7.7%: CVP (6.3% ), EPP (1.4%)
• Left parties 19.1%: SP (14.6%), GP (4.5%)

At the local level, a policy-oriented club is under the name "Forum Aesch " active. Mayor Johann Jahn, Forum Aesch ( as of 2010).

History

Settlement traces of Roman origin of the present village have been found east.

The church is mentioned in 1124 for the first time. At that time the monastery Engelberg landowner was in Aesch. With the conquest of the Aargau Aesch 1415 came under the rule of Zurich where it remained until the Helvetic Republic. Between 1798 and 1803 it was annexed to the district Mettmenstetten.

Until the Second World War Aesch was purely a farming community. From 1942 to 1946 was in Aesch a labor camp with internees and emigrants, of which clearing work was carried out in Reuetal and Stierwald.

Starting in 1963, the building complex of the district plan areas Brunn and Grossacher began, whereby the change is taking place for the agglomeration community.