Wiesendangen

Wiesendangen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Wiesendangen merged on 1 January 2014 Bertschikon.

Name

The name comes from the Germanic Wiesendangen ' Wisuntwangas ' ( the grazing of bison ). However, the coat of arms shows no bison, but an ibex horns.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The crest is attributed to the Lords of Wiesendangen who already have a ibex horns used as a motive for their seal. In the 19th century found a Gemskopf as crest motif usage. Mid-1928 the council decided to use the older design as the official coat of arms again.

Geography

Wiesendangen is located adjacent to the northeast of the city of Winterthur. Within the area are flat agricultural land, where once a reed ( wetland ) was and smaller, wooded hills, at the southern slopes of wine production.

In the municipality are also the outer Wachten Attikon, book and Menzengrüt.

History

The place was first mentioned 804. It was about the donation of the Wiesendanger goods of the former Thurgau - Count Isanbard, son of Count Warin, on 29 February 804 at the Gallus monastery. Wiesendangen was then and still to Winterthur Thurgau and not to Zürichgau, which was caused by separation from the Thurgau. Wiesendangen is mentioned again when, on November 27, 1155 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa Bishop Hermann of constancy exhibited a diploma. In it the manorial estates of the bishopric are enumerated, including court and church of Winterthur and Wiesendangen. 1217 for the first time a minister has been mentioned, the secular priest Gerung. The village community with its own organs and village civil rights has strengthened in the 14th and 15th centuries. At least since 1465 were the lord of the castle of Hegi owner of the Bailiwick Wiesendangen. The first Protestant preacher of Wiesendangen was called Peter Ulrich. He came from Elgg. For 1748 the pastor was one of 646 people to Kirchhöri Wiesendangen, of which 31 in foreign military services and 37 away arbeiteten.1914 there was a big church renovation.

In the 20th century Wiesendangen developed from a farming village to residential community in the Greater Winterthur.

Policy

The seven -member council is made up of 5 men and 2 women together, with the following party composition: 1 FDP, 3 Independent Party, 1 CVP, 1 EPP and 1 SVP. Mayor Kurt Roth (FDP stand 2014).

Population

31 January 2012 4,836 people lived in Wiesendangen, of which 371 people from abroad.

Others

The well-preserved village center along the meadow brook is dominated by houses, which were built mostly in the 17th century, the Reformed Church, which was first mentioned in 1155, and built in the 12th century castle tower. The village square with its many fountains was redesigned in 2004.

Wiesendangen has a wide offer for young people. So there are two youth hangouts, a football club with various youth teams, a gymnastics club with a youth squad for girls and boys, a YMCA youth group department, a 800 -square-meter skate and BMX Course, which by a local club ( OnWheels ) entertained and will be expanded. Also famous is the conducted annually Wiesendanger masked ball, which is organized by the local fire department.

Personalities

  • Arnold Kübler, writer and founder of the cultural magazine you, was born and raised in Wiesendangen.
  • Markus Griesser, Head of the Observatory Mountain Ash in Winterthur.
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