Kloten

Playground, farmhouse and Reformed Church in Kloten.

Kloten ( in local dialect: Chloote [ ː tə χlo ] ) is a town in the district of Bülach in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The municipality includes not only the neighborhoods center, Geissberg, Hostrass, Oberfeld, Rütlen, Spiked, Bramen, Balsberg, Holberg, Hohrainli, Barracks, Chaseren and Freiberg also the settlements Egetswil, Geerlisberg, Bänikon, Obholz, in Eigental, in the rank and the Aalbühl as well as a large part of the airport Zurich.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The coat of arms dates back to the Lords of Kloten, who wore as a sign of belonging to the Habsburgs since 1331 half a lion in the seal. 1793, was first used as a coat of arms.

Geography

Kloten is located about 10 km northeast from the city center of Zurich, at the opening of Altbachtals to the Glatt valley. Directly west, in the plane of Rümlang Ried, is the Airport Zurich, taking a significant part of the municipal area in Klotener claim and reaches beyond its boundaries.

  • Area: 1,928 ha, of which 34 % agriculture, 26 % forest, 22 % transport, 17 % settlements.

Population

  • Proportion of foreign nationals: 27.8%.
  • Gender: 9026 men, 8783 women
  • Religious affiliation: 29.4 % Evangelical Reformed, 30.8 % Roman Catholic, 34.9 % none or other religious affiliation ( as of 2010)

History

In the field of the current airport traces were Neolithic settlement found Time, at Aalbühl remains of a settlement from the early Bronze Age, and a Roman estate, in the Hagen wood and Homberg stone cist graves from the Hallstatt period. In Roman times Kloten lay at the crossroads of the Roman road from Vindonissa ( Windisch ) to Brigantium ( Bregenz) with one from the north tions Turicum ( Zurich ) leading the way; at the Reformed Church in what is now the city center there was between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD a Roman settlement in the 4th century AD, a fort. Legion brick testify to the presence of the legions XXI Rapax and XI Claudia. Perhaps since the mid-12th century occupied as Chlotun local name from a formation * Claudiodunum from the Legion name with gall. dunon, attachment, Anhöh, mountain ' back; another interpretation sees in the name of a purely Celtic composition with the front limb * klau̯o, bolt, nail ' > air. CLO nail '.

Close the smoothness was at 13-14. Century the castle tube as the seat of the Lords of Zürich, which destroyed in Sempach, but rebuilt by the people of Zurich and was demolished until 1892. As part of the rule Kyburg reached the high and low court of Kloten 1264 to the Habsburgs, 1424/52 to the city of Zurich. Kloten remained until 1510 customs house and until 1798 court of the Kyburgs sub Office. In the Helvetic the community Kloten came first to the newly created District Bassersdorf, 1803 / '31 then to the District Bülach. On September 2, 1839 was held in advance of the Züriputschs to Kloten a public meeting place. 1872, the civil parish Geerlisberg was disbanded in 1922 those of Kloten; In 1927, the connection of previously belonging to Oberembrach hamlet Bänikon and self- Thal.

With the opening of the National Railway Winterthur Wettingen Kloten 1877 provided a stop. The 1911 furnished artillery weapons station is used since 1950 for the training of Signal Troops. 1946-1948 the village of Zurich-Kloten Airport was created west, which has since been expanded several times and by the population growth was strongly promoted; In 1961 Kloten with 10,000 inhabitants city size.

In 2009 Kloten was awarded the Energy City label for its sustainable and efficient energy policy. The Energy City Kloten draw from especially the high and large by an offer to the public transport more environmentally friendly mobility.

Attractions

  • See also: List of cultural property in Kloten
  • Church of Christ the King Roman Catholic Parish Church

Policy

The established in 1970 as a legislative council consisting of 32 members Grosse; the municipality is governed by a seven-member city council.

Mayor René Huber (SVP, Booth 2014).

Twinning

United States Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Personalities

  • Johann Heinrich Lips (1758-1817), engraver, born in Kloten
  • Leo Landau (1880-1960), lawyer and Zionist, died in Kloten
  • Roman Wager ( born 1963 ), ice hockey player
  • Felix Hollenstein (born 1965 ), ice hockey player and coach
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