Marthalen

Taverns Rössli and Schmiedstube ( former textile dyeing )

Mart Halen ( in local dialect: Maartel ) is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. The site of the village Marthalen the many still preserved half-timbered houses fall on.

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Geography

Mart Halen is located in the Zürcher Weinland. The community Mart Halen covers an area of 1,414 hectares, the villages Mart Halen and Ellikon am Rhein, as well as the hamlets of low- Mart Halen and Radhof. More than a third of the area, namely 540 hectares are covered by forest. A highly developed agriculture with predominant farming shapes the community.

Neighboring municipalities are from the northwest from clockwise: Rheinau, Benken, Trüllikon, Kleinandelfingen and Flaach in Canton Zurich, book mountain and Rüdlingen in Canton Schaffhausen, Jestetten in the district of Waldshut in Germany.

Population

Approximately 1,900 residents are living in the community, of which 90 are in Ellikon.

In 2010, 65.3 % belonged to the Protestant denomination, 15.2 % Roman Catholic, 19.5 % were members of another denomination or religious affiliation.

Clubs

Mart Halen has its own gymnastics club, a football club ( Ellikon / Mart Halen ) and a YMCA. There are also two music clubs, the trombone and the Musikverein Helvetia, also a church choir as well as a Guggenmusik. Ellikon has its Pontoniere. An annual summer - sled race has been held since 2005.

Policy

Municipality President is Barbara Naegeli (SVP; Stand 2011). Traditionally, the Swiss People's Party (SVP ) is the largest party in the community. You achieved at national elections around 50 % of the electorate shares.

History

Show evidence shows that the area was probably inhabited since the Stone Age and Bronze Age. Remains of pots from a pit in Steinacker (Lower Mart Halen ) were the La Tène period are assigned. In the district Unterwil a Roman settlement was found in the 17th century and north of Ellikon am Rhein, the ruins of a Roman watch tower was discovered. The Roman road from Vitodurum (Upper Winterthur) by Iuliomagus ( Schleitheim ) ran through the area. Graves in the district Leeberen and the name of Ellikon ( Eleen -inc Jehovah = dwelling-place of Eleninge ) confirm the Alemannic colonization

Mart Halen and Ellikon were first 858 in connection with the transfer of possessions to the landowners Wolvene by King Louis the German, in turn, the monastery Rheinau vergabte this mentioned as Martella and Eleeninchova. From 1408 the Bailiwick was as Rheinauer fief Schaffhauser patricians. The high courts were executed by the Landgraviate Thurgau and later by the County of Kyburg. Kyburg had to pledge to the city of Zurich and sell 1452 Bailiwick of 1424. In the later 15th century, the holding of " town meetings " in Marthalen is detected. 1754 to Mart Halen could freely buy thanks to the negotiating skills of the lower Vogts Hans Jacob Wipf from Rheinau monastery. 1798 exchanged the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zurich villages Doerflingen and Ellikon am Rhein.

Agriculture, industry and transport

In agriculture, cultivation of grain and vines ( 1,528 in 1771 and 224 Jucharten ) were dominant. In addition, the peasants possessed Wässerwiesen with a duct system which was maintained until the 1950s. The 1725 awarded by the city of Zurich market law led to an upsurge of the industry ( dyeing, tanneries, tin smith, coppersmith ). As the first industrial company originated in 1843 and 1860 horsehair spinning a chemical factory for mineral fertilizer to the train station, which opened in 1857 Rheinfallbahn Winterthur - Schaffhausen, 1920 was followed by a light metal foundry. In the 1960s, the gravel mining in the area low meadows was intensified. Since 1990 located in Marthalen the headquarters of the country's products Volg.

The Mart Halen station is relocated to the area south of the Fleudenbüel Ruedelfingerstrasse. This can keep long double-deck trains, the S -Bahn from December 2014 also 200 meters. The station because also evolves to an increasingly important transportation hub. From 5:30 bis 0:30 clock clock, at least two trains per hour and direction of the S33. During the peak hours also reverses the accelerated S11, which holds only in Neuhausen and Marthalen between Schaffhausen and Winterthur, directly to Zurich. In addition, the station is now served by 4 post bus routes, bringing the number of commuters from the surrounding communities to the station. Currently (schedule 2014 ) run the following lines from Marthalen:

  • S 11 Zurich HB - HB Winterthur - Schaffhausen ( SBB)
  • S 33 Winterthur HB - Andelfingen - Schaffhausen ( Thurbo )
  • SN3 Winterthur - Schaffhausen ( - Stein am Rhein) ( Thurbo )
  • 620 Mart Halen Rheinau (Bus )
  • 621 Mart Halen Ossingen (Bus )
  • 630 Mart Halen Schaffhausen (Bus )
  • 847 Mart Halen Schlattmann TG (Bus )

Old family name

  • Spalinger, 1340 to low- Mart Halen sedentary (oldest Rheinauer land register )

Upper Mill

Lower forge

Old inn, built in 1660

Old fire station, built in 1676

Local Museum

Kehlhof

Old clubhouse

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