Dürnten

Village center of Durnten

Durnten is a municipality in the district of Hinwil the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

  • 4.1 Municipal Council (as of 2014)
  • 4.2 parties
  • 5.1 shopping
  • 5.2 traffic 5.2.1 Private Transport
  • 5.2.2 Public Transport

Coat of arms

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Geography

The community Durnten is divided into four geographically separated from each other hamlets: Tann, Durnten, Oberdürnten and Breitenmatt.

Population

Since 2005, the foreign resident population has stopped in the town at around 15 percent.

Tann, with over 3,000 inhabitants, the largest village of the municipality. Next follows Oberdürnten with Breitenmatt and Durnten.

Religion

December 31, 2011 consisted of 40.2 % of the population of the Evangelical Reformed Church, and 26.7 % to the Roman Catholic Church.

In the regional section of the Evangelical Alliance are in the Durnten Tann and the gathering churches, the Evangelical Reformed Church and the Methodist Church there.

Policy

Council (as of 2014)

  • Mayor Hubert J. Rüegg (FDP)
  • College President: Luke Leibundgut (SVP )
  • Cornelia Benedetti (CVP )
  • Luigi Boccadamo (independent)
  • Peter Jaeggi (DTS )
  • Hans Müller ( FDP)
  • Urs Roth ( Independent)

Parties

Economy and infrastructure

Shopping

The only supermarket Tann is the privately run Frischmärt Gabriel. In the village there is a part Durnten Volg branch and a branch - Landi. In Oberdürnten a small village shop is also performed, which belongs to the family Klöti. Only the width Matt offers no shopping.

Traffic

Private transport

The municipality owns next to major thoroughfares with a connection to the Oberland motorway ( A53 ) towards Zurich and Rapperswil.

Above Breitenmatt is the airfield Hasenstrick ( ICAO code LSPK ), but it includes only a grass runway.

Public transportation

At Tanner Station runs every hour S 26 Winterthur HB - Bauma - Rüti the S-Bahn Zurich.

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

  • 882 Station Bubikon - Durnten - Oberdürnten - Breitenmatt
  • 870 Station Ruti - Tann - Oberdürnten - Hadlikon - Station Hinwil

School

In the community Durnten There are five primary school buildings, as well as the Oberstufenschulhaus Nauen, which is located in Tann. Also in the district Tann are the schoolhouses leaf, pine wood and Bogenackerstrasse, in Oberdürnten the same schoolhouse Oberdürnten and Durnten the schoolhouse Schuepis.

Church building

Three churches are in the municipality of Durnten. In the center of Durnten is the Evangelical Reformed Church. The church of the Roman Catholic parish Ruti - Durnten - Bubikon is in the district of Tann Tann is also in the church building of the Evangelical Methodist Church Ruti - forest - Hombrechtikon.

Culture

Since 2007, instead of the Culture Days Durnten annually.

Personalities

Partnership

  • Szentbékkálla Hungary, Hungary - since 2001
Tann, Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland Hinwil District Gossau, Zürich
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