Schönenberg, Zurich

Reformed Church Schoenberg

Schoenberg is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The buckle shows the descent from Wädenswil. The three mountain refers to either the city name or on locally available drumlins.

Geography

The town of Schönberg is located on the southern tip of rooms mountain range, a lateral moraine, which were left behind in his advance into the last ice age, the Linth Glacier. The terrain rises from the lake on a terraced, of drumlins embossed, broad ridge and drops abruptly against the Sihl. Along the Sihl and around the Teufenbach pond in the south of Schoenberg are forests. On the tops of the drumlins is traditionally a lime tree planted. Schoenberg is height due mostly above the fog line of the Central Plateau. Together with the green landscape and the bogs of national importance makes this circumstance Schoenberg to a hiking area.

History

The first evidence of settlement of the municipality comes from a document, which is dated to the year 1270. Mention six the Cistercian monastery Wettingen belonging yards in today's municipality of Schoenberg, which then belonged to the dominion of the Barons of Wädenswil. 1287 sold the last Baron Rudolf III. the absence of descendants, the rule Wädenswil (today communities Schoenberg, Wädenswil, Richterswil, cabins and Uetikon the lake and part of Hirzel ) to the Knights Bubikon. After the Reformation, sold the Hospitallers in 1549 the rule Wädenswil ( including the present town of Schönberg ) with all rights to Zurich. 1701 built on the government to Geissferen (former name of the present village center ) a reformed church, a parsonage and a fixed churchyard This one's parish Schoenberg had developed by 1703.

Schoenberg made ​​financially independent by the buyout from the Wädenswiler arms and Batzengut (1784 ) and from the buyout from the Wädenswiler Gemeindegut (1811 /13). 1823/24 next to the church, a school house was built in 1836 followed by the secondary school. Schoenberg was a stagecoach connection to Wädenswil (1871 ) and later with the post bus (1922 ) well developed. The Municipal House was founded in 1948 inaugurated and has since expanded the infrastructure of the village: 1950 a schoolhouse was built with gymnasium on the Humbel, 1953/54, built in the mat a sewage treatment plant, 1958 opened a retirement home in the Stollenweid and 1977 another treatment plant ( in the lower Mittelberg ) put into operation. In recent history, the parish hall was rebuilt (1996/ 97), the nursing home Stollenweid extended ( 1997-99 ) and a school pavilion set up ( 2001).

Population

  • Population density: 174 inhabitants per km2
  • Number of households: 670 (as of 2000)
  • Religious affiliation: 49% Evangelical Reformed, 30.1 % Roman Catholic, 20.9% other or no religious affiliation ( as of 2010)

Policy

Mayor Alfons Schuler. In the national elections in 2003 chose the community especially SVP representatives ( 49.7 %), the second most SP- members (16.5 %), closely followed by FDP exponent ( 15.2 %). The CVP was able to record 6.5 % of all votes, the Green Party (GP) similar to 6.2 %. The Evangelical People's Party (EPP ) received 3% of the votes.

Economy

Schoenberg is agricultural. A überrergionale significance of the Tirggelfabrik Suter.

Attractions

Personalities

Trimount Zimmerberg Teufenbachweiher Tilia Wettingen Abbey Swiss federal election, 2003 Horgen District Adliswil Kilchberg, Zürich Langnau am Albis Oberrieden
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