Volken

Volken is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

Blazon

In the 17th century the coat of arms showed a fir, two squirrels and two plowshares; 1700 showed the coat of arms then a lily and two plowshares. Since the 18th century, the figures show a plow and two pruning hooks, and the colors change frequently - the motif is the for Volken once important agricultural and viticulture Represents the then partially modified design was again adjusted to the level " plow and two Rebmesser » and beginning of 1935, introduced by the municipal council of Volken as the official coat of arms of the municipality.

Geography

The community Volken is in the Zürcher Weinland between Henggart and Flaach. The settlement lies in a very shallow depression in the Flaachtal. On the southern slope of the Worbig the terrain rises somewhat steeper.

Two-thirds of the municipality is used for agriculture, 28 % is forest, 4.4% are used for transport and 2.5 % is the settlement area. Volken is the municipality with the smallest population in the canton of Zurich.

Policy

The SVP has 50.98 %, the BDP 11.05%, 10.81%, the FDP, the glp 8.65%, 7.38%, the SP, the EPP 5.97%, 2.51%, and the CVP the Greens 0.72% of the vote ( national election of 2011).

Mayor 's Martin Keller (2012 ).

Economy

The agriculture and viticulture at Worrenberg are the main industries.

History

In 1044 Volken was first mentioned in documents as Volchinchoven.

From landowners numerous nobles and monasteries from the 13th century documented as, for example, the Lords of Eschlikon, the monasteries Rheinau, St. Katharinental, Ruti, Töss and All Saints in Schaffhausen, and the Canons Embrach and the Canons Heiligenberg near Winterthur.

Since 1610, the Volkemer are kirchgenössig to Flaach.