Veltheim (Winterthur)
- Rosenberg
- Blumenau
Veltheim is a city district of Winterthur in Switzerland. The formerly independent municipality Veltheim was incorporated in 1922 and today forms the channel 5
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Geography
Veltheim located north of the historic center of Winterthur, between the old town and Wülflingen. The district consists of the quarters Rosenberg in the north and south of Blumenau Rheinfallbahn line.
History
Earliest human footprints were found in Veltheim from the Neolithic period, bear witness of the findings of a stone ax and a stone ax. From the Bronze Age pottery exist that could indicate a population already at that time. A find of 1878 which contained, among other bronze axes and a cast cake, has been dated to 900 BC, however, part of the find was sold on the art market. In Roman times, was at the foot of Wolfensberg a Roman estate, as has been shown by a dig at the church Veltheim. Whether this but seamlessly merged into the present village can not be proven himself.
Was first documented Veltheim 774 as field Haim. The church Veltheim produced by 800 and is subject to the Reformation in 1525 the diocese of Constance. Other buildings from earlier time should the tower house and the Kehlhof be, the latter was probably the seat of a feudal lord. Count Hartmann IV of Kyburg acquired the village 1230. February 15 1244 first mentioned with " Heinrich von Veltheim " a niederadliges Ministerialengeschlecht of the Counts of Kyburg. With the extinction of the Kyburgs the village goes to the Habsburgs in 1264. 1452 takes over the city of Zurich, the county Kyburg by the Habsburgs. Shortly before the end of the Anciem regime, the now 443 inhabitants comprehensive community 1799 built its first schoolhouse.
A famine and famine is known from the 1816/17, 1827 a second school house was built. In the second half of the 19th century the village grows together then increasingly with the city, first along the field road, and later through the field. In 1922 took place after the annexation vote vorgegangener Veltheims the city of Winterthur with the other formerly independent communities Oberwinterthur, lakes, Töss and Wülflingen.
Sports
The local football club, SC Veltheim, played to 1930 in the highest football league in Switzerland. Today, however, the club is only in the lowlands of the amateur league go.
Until the merger with the EHC Winterthur in 1963 nor the hockey club was founded in 1933 EHC Veltheim, a once- successful first league club existed attracted ( third highest league in Switzerland ) of up to 1,200 spectators at the Schützenweiher.
In addition to several successful gymnasts like August Güttinger the TV Veltheim also had a hand ball section that formerly played in the National League B. Also, the two-time champion wrestler Karl Meli started his career with TV Veltheim.
Traffic
Due to its proximity to the main railway station Winterthur Veltheim has not received its own railway station during the construction of the railway, although the county is traversed by the Rheinfallbahn. Developed by public transport, the district is mainly determined by two trolleybus routes of bus Winterthur: Line 2 by Wülflingen that Veltheim traverses along the Wülflingerstrasse and by the line 3 to Rosenberg. The nearest motorway connection to the A1/A4 is Winterthur Unterohringen north of Rosenberg right on the county border.
Sons and daughters Veltheims
- Hans Georg Kaegi (1935-1966), painter and draftsman
- Charles Meli (1938-2012), chair