Gossau, Zürich

View from the panhandle, Wetzikon the screen background left

Gossau [ ɡo ː SAU ] is a political community in the district Hinwil of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is located in the Zurich Oberland and in the upper Glatt valley between Wetzikon and Forch.

• 4.1 legislative
• 4.2 executive
• 4.3 Cantonal

• 6.1 Public Transport
• 6.2 private transport

Geography

Gossau ZH is bordered to the west by the district of Uster, on the north by Wetzikon, to the east by Bubikon and on the south by green rings. The municipality consists of the villages Gossau respectively. Outside Wachten Bertschikon, Gruet, Ottikon and Herschmettlen and other hamlets like Hellberg or Brüschweid.

Gossau and his Wachten are embedded in a shaped by more than 150 drumlins landscape, a relic of the Ice Age. Gradually developed after the settlements on the wooded hills and moor traversed sinks.

The air distance to the city of Zurich is 18 km, the municipal boundary is 27.2 kilometers long, state and local roads comprise 98 km and 120 km corridor roads. From the community area are 66.4 % agriculture, 14.1% is covered by forest, 5.3% are roads and 13.7 % settlement areas, waters take 0.1 % of the area in claim (2010).

Coat of arms

Blazon

This silver ball is due to a wealthy family who used to live in Gossau.

Population

In Gossau there are 4671 households (2012 ). The proportion of foreigners is 13.41% (2012 ). Tax rate (excluding churches ): 119%. (2012)

Religion

December 31, 2011 consisted of 45.49 % of the population of the Evangelical Reformed Church, and 25.6% to the Roman Catholic Church.

In Gossau there is also the Free Church Chrischona and the Apostolic Church.

Policy

Legislature

The voting citizens and voters are the supreme governing body of the political community. You choose the local council, the Audit Commission, the social authority and decide at the ballot box or in the community meeting about the main business of the community. In the national elections of 2007, the Gossauer voters selected the following party Strengths: SVP 40.3%, SP 14.4%, FDP 10.3%, EPP 8.3%, CVP 7.5% GP 6.7%, GLP 6, 5%, 5.1% EDU, SD 0.4 %, and 0.3% AL.

Executive

Every four years, the voters at the ballot box currently a nine-member council (including the Chairman ). Mayor Jörg Kundig (FDP stand 2014).

Cantonal

In the Zurich Cantonal Gossau is represented by: Patrick Hächler (CVP ), Cornelia Keller ( BDP ), Jörg Kundig (FDP ) and Marcel Lenggenhager (BDP ).

History

In the year 824, the first written reference as Cozesouva ( the floodplain of the Coz of the Goths ). As usual in that time, today's Gossauer municipality was always other gentlemen: Already around 777 built the monastery of St. Gall, the first church, and there where still stands the church, and taught the largest parish one in the Zurich Oberland. This center of power, however, was always in response to a landlord. The Gossauer rights changed after the church establishment quite often the hand and came alternately in secular and then again in ecclesiastical possession. In 1416 they landed at the monastery Ruti, but already in 1442 took over the city-state 's political Zurich scepter in Gossau and held power until 1798. Thereafter, the ancien régime was overthrown by Napoleon's troops.

Economy and Transport

The transport infrastructure, population growth and the quality of living make the municipality Gossau for industry, trade and services / inside an interesting location. Despite its rural environment, the cities of Zurich, Winterthur, Rapperswil and the international airport Kloten in 20 to 30 minutes are achievable. In 2005 there in Gossau 342 companies, employing a total of 1967 people, mainly in the industrial, commercial and service sectors.

Public transportation

Gossau does not have its own train station, but is connected via bus to public transport. There are the following bus routes that are served by the transport company and Zurich Oberland ( VZO ):

• 845 Station Uster - Sulzbach - Bertschikon - Gossau - Green Willingen - Oetwil am See
• 862 Station Wetzikon - Gruet - Gossau - Gruet - Station Wetzikon ( circuit)
• 867 Station Wetzikon - Gruet - Gossau - Green Willingen - Oetwil am See
• 883 Station Bubikon - Herschmettlen - Hellberg - Station Wetzikon

Private transport

In the area highways Gossau (up examination Oberland highway ) developed by the cantonal highways A52 ( Forch motorway ) A53 respectively. A finely branched cantonal and municipal road network leading to every corner of the large-scale community.

School

Gossau has led schools. Distributed in the municipal area there are nine kindergartens, six houses and a primary school Oberstufenschulhaus. The long - or short-term school can be visited at the Cantonal School Zürich Oberland ( KZO ) in Wetzikon.

Attractions

Reformed Church 's landmark Gossau is high above the community enthroned Reformed Church. She has a centrally placed baptismal font of rich black marble. Already in the 8th century the first church was built at this place.

Lookout Gerbel A viewpoint is the Gerbel at Herschmettlen: From this highest point of Glatttals should we ( allegedly) 24 may include steeples.

Drumlin Of the more than 150 drumlins ( Grundmoränenhügel from the Ice Age ) in the upper Glatt valley located 50 Gossauer municipality. Most typically, the Drumlin Ottiker Buel is Unterottikon in the guard.

Personalities

• Jacob Falk ( * 15th or 16th century; † September 5, 1528 in Zurich ), martyr of the Anabaptist movement
• Ernst Brugger (* March 10, 1914, † 20 June 1998), the Federal Council
• Jacob Zollinger ( born June 26, 1931 † 2010) Dr. hc, village historian and chronicler