Boppelsen

Village core

Boppelsen is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Geography

Boppelsen is located at 520 m asl on the southern slope of the warehouses of the Furttal. Often Boppelsen is also referred to as the "sun room" of the region. Nestled between the striking warehouses and an insignificant hill the village is dominated by a very special climate. In spring and summer the sun's heat is stored and made ​​possible a special vegetation process. In autumn and winter often icy winds blow through the small valley. Due to the slight increase in winter is often more and more snow than the rest of Furttal.

To Boppelsen Hochwacht, a viewpoint of warehouses heard.

History

Throughout its history, the name of the place of Bobpinsolo to Popensolo, then Boppensol and Bopletzen has changed to Boppelsen. The origin and meaning of the name is no longer clearly be clarified from " Bobpinsolo " in 1130 ( swamps of Boppo, Sal or house of Bopp ) is 1217/1222 " Popensolo " 1219 " Boppensol " and to 1667 " Bopletzen ". Today's official place name is Boppelsen, and in the village itself is still called " Bopplisse " applies.

First documentary mention is the place in 1130: Lütolf of mountain rain poured on 22 January 1130 Plot driving with a chapel of the monastery Einsiedeln, which would have it, to build a nunnery. In the long line of witnesses listed also a Rudolf de Bobpinsolo seems to. He was probably service nobility of the major Swiss Baron Tight Schlecht the rain Berger. The de Bobpinsolos are said to have inhabited a castle at the warehouses, but missing to any tracks.

After Zurich Urkundenbuch the Barons of Bobpinsolo of 1130 Einsiedeln Monastery were taxable to 1219. Even the monasteries Wettingen, Oetenbach and Muri due to their possessions zehentverpflichtet the inhabitants of Boppelsen.

1409 was the high jurisdiction over by the Habsburgs in Zurich. In the lower court, the barons of rain Berg sat in judgment. The low court over our village were those of the Barons of rain mountain. Boppelsen remained until 1798 in the Association of bailiwick Regenberg.

In a devastating fire in 1649 were 21 houses - two-thirds of the village - a prey to the flames. 98 people were left homeless.

Coat of arms

Blazon

Instead of the double eagle of the Lords of warehouses lily of the valley is determined as of the municipal coat of arms since 1932.

Population

After a period of stagnation in the growth of young families leads to a shift in the age structure. Many people who have grown up here, return sometime back, often with a partner and children. This is probably because that the " Bopplisser " as the residents are popularly known among themselves as a " big family " feel and the bond is very large. In addition, a major reason why so many of the village also provides the special landscape in which it is embedded. There are some families that are an integral part of Boppelsen, for example, the " gas man " and the " Maeder ", have been living here for generations.

Policy

Community is President Monika Widmer.

In the village