Glattfelden

Glattfelden

Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

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Geography

Glattfelden is located in Zurich lowlands on the last stretch of the river Glatt, which opens at Rheinfelden in the Rhine. The site includes beside the village Glattfelden the settlements Schachen, Aarüti, Rheinfelden and Zweidlen. Neighboring municipalities are: Weiach, Hohentengen, Eglisau, Bülach, Hochfelden and Stadel. The municipal area includes the exclave Neuhus, a farmstead in the floodplain, which Glattfelden with Hüntwangen has a common border.

Population

  • Population density: 346.1 inhabitants per km2
  • Religious affiliation: 40.0 % Evangelical Reformed, 24.2 % Roman Catholic, 35.8 % none or other religious affiliation ( as of 2020)

Policy

Mayor 's Pier - Luigi Quattropani (independent in 2009).

The other council members are Ernst Gassmann (FDP ), Bruno Suter (SVP ), Thomas Steiner ( SP ) and Stefan Betschart (SVP ).

Economy

Traffic

Glattfelden is on the main road No. 7 Basel Winterthur, which travels around the village as cantonal highway A50.

The Glattfelden railway station is on the railway line Bülach - Schaffhausen and from the lines S5 and S22 ( Thurbo ) of the S -Bahn Zurich operated. A bus of the Zurich Transport Network connects the village to the station.

Zweidlen has its own railway station, which is located in Rheinfelden on the line Winterthur -Koblenz. This station was closed in the wake of austerity measures while a few years, but is now operated again.

Attractions

  • Gottfried Keller Centre and Museum
  • Poet of Glattfelden after Emperor chair
  • Kraftwerk Eglisau - Glattfelden in Rheinfelden
  • Film studios Glattfelden, the largest film studio in Switzerland, former production site of Lüthi und Blanc, but demolished in 2010

Pictures

Klingelehaus 1526, Gottfried Keller Centre

House of the uncle of Gottfried Keller of 1675

Old house of 1679

Others

The place is famous by the intimate relationship that had the Swiss poet and writer Gottfried Keller Zurich State to him. In his youth, he spent his summer holidays in Glattfelden.

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