Töss

• Schlosstal
• Dättnau
• Eichliacker

Töss is a city district of Winterthur in Switzerland. The formerly independent municipality Töss was incorporated in 1922 and today forms the circle 4 The district is named after the river Töss which here flows through a Winterthur.

Geography

Töss located in the southwest of Winterthur. The formerly independent municipality Töss is dominated by the industrial plants and workers' houses of the Rieter and Sulzer companies that are found in the neighborhood Eichliacker in greater numbers. The whole district is divided by the busy Zurich road that cuts through the town center and forms the boundary of the two districts Eichliacker and Schlosstal. Slightly increased over Töss located in a valley, the district Dättnau. It originated in the 1940s and is the largest district of the district. The city district also includes the district Rossberg in the south, which is characterized by a small hamlet and from the same golf course.

History

Earliest ärchaologische finds on the territory of the municipality Töss are a grave from the first / second Century and finds from the Neolithic Age to the Rossberg. Töss was founded probably by an Alemannic leader called " Toissa ". The name appears on 853 for the first time.

1233 donated Count Hartmann IV of Kyburg the monastery Töss that until the Reformation was crucial for the further development of the town. Known inmates of the monastery were among other Elsbeth Stagel, the co-author of the resulting 1340 Tösser sister book and the Hungarian princess Elizabeth of Hungary.

During the Reformation, the monastery was closed in Holy Week 1525. In June of the same year, there were at the gates of the monastery to a revolt of peasants, presented the demands to the Zurich authorities. The destruction of the monastery could be averted. As a result of the event, the monastery was transferred to the end of the year in the nationalized Klosteramts Töss, which existed until the end of the ancien regime. During the Napoleonic Wars 1798-1803 Töss was looted several times and was on May 27, 1799 scene of battle in Winterthur.

1825, Heinrich Rieter Rieter cotton mill in Niedertöss. Eight years later, Johann Jacob Rieter bought for 108,000 francs on the former grounds of the monastery Töss and built on its factories. 1852 created the first Rieter 's settlement in Switzerland; Today there is still a large part of Töss of former workers' settlements. From then buying the monastery grounds, the monastery church was excluded solely because it was used by the parish Töss. This did not change until 1855, when the newly built church Töss, was opened under the financial aid of Heinrich Rieter.

With the Töss station Töss received in 1876 a railway connection from 1898 reversed the tram Winterthur in the community and various policy areas had been coordinated between Winterthur and Töss. In 1900 Töss had long grown into Winterthur for a workers suburbs and along with Wülflingen one of the first communities with a social democratic majority in the canton of Zurich.

On January 1, 1922, the incorporation of the municipality Töss was adopted by the sovereign to Winterthur, where the hitherto belonging to Töss Bläsihof was ceded to the town of Lindau.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The Hungarian dual cross was added in honor of Elisabeth of Hungary in the coat of arms, who lived at the beginning of the 14th century in Töss monastery.

Transport links

The main connection is the trolley bus line 1 ( Töss - HB - Upper Winterthur) coasts along at the Zurich Street. Some other lines go through Töss. The number 5 bus ( Dättnau - HB - Technorama ) runs via the center Töss and Rosenau in the Dättnau. The line 11 (HB - Steig ) operates via Storchenbrücke and Tössfeld into the riser. The line 7 (HB - Schlosstal - Station Wülflingen ) also passes through the district, however, the line mainly serves Schlosstal and ends at Wülflingen station. The regional line 660 (HB - Brütten - Nuerensdorf - Bassersdorf ( - airport) ) operates the stations center Töss, Töss and climbing to get in and out. ( - Töss - Brütten - Nuerensdorf - Bassersdorf - Lindau - HB Kemptthal ) At the weekend the night bus N66 passes through the district.

Töss has since 1876 on the Winterthur Töss Station is a train station on the railway line Winterthur - Bülach -Koblenz, which was built as part of the railway euphoria in Winterthur by the Swiss Northeastern Railway. The station is served by the S41 S-Bahn Zurich and by the night train Winterthur (Winterthur HB - Waldshut Bülach - - Zurzach ) - Bülach. In the cantonal structure plan is registered as a long-term goal, a second station with the project name Foersterhaus -Töss on the railway line Zurich -Winterthur.

Culture and Leisure

In Töss is the gas works, an alternative cultural center. Annually held on the last weekend of the summer holidays, the " Tössemer Dorfet ", the village festival of Töss. As a recreational area located in 'Sport Riding facilities in the vicinity of the Töss. In Dättnau lies the nature reserve " Dättnauerweiher ".

Education

In Töss there are seven kindergartens ( Am Weiher, Auwiesen, Dättnau, Emil Klötli, Schlosstalstrasse, Strittmatter arable and climbing ) and the Sprachheilkindergarten Fougere field. For the 1st to the 6th grade, there are five primary school buildings ( Laubegg / Dättnau, Eichliacker, Gutenberg, Rebwiesen and Zelglistrasse ). The Oberstufenschulhaus sec for A, B and C is the Rosenau. The Canton schools and other secondary schools are in the city center.

Sports

The local football club called FC Töss and playing on the playground riding area that also has a beach soccer field are (playground Winti the Panthers ), a pump track and beach volleyball courts. In Dättnau is the Hornussenanlage the City Club and the BMX track of Power Bike Winterthur, which is also used for the European Championship runs. In Töss next to the 1970 -built swimming pool is an indoor tennis court. In the spring of each school sporting event Töss relay race takes place, which starts at the riding ring.

The Turnverein Töss was founded in 1870. He achieved its current inventory (founded in 1895) by the accomplished in 2000 merger of gymnastics clubs Töss and Tössfeld. The catchment area includes the living quarters Brühlberg, Dättnau, Eichliacker, Nägelsee, climbing and Vogelsang / width. The gymnastics club offers a wide range of sporting activities. The record Olympic champion Georges Kitty was a member of the TV Töss. Also Mieze's team-mate Melchior Wezel won in 1928 in the gymnastics team competition gold medal.

Sons and daughters of Töss

• Jakob Christoph Heer (1859-1925), Swiss writer
• Ernst Wetter (1877-1963), Swiss politician and Federal
• Georges Kitty (1904-1999), Swiss record Olympic champion