Turbenthal

Turbenthal

Turbenthal [ ta ː ˌ tʊrbən l] ( in the local dialect: [ tʊ ː ˌ rbə ta ː l] ) is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Name

The name of the village is the first time 825 is in a document of the monastery of St. Gall as Turbatuntale, then 829 as Turbatun and even 1330 as Turbaten. It should ' go back to a Celtic form * Turbādūnum with the meaning fortified settlement on the river Turba; Turba (< IE * twer, rotate, swirl ') particular would be the old name of the Töss.

Coat of arms

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Geography

Located in the upper Tösstal community has with its 25.07 km ² to the larger of the canton and next to the village Turbenthal includes numerous other localities. Since the early 19th century passed on to today's municipal area ten civil parishes:

• Hutzikon with Altmühle, Fried Thal, reason and Girenbad
• Landsberg Mountain, ruin Breitenlandenberg, Buhl, beetles and Oberspitz meadow
• Neubrunn
• Oberhofen
• Ramsberg with Neugrüt
• Schmidrüti Kalchegg, supporter groups, Schochen and Sitzenberg
• Seelmatten with Rengerswil and Schürli
• Steinenbach with Freckmünd, Gosswil and basement arable
• Tablat
• Turbenthal with Kehlhof

This was until 1930, gradually all dissolved, its functions were transferred to the municipality.

From the municipal area, 58% is forested, 35 % used for agriculture, 4% are residential areas and 3% is for transport buildings. The 540 m above sea level. M. deepest and yet most westerly point of the municipality is located on the border with the town of Zell ZH at the Töss, the highest at 842 m on the border with Hofstetten.

History

Around the year 700, Christianity was introduced in the region around Turbenthal. In a document from the year 858 a Reginbert transferred his property and his share of the " Basilica in turban Turn" the monastery of St. Gall. The monastery practicing in the following centuries of influence on the church.

1328 the ancestral castle of the noble family of Breitenlandenberg was mentioned in documents for the first time, not only in the Tösstal possessed power at the time. The castle was " high above the village " Turbenthal. The large fortress in 1804 canceled. Parts of it were built into homes and are still partially preserved. Until 1452 the town belonged Turbenthal belonged to the territory of the county of Kyburg. When the Zurich city bought the county, the village was zürcherisch.

In the 17th century Turbenthal was known by the numerous large spinning and weaving. The village suffered from famine. After a severe crisis, the domestic industry was replaced by the factory. First cotton mills emerged. 1830 received the traditional village fair, which even today still takes place in spring and autumn.

1875 Tösstal railway was built through the village. Before 1920, the Töss occurred several times over the shore and taught partially devastating damage. In the 1930s, the river bed with thresholds was redeveloped.

Policy

Mayor Georg Brunner (FDP ) ( as of 2010).

Economy

The Tösstal railway connects the village since 1875 with the city of Winterthur and operates today as part of the Zurich Transport Network regularly as S 26 Winterthur HB - Bauma - Ruti ZH. In summer you can special rides in the old steam engines enjoy through the Tösstal. From Turbenthal go postal routes for wild mountain Rumlikon - Fehraltorf and after Bichelsee in the canton of Thurgau.

Turbenthal is a traffic junction to St. Gallen, Rapperswil, Winterthur, Frauenfeld, Uster.

Personalities

• Alfred Marxer (1876-1945), painter and graphic artist, born in Turbenthal.