Meilen

Church miles, ferry

Miles is a municipality and capital of the district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

Blazon

Throughout history, the number of stars in the crest varied and sometimes lacked the three mountain or castle " was " directly. It goes back to the Knight family of Friedberg, who lived in the Middle Ages the castle Friedberg above miles.

Geography

The municipality is located on the middle right bank of Lake Zurich between Zurich and Rapperswil- Jona. Miles includes the hamlets field miles, Upper miles and miles uphill village by the lake with mountain miles.

  • Area: 1193 ha, of which 47 % agriculture, 24 % forest, 27 % settlements.

Miles and miles are separated by the Upper Bow Bachtobel. Since June 2012 crosses a 60 -meter long and just under 1.5 meter wide suspension bridge the ravine. It was designed by the Chur engineer Hans priests. The 390,000 francs comparatively cheap bridge is the first of its kind in the canton of Zurich.

Population

In Miles lived on 31 December 2011 12'602 people.

Religious affiliation: 41.6 % Evangelical Reformed, 26.1 % Roman Catholic, 32.3% other or no religious affiliation ( as of 2010).

History

Mile Rorenhaab is a prehistoric settlement site on Lake Zurich in the field of community miles. The place name is first recorded in 880 as Meilana in a goods classification of the Zurich Grossmünster. The Friedberg castle has been preserved as a ruin. Between 1990 and 2000 various artifacts such as shoe lace, or other everyday objects were found during excavations at the ruins. Most finds come from the Sodbrunnen, which was probably used by the object of the castle as a dumping ground. You can see the objects as well as the reconstruction and pictures from that time in the local museum of miles.

Traffic

By Miles leads the right bank Zürichseebahn. The local train station is served by the S-Bahn Zurich with two lines:

  • S 6 (Baden AG - ) Otelfingen - Rain Village - Zurich HB - Uetikon
  • S 7 Winterthur HB - Kloten - Zurich HB - Miles - Rapperswil

Another station in the community is Herrliberg field miles. Miles is connected to the well-developed bus network of transport companies and Zurich Oberland. There are links course with ships of Lake Zurich Navigation Company and Lake Zurich ferry Horgen miles.

Policy

Mayor Christoph Hiller (FDP), Booth 2013.

Partnerships

  • Ebes Hungary, Hungary
  • Polička Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Attractions

Pictures

Mileage

Miles by ferry to Horgen

Economy to the castle

Personalities

  • Johann Rudolf Dolder (1753-1807), politician, born in miles
  • Heinrich Lang (1826-1876), a leading liberal theologian, 1863-1871 pastor in miles
  • Magdalena Martullo - Blocher (born 1969 ), entrepreneur, lives in field miles
  • Paul Moor (1899-1977), educator, died in miles
  • Ulrich Wille (1848-1925), General of the Swiss Army, died in miles
  • Fritz Zorn (1944-1976), writer, born in miles
Trimount Meilen railway station Baden, Switzerland Fritz Angst Meilen District Zollikon
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