Zürcher Oberland

The Zürcher Oberland (Swiss German - Zuri Oberland ) denotes the hilly hinterland in the southeast of the canton of Zurich and the Tössbergerland.

Geography

The Zurich Oberland Zurich comprises the districts of Uster, Hinwil, Pfäffikon and the Middle Tösstal in the district of Winterthur. Around the Greifensee and Pfäffikersee can still be flat and slightly hilly areas, frequently from protected moorland and drumlins. Further east, then rise the mountains of the Oberland with Bachtel ( 1115 m above sea level. M. ) in a first range of hills and the Schnebelhorn ( 1292 m above sea level. M. ) and macaroni ( 1133 m above sea level. M. ) in the rear chain on the border with the Canton of St. Gallen. From this trip points - very popular with hikers and bikers - to offer wide panoramic views of the Alps on Lake Zurich and the Zurich lowlands up to Lake Constance and Santis.

For Oberland include the following communities: Bäretswil - Bauma - Bubikon - Durnten - Egg - Fällanden - Fehraltorf - Fish Thal - Gossau ZH - Greifensee - Green Willingen - Hinwil - Hittnau - Illnau -Effretikon - Kyburg - Maur - Monchaltorf - Pfäffikon - Rumlikon - Ruti ZH - Schlattmann ( ZH) - Seegräben - Sternberg - Turbenthal - Uster - Volketswil - Forest - White Lingen - Wetzikon - Wila - Wildenberg and cell.

Attractions

An attractions there is the steam train Zürcher Oberland from Bauma to Hinwil, the Kyburg castle, the knight Bubikon, the Dinosaur Museum in Aathal and the industry trail from Uster to Bauma. This testifies to an industrial development, which was largely determined the course of the 19th century through the initiative of Adolf Guyer- Zeller ( 1839-1899 ). The Tösstal train was in an effort to make the village Bauma to a world trade center, built. You can still see the tracks of Hinwil after Bauma, which are still in operation in the summer on weekends, one of the lively interest of this man, not let it, other projects such as the Uerikon - Bauma -Bahn and in later years (1893 ) also large-scale project such as the Jungfrau Railway to implement.

The Oberland was at the beginning of the last century, the destination of the city of Zurich, and the ski lifts of fish valley and ridge were easy to reach by train Tösstal. The importance of this near the recreation area was lost due to the greater mobility. In contrast, the region offers thanks to the S -Bahn Zurich as a quiet place of residence for persons on working in Zurich. Examination is by train away a quarter of an hour from Zurich.

Folklore

The inscriptions on the Vordachpfetten the houses of the upper class show the peasant emancipation of these circles of the supremacy of Zurich city in the Ancien Régime. The first inscriptions appear mid-17th century with the advent of the Enlightenment. Significantly breaks this tradition with the Ustertag 1830 ( equality of city and countryside ) from abruptly.

The inscriptions are all built the same: They usually begin with a blessing, from which it has wrongly concluded that a particular piety of the Oberland. In the inscription, the owner is confident, he performs by his first name, name and political office (eg magistrates, church administrator, lieutenant ). Rare is still called his wife. This is followed by the master carpenter and the exact Aufrichtedatum the house with day, month and year. The conclusion is the indication of inflation ( price of corn and wine as the most important products of the then agriculture). These often come meteorological information or reports on specific disasters such as fires or storms village. These inscriptions are found only in the Zurich Oberland; in the rest of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland or they are missing. They form an important basis for folklore, local history, genealogy, history of language, religion and economic development of the Zurich Oberland. Currently, there are still 437 inscriptions.