Kyburg, Zurich

Village and Castle Kyburg

Kyburg ( Zurich German older Chibèèrg [ χibɛ rɡ ː ] ) is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

To Kyburg also includes the hamlet Billikon, Brünggen, Ettenhusen, Mülau, New Brünggen and Seemerrüti.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The coat of arms was taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Kyburg (see for a historical outline the articles of Arms of the Canton Thurgau ).

Geography

Kyburg is located on a tertiary sandstone, 5 km south of Winterthur and the Töss. The municipal area is heavily forested ( 61.2 % of the area ), agriculture used 32 % of the municipality.

Population

Policy

The SVP had last 44%, SP 16.2%, FDP 15.3%, Green 13.1%, CVP 1.8%, and the EPP 3.1% of the vote.

Mayor is the non-party Kurt Bosshard (as of 2014).

History

A settlement was Kyburg 1262-1264 first mentioned. The history of the village is closely linked to that of the eponymous castle Kyburg. Kyburg is located on the site of the former outer bailey. This was separated by two dry moats of the plane that shaped the settlement development.

Through donations, the Habsburgs expanded the urban privileges of the settlement. By 1337, Duke Albrecht received the settlement a private court and was freed from taxes. When the settlement was established in 1362 after a fire, she was able to secure more privileges. Duke Leopold said the settlement in 1370 a one year and a weekly market. The market was abandoned in the 18th century.

In the course of the Appenzell War in 1407 the town and castle was occupied by the people of Schwyz. In the Old Zurich War, the fortified town was badly affected and was built as an open village. As was the county Kyburg in 1424 to Zurich, the rights of the town remained preserved; it was given to him the lower courts and confirms the market right. 1671 Country scribbling of Pfäffikon was moved to Kyburg. 1798 lost all medieval privileges and the community was assigned to the district Fehraltorf. Between 1803 and 1815 it belonged to the district of Uster Grünigen. During the Restoration, it was again fit for the top office Kyburg. Since the administrative reform of 1831, the municipality of Kyburg belongs to the district Pfäffikon.

Pictures

Meeting house

The village center with the church in the background Schloss Kyburg

Schloss Kyburg

Events

Every summer on the Kyburg respectively Kyburgiade, an international chamber music festival, held.

Attractions

Next to the castle Kyburg with its castle chapel with medieval wall paintings there are several stately buildings. Next to the church rectory with the former firm and the Gasthaus Hirschen are worth mentioning.

On the road to Winterthur - Sennhof performs a covered wooden bridge of 1846 over the River Toess.