Rümlang

Mentioned Reformed Church, 952

Zürich is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The coat of arms shows on a red background, the upper half of a broken reared for the attack, white unicorn. It is a reminder of the Knights of Zürich, who had painted their shields and helmets with this emblem. In 1424, this unicorn appeared in the coat of arms of the upper Bailiwick of Zürich, which consisted of the village substantially. Therefore, the coat of arms in 1508 transferred already to the village of Zürich, which is evidenced by a nearly 500 -year-old coat of arms of the municipality disc in the choir windows of the Reformed Church.

Population

The former farming village Zürich long time had only about 1,100 inhabitants. Under pressure from the agglomeration of Zurich and the airport, the population increased after 1948, but rapidly. Today Zürich has about five times as many inhabitants as 1940. Due to the strong population growth were created around the old village over the past decades, many new residential buildings and commercial premises. Nevertheless, the Rümlang take their community still perceive as a village.

History

Remains of Roman settlement can be found on the " Bölli ", which is not surprising, because the current municipal area was crossed from east to west by a Roman road.

The name is derived from the Zürich incurred in the 7th century Alemannic settlement. « Rumilinswanc ", the oldest recorded place name in written sources dates from the year 924, a later reads " Rumelanc ". It is believed that a leader named " Rumilo " settling down with his family in today's municipal area. The second part of the name derives from " wang ", which means Wieshalde or grass slope. Zürich is because even on a sloping gently eastward slope.

Kleinjogg, agricultural reformer in the 18th century

One of the most famous Rümlang is the Kleinjogg. He lived in the hamlet Katzenrüti, where a plaque commemorates him recalls: In this house had the pattern maker Jakob Gujer called Kleinjogg, 1769-1785 for an exemplary renovation of the Zurich agriculture. Johann Wolfgang Goethe visited the patterns Bauer on June 12, 1775 and 26-27. November 1779: I have no abgesencktes from the Wolcken Ideal encountered, thank God, but one of the most magnificent creatures, as the earth brings forth. ( Goethe to Sophie von La Roche, Zurich, June 12, 1775).

Closely associated with Kleinjogg is the legend of the steeple knitted ( Zurich German: from glismete Chile tower). The Rümlang had in fact turned in the 18th century on agriculture and home-working in the textile industry. They were specialized in the production of socks. Not only women and children, the men knitted coarse woolen stockings. The Rümlang dyed the wool and let their products by peddlers throughout Zürichbiet and beyond sell. However, whether all these Professionistentätigkeit came agriculture too short. Where all knitted, they were worth, were missing hands for cultivation of the soil, so that many fields vergandeten. That was Kleinjogg an eyesore. He leased around 1775 three Jucharten neglected farmland and built Esparsetten in to give his neighbors an example of how they could make their goods to sources of true wealth if they would swap their miserable idlers employment (knitting) with field work. From these words, you can tell was why throughout Zurich lowlands scoffed at the Rümlang - indeed, one even claimed that they had even " glismet » its steeple!

Gallery

Kleinjogghof in Katzenrüti ( Chatzenrüti ) Mehrreihenständerbau

Chatzenrüti with the upper Katzensee

Lower and upper Chehlhof, mentioned in 1621, in possession of Mrs. Munster

Dorfbrunnen of 1806 with transformer stations

Nature reserve Altläufe the smoothness

The smoothness in Zürich, looking towards Kloten - Opfikon to Grubenmann Bridge

Grubenmann bridge over the smooth, built in 1767

Policy

Mayor Thomas Hardegger (SP as of 2012).

Churches

In Zürich there are two churches:

• The Evangelical Reformed Church has the center of the village Reformed Church, which is occupied as early as the year 952. In 1302 or 1316 this was replaced by a higher Chorturmbau and rebuilt after the destruction of the village and church in the Old Zurich War in 1444 by the Confederates in 1471.
• The Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter is located on the Rümelbachstrasse and was built between 1969-1970 by the architect Bernhard Weis. Based on the Sanctuary of Notre -Dame- du- Haut de Ronchamp Architect Le Corbusier the church was built slightly increased. The Church of St. Peter has in the interior to clear allusions to the pilgrimage church at Ronchamp. In the 1960s, was also planned to build in the same spot next to the schoolhouse Rümelbach and the Catholic Church is also a new Reformed church and a cemetery. However, only the school house and the Catholic Church were realized from this proposed plant.

Economy

In Riedmatt is that of the global Kaba Group headquarters. In the industrial area Riedmatt the company Ticket Corner is located. With 85 employees, this service company one of the largest taxpayers of the municipality.