Dietikon
Encyclopedia
Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich
in Switzerland
, after Zürich
, Winterthur
, Uster
and Dübendorf
. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area.
and Limmat
rivers, located in the Limmat Valley
(German: Limmattal), along the railway line from Zürich to Baden. Here and in the neighboring region, Spreitenbach, is also the large rail freight marshalling yard Limmattal.
Dietikon has an area of 9.3 square kilometres (3.6 sq mi). Of this area, 17.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 49.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 33.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (15.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 4.9% of the area. 40.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
The largest and best known forests of the municipality include the Honeret, Guggenbüehl and Röhrenmoos.
The Honeret forest lies on a side moraine of the Linth glacier ("Linthgletscher"). There are over 200 prominent stones therefrom up to foundling boulders as big as 25 m² (269.1 sq ft). The Honeret and the Guggenbüehl-Wald are separated by only one main street. In the forest, there are a few sources that form the brooks Tobelbach and Stoffelbach and flow into the Reppisch afterwards. Also in the forest lies the forest cottage "Lorenzhütte."
The Guggenbüehl forest lies completely in Dietikon. In the forest, the pond "Giigelibode" lies. It has neither influx nor drains. A Vita course is in the forest.
Dietikon railway station
and Glanzenberg railway station
are stops of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S3
and S12
. Dietikon railway station is also the terminus of the line S17
provided by the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
.
ruins and also the Fahr Benedictine Convent
, given by the Lords of Regensberg around 1130 AD, with a cloister
church dating from the years 1743 to 1746. The Second Battle of Zürich
was fought in Dietikon (September 1799) and the town name is now inscribed at the pillar of the Arc de Triomphe
in Paris, France.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP
which received 40.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS
(19.9%), the CVP
(13.7%) and the FDP
(8%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dietikon about 60.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
). There are 9892 households in Dietikon.
Dietikon has an unemployment rate of 4.2%. , there were 179 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 2613 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 213 businesses in this sector. 10632 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 957 businesses in this sector. 60.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 39.4% were employed part-time.
there were 8655 Catholics
and 4599 Protestants
in Dietikon. In the , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 26.5% were some type of Protestant, with 24.6% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church
and 1.9% belonging to other Protestant churches. 41.8% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 12.2% were Muslim, 16.1% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.6% did not give a religion, and 9.4% were atheist or agnostic.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Canton of Zürich
The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, after Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
, Uster
Uster
Uster is a city and capital of the district Uster in the Swiss Canton of Zürich.It is the third largest city in the Canton of Zürich, with over 30,000 inhabitants, and is one of the twenty largest cities in Switzerland...
and Dübendorf
Dübendorf
Dübendorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.It is a suburb of Zürich in Switzerland with a population of about 23,000 . It is the fourth largest city in the canton, after Zürich, Winterthur, and Uster.-History:Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as...
. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area.
Geography
The industrial city Dietikon is situated at an altitude of 388 m (1,273 ft) at the confluence of the ReppischReppisch
The Reppisch is a river in Switzerland. It rises in the Türlersee and joins the Limmat as its tributary, near the town of Dietikon. The Reppisch flows in the Säuliamt , canton of Zürich, an area featuring still partially untouched nature....
and Limmat
Limmat
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. It is the continuation of the Linth river, known as Limmat from the point of effluence from Lake Zurich, in the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare...
rivers, located in the Limmat Valley
Limmat Valley
The Limmat Valley is a river valley and a region in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau in Switzerland.- Geography :Limmat is the name of a long river located in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau...
(German: Limmattal), along the railway line from Zürich to Baden. Here and in the neighboring region, Spreitenbach, is also the large rail freight marshalling yard Limmattal.
Dietikon has an area of 9.3 square kilometres (3.6 sq mi). Of this area, 17.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 49.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 33.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (15.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 4.9% of the area. 40.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
The largest and best known forests of the municipality include the Honeret, Guggenbüehl and Röhrenmoos.
The Honeret forest lies on a side moraine of the Linth glacier ("Linthgletscher"). There are over 200 prominent stones therefrom up to foundling boulders as big as 25 m² (269.1 sq ft). The Honeret and the Guggenbüehl-Wald are separated by only one main street. In the forest, there are a few sources that form the brooks Tobelbach and Stoffelbach and flow into the Reppisch afterwards. Also in the forest lies the forest cottage "Lorenzhütte."
The Guggenbüehl forest lies completely in Dietikon. In the forest, the pond "Giigelibode" lies. It has neither influx nor drains. A Vita course is in the forest.
Transportation
The municipality is located on the A3 motorway.Dietikon railway station
Dietikon railway station
Dietikon is a railway station in Switzerland, situated in the city of Dietikon. The station is located on the Swiss Federal Railway's Zurich to Olten main line and is also the terminus of the metre gauge Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn...
and Glanzenberg railway station
Glanzenberg railway station
Glanzenberg is a railway station in Switzerland, situated in the city of Dietikon. The station is located on the Zurich to Olten main line and is a stop of the Zurich S-Bahn served by line S3 and S12.- References :...
are stops of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S3
S3 (ZVV)
The S3 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Aargau.- Route :...
and S12
S12 (ZVV)
The S12 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Aargau.- Route :...
. Dietikon railway station is also the terminus of the line S17
S17 (ZVV)
The S17 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau .- Route :...
provided by the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
The Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn is a privately owned railway company in Switzerland. Its railway line connects Wohlen and Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau with Dietikon in the canton of Zurich. The line has been modernised and is part of the S-Bahn Zürich network...
.
Waters
Important running waters that flow through Dietikon are the Limmat river and its tributary Reppisch. Wide brooks are the approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) long Schäflibach and the Teischlibach. The Schäflibach is created with the flows together from Allmendbach and Stockacherbach and leads into the Limmat. The Teischlibach originates from Röhrenmoos in the forest above Dietikon and also leads into the Limmat. The Marmoriweiher lies in the Grunschen a place used for gaming and grilling. The Marmoriweiher is an artificial pond, that was positioned for the water supply of the fire brigade. For this, a distraction canal was built with the Grunschen. Later, the pond of a marble factory served. This gave it its name.History
Dietikon is first mentioned in 1100 as Dietinchovin. In Dietikon there are several RomanSwitzerland in the Roman era
The history of Switzerland in the Roman era encompasses the roughly six centuries during which the territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire...
ruins and also the Fahr Benedictine Convent
Fahr Abbey
Fahr Abbey, is a Benedictine nunnery located in Würenlos in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Situated in different cantons, Einsiedeln Abbey and the convent in Fahr are a double monastery, controlled by the abbot of Einsiedeln.- Geographical and administratively special situation :In fact, the...
, given by the Lords of Regensberg around 1130 AD, with a cloister
Cloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...
church dating from the years 1743 to 1746. The Second Battle of Zürich
Second Battle of Zürich
The Second Battle of Zurich was a French victory over an Austrian and Russian force near Zurich. It broke the stalemate that had resulted from the First Battle of Zurich three months earlier and led to the withdrawal of Russia from the Second Coalition.After he had been forced out of the city in...
was fought in Dietikon (September 1799) and the town name is now inscribed at the pillar of the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
in Paris, France.
Demographics
Dietikon has a population (as of ) of . , 39.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50% male and 50% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.5%. Most of the population speaks German (73.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 8.9%) and Albanian being third ( 3.8%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 40.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(19.9%), the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(13.7%) and the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(8%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dietikon about 60.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). There are 9892 households in Dietikon.
Dietikon has an unemployment rate of 4.2%. , there were 179 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 2613 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 213 businesses in this sector. 10632 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 957 businesses in this sector. 60.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 39.4% were employed part-time.
there were 8655 Catholics
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
and 4599 Protestants
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
in Dietikon. In the , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 26.5% were some type of Protestant, with 24.6% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church
Swiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
and 1.9% belonging to other Protestant churches. 41.8% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 12.2% were Muslim, 16.1% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.6% did not give a religion, and 9.4% were atheist or agnostic.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1779 | 686 |
| 1836 | 1,025 |
| 1850 | 1,291 |
| 1900 | 2,613 |
| 1910 | 4,493 |
| 1950 | 7,132 |
| 1960 | 14,920 |
| 1970 | 22,705 |
| 1990 | 21,152 |
| 2000 | 21,353 |
Weather
Dietikon has an average of 132.2 days of rain per year and on average receives 1078 mm (42.4 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Dietikon receives an average of 114 mm (4.5 in) of precipitation. During the wettest month, there is precipitation for an average of 12.7 days.Personalities
- Bruno WeberBruno WeberBruno Weber was a Swiss artist and architect, specializing in fantastic realism.-Early life:Bruno Weber was born in 1931 in Dietikon, Switzerland. In 1947, he completed college in Zürich under Johannes Itten, the founder of chromatics...
(* 10. April 1931), architect and sculptor - Markus Notter (* 21. November 1960), politician and former city president