Bauma

Inn fir in Bauma

Bauma is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 Bauma merged with the municipality to municipality Sternberg Bauma.

• 5.1 Cantonal
• 5.2 merger Bauma -Sternberg

• 6.1 traffic

Coat of arms

Blazon:

There are various theories as to how the arms of the municipality Bauma has emerged. The one refers to the year 1740 as the first time a coat of arms is mentioned. So well was the original picture, which shows a green deciduous tree with reddish-brown trunk on green ground, adapted in time of the Helvetic Republic and the deciduous tree replaced by the fir. The fir was planted in 1798 as Liberty Tree in the town square by the French to receive as messengers of freedom.

The coat of arms was officially reviewed on 26 October 1926 by the cantonal coat of arms Commission Zurich and adopted unanimously. The local council of Bauma agreed to the March 3, 1927 but wanted further improvements. After an updated publication on 13 October 1970, through the Antiquarian Society of the Canton of Zurich, the municipal council had agreed in principle and found it to be very appealing.

Geography

Bauma is located in the Zurich Oberland and in the pre-alpine part of Tösstales to 640 m above sea level. M. on the line Winterthur - Ruti ZH. The city of Winterthur is 24.2 km away and the city of Zurich 37.4 km. The highest point of the municipality is the chli - macaroni with 1'073 m above sea level. M. The total area of ​​2076 ha is divided into:

• 50 % forest
• 34% agriculture
• 16 % settlements

The municipal area adjacent to the village Bauma consists of the villages and hamlets Altlandenberg, Saland, Juckern, Blitterswil, Dill House, Undalen, Bliggenswil, Wolfensberg Wellenau, Lipperschwändi (also Lipperschwendi ), horns and Schindlet.

The neighboring communities of Bauma are fish Thal, Sternberg, Wila, Wildenberg ZH, Pfäffikon, Hittnau and Bäretswil.

History

The colonization by the entry of the Alemanni was in the 7th to 10th centuries in the higher terrain terraces, especially Allenwil, Bettswil, Bliggenswil, Blitterswil, horns, Lipperschwendi, Undalen, Wellenau and Wilen. In the sphere of influence of the monastery of St. Gall Christianity came to the region, while the urbanization.

The gentlemen at the Castle Old Landsberg intensified land expansion in the 12th century and 13th century. Already in 1315 were the last knight of the Habsburgs in the Battle of Morgarten and the castle passed to the abbey of St. Gallen back. Over the next centuries the castle changed hands repeatedly and increasingly decayed.

1549 was the low court over was sold to Zurich. The actual birth of the community Bauma was only with the construction of the Reformed Church in 1651, and the consequent subordination of the surrounding settlements in the administrative area of the church. This year, however, the village consisted of only four houses. The local priest was in charge at that time, together with his standstill for religion, schools, welfare, law and order and also in the roads sector. The municipality received in 1661 the market and customs law and from there on to Bauma became the center of the upper Tösstales. The church created in 1651 was 1771 canceled and replaced on the same site with a newer, larger building.

Late 18th to early 19th century, it always came back to serious setbacks in the development of the community. 1786 burned a large part of the village and the fire was difficult to control because of the wooden buildings. Again and again there was famine, so also in 1816 year without a summer than 156 residents died of weakness.

Under Napoleon, and he initiated the Helvetic Republic, the political community Bauma arose and was between 1798 to 1803 the Helvetic district Fehraltorf on. This however changed since 1831 over the next few years several times, from 1803 to 1814 belonged to the community mediation District Uster, then to 1831 for Oberamt Kyburg but the district Pfäffikon on.

The community Bauma was to the beginnings of the 19th century transport links as many surrounding communities not well developed. So there was the first bridge over the River Toess between Winterthur and Bauma until 1820. Between 1836 and 1839 by the building of the road to Wetzikon and Oetwil. 1835, the stagecoach traffic was taken to Winterthur in operation. The Tösstal train originated in 1875 from Winterthur to Bauma. It was renewed a year later until after forest and the whole section is still actively used by the S -Bahn Zurich. The opened in 1901 Uerikon - Bauma -Bahn was until the end of the 20th century in operation, but was gradually replaced by the bus operation Bauma Wetzikon.

Since the Töss, the flow through Bauma has been corrected only in the 20th century, there were repeated flooding. In 1876, the entire village was under water, several buildings collapsed and the newly built Tösstal train was heavily damaged on long drives.

Tapping into Baumas was important for the further economic development in the late 19th century. If the cotton initially processed by women and children in domestic work at home, it came through the industrialization in the formation of factories along the river. By 1900, some 600 workers were working in the three cotton mills and weaving mills and the two silk weaving. Since 1989, all former textile factories have been shut down.

Population

• Proportion of foreign nationals: 14.9 % ( 2012)

Religion

December 31, 2011 were 51.6 % of the population to the Evangelical Reformed Church, and 19.4% to the Roman Catholic Church.

At the regional section Bauma Fish valley of the Evangelical Alliance include the Evangelical Reformed Churches of Bauma and fish Thal and RegiChile Bauma.

In the Bauma Chrischona community RegiChile and the community are represented for Christ of the Free Churches.

There is also a New Apostolic Church.

Policy

The municipality is President Marianne Home Gartner ( EPP 2009). The strongest parties were at the last cantonal elections, 2011, the SVP with 40.2 %, followed by the EPP with 16.7 % and the SP with 12.9%.

Cantonal

In the canton of Zurich Cantonal the community Bauma is represented by Walter Schoch (EPP ).

Merger Bauma -Sternberg

The council has invited the Sternberg council Bauma in November 2012 to merger negotiations. The new financial equalization law grants the municipality Sternberg until the end of 2017 annual compensation. The financial situation of the small municipality with 349 inhabitants ( 2011) is further deteriorated and there are also difficulties in finding suitable voters for public office. The voters of Sternberg agreed significantly in March 2013 at the ballot box of the start of negotiations on a merger of the two communities. In the case of a merger of the Government of the Canton Zurich secures with decision of 10 July 2013, political communities Bauma and Sternberg Fri 3,500,000 to. In the referendum of 24 November 2013, the merger was clearly adopted as of 1 January 2015, the two communities. The new church will continue to Bauma hot, the municipal coat of arms is maintained.

Economy

1821 began the industrialization of the Tösstal by the water power was used for the textile industry.

The factories of the once thriving cotton spinning and weaving have been shut down since 1989. In agriculture, since less than 5 % of the population is employed today, the service and the work location is the main occupation area. Many residents commute to Zurich or Winterthur.

Traffic

Until 1835 use carts often not safe Tössbett as a street to get to Bauma. Only with the construction of the valley road from Winterthur to Bauma and shortly thereafter with the connection to Wetzikon Oetwil found Bauma connection to the world.

1875 took the Tösstal track between Winterthur and Bauma and a year later the extension to the forest to operate on. 1901 was followed by the opening of the built by the locals Adolf Guyer- Zeller Uerikon - Bauma -Bahn. From 1969, this was partially replaced by the bus operation Bauma Wetzikon. Today, the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB) to operate the station Bauma every half hour with the line S 26 Winterthur HB - Bauma - Rüti the S-Bahn Zurich. The Steam Train Society Zürcher Oberland travel on some weekends in the summer, the museum railway Bauma - Hinwil.

There are the following bus routes that are served by the transport company and Zurich Oberland ( VZO ):

• 850 Station Bauma - Adetswil - Bäretswil - Kempten - Station Wetzikon
• 854 Station Bauma - Bridge - Fish Thal - Gibswil - Forest - Station Ruti

In addition, the following bus routes that are served by the Post Bus network exist:

• 809 Station Bauma - Sternberg
• 835 Station Bauma - Juckern - Saland - Hittnau - Pfäffikon Station

Infrastructure

The community Bauma has its own indoor swimming pool with 25 -meter pool. In the municipality there are four kindergartens, three primary schools and a secondary school building houses.

Attractions

• Guyer- Zeller walks ( 100 years ago created )
• Steam train rides and the Museum Railway Steam Train Society Zürcher Oberland
• Industry Nature / water trail Töss
• Reformed Church from 1651, rebuilt in 1771
• Castle ruins Altlandenberg
• Tomb of the family Guyer-Zeller marble
• Wohnmuseum Undalen Freddi - house

Personalities

• Schaggi Streuli, writer, comedian and actor dialect
• Adolf Guyer- Zeller, pioneer, industrialization and transport
• Otto Wartmann - Kaegi, a merchant in the Orient
• Rudolf Kaegi (1882 - 1959), local poet and author dialect