Adliswil
Municipality in Zurich, Switzerland
Adliswil
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Coordinates: 47°19′N 8°32′E / 47.317°N 8.533°E / 47.317; 8.533 | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Zurich |
District | Horgen |
Government
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• Executive |
Stadtrat
with 7 members |
• Mayor |
Stadtpräsident
Farid Zeroual CVP/PDC (as of 2018) |
• Parliament |
Grosser Gemeinderat
with 36 members |
Area | |
• Total | 7.79 km 2 (3.01 sq mi) |
Elevation
(Bahnhofplatz/ Bahnhofbrücke)
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451 m (1,480 ft) |
Population
(2018-12-31)
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• Total | 18,765 |
• Density | 2,400/km 2 (6,200/sq mi) |
Demonym | German : Adliswiler(in) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( Central European Time ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC+02:00 ( Central European Summer Time ) |
Postal code(s) |
8134
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SFOS number | 0131 |
Surrounded by | Kilchberg , Langnau am Albis , Rüschlikon , Stallikon , Zurich |
Website |
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Adliswil is a town and a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German , but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
History
Adliswil is first mentioned in 1050 as Adelenswile . In the second half of the 12th Century it was mentioned as Adololdiswile and in 1248 as Adeloswile . [3]
Under the Helvetic Republic , the hamlet of Buchenegg was transferred to the municipality of Stallikon . In 1893 the town sections of Oberleimbach and Sood were added to Adliswil.
Geography
Adliswil has an area of 7.8 km 2 (3.0 sq mi) . Of this area, 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). [4] In 1996 [ update ] housing and buildings made up 32.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (10.4%). [5] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.7% of the area. As of 2007 [ update ] 38.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. [5]
It is located in the region of Zimmerberg , within the valley of the river Sihl to the south of the city of Zürich , next to the localities of Kilchberg , Rüschlikon , Langnau am Albis and on the other hand Stallikon pertaining this to the district of Affoltern .
Demographics
Adliswil has a population ( as of December 2020 [ update ] ) of 19,049 . [6] As of 2021 [ update ] a total of 38.5% were foreign nationals; the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4%. Most of the population ( as of 2000 [ update ] ) speaks German (80.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.9%) and English being third ( 2.5%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (21.4%), the FDP (13.4%) and the CVP (9.9%).
The age distribution of the population ( as of 2000 [ update ] ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In Adliswil about 75.5% 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 7,573 households in Adliswil. [5]
Adliswil has an unemployment rate of 2.72%. As of 2005 [ update ] , there were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 832 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 118 businesses in this sector. 4,049 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 543 businesses in this sector. [4] As of 2007 [ update ] 55.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 44.4% were employed part-time. [5]
The historical population is given in the following table: [3]
year | population |
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1401 | 18 households a |
1634 | 315 b |
1836 | 941 |
1900 | 4,714 |
1941 | 5,105 |
1950 | 6,240 |
2000 | 15,822 |
Religion
As of 2008 [ update ] there were 5,275 Catholics and 4,999 Protestants in Adliswil. In the 2000 census [ update ] , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 38.6% were some type of Protestant, with 36.2% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 35.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 5% were Muslim, 7.8% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.8% did not give a religion, and 13.2% were atheist or agnostic. [5] The Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple is situated in the Sihl Valley .
Education
Public schools
The public schools (primary and lower secondary school) are supervised by the commune's school board. The board consists of nine elected members. [7]
Name | Type | Campus (Schulhaus) | No. classes | No. of teachers | No. of pupils |
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Hofern [9] |
Sekundar A
Sekundar B/C |
Hofern [10] |
4
5 |
9 Klassenl., 13 Fachl., 2 Logopäden | ca. 170 |
Zentrum Kronenwiese [11] |
Sekundar A
Sekundar B/C Aufnahmeklasse |
Kronenwiese [12] |
15
1 |
10 Klassenl., 10 Fachl., 1 Schulsozialarbeiter, 1 Schul. Heilpädagoge | ca. 170 |
Sonnenberg / Wilacker [13] |
Primar 1-6
Primar 1-3 Kindergarten Kindergarten Kindergarten |
Sonnenberg
[14]
Wilacker [15] Sihlau [16] Sonnenrain [17] Wanneten [18] |
9
4 2 2 |
40 |
200
90 50 50 |
Kopfholz [19] |
Unterstufe
Mittelstufe |
Kopfholz [20] |
10 Mjgkl.
10 Mjgkl. |
? | ? |
Werd / Dietlimoos [21] |
Kindergarten
Kindergarten Kindergarten Primar 1-2 Primar 1-6 |
Hofacker
[22]
Isengrund [23] Dietlimoos [24] Dietlimoos Werd [25] |
2
2 2 2 11 |
2
3 2 2 16 |
? |
Zopf [26] |
Primar
Kindergarten |
Zopf [27] | (zweijährige Mehrjahresklassen) | 30 Lehrer, 1 Schulsozialarbeiter |
160
80 |
Musikschule Adliswil-Langnau [28] | music school | 50 music teachers |
Private, publicly subsidized schools
Other private schools
The Zurich International School (ZIS), an international school with an international curriculum, has its upper school (senior high school) campus in Adliswil. [29] As a private school which has instruction primarily in a foreign language (English), ZIS is approved up to compulsory school age by the canton. [30] The whole ZIS program, for students aged 3 to 18, is accredited by the Commission on International Education [31] and the International Baccalaureate Organisation accredits the IB Diploma at ZIS. [32]
Transportation
Adliswil is the only town in the canton of Zürich to pride itself on having a cable car ( Felseneggbahn ), which connects the town to Felsenegg on the edge of the town. Adliswil railway station is a stop on the S-Bahn Zürich 's S4 line, which is a 15-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . There is an intermediate station at Sood-Oberleimbach which is also located in the municipality of Adliswil. The Zimmerberg bus line ( Zimmerbergbus ), provided by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), connects the Zimmerberg region and parts of the Sihl valley. The ZVV bus lines 184 and 185 provide a connection to Zurich (Wollishofen), and the ZVV night bus services provide a connection to Zürich city centre.
Notable people
- Rudolf Günthardt (born 1936 in Adliswil) a Swiss equestrian, silver medallist at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Rolf Fringer (born 1957 in Adliswil) an Austrian football manager, also managed the Switzerland national football team
- Bettina Bunge (born 1963 in Adliswil) a retired German tennis player
- Daniel Quaiser (born 1975 in Adliswil) a Swiss designer, musician and baritone singer
- Izer Aliu (born 1999 in Adliswil) a Swiss football player
- Bram Moolenaar Computer programmer and member of the open-source software community [33]
References
- ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen" . Federal Statistical Office . Retrieved 13 January 2019 .
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018" . Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019 . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
- 1 2 Adliswil in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
- 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 07-Aug-2009
- 1 2 3 4 5 Statistics Zurich (in German) accessed 4 August 2009
- ↑ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit" . bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020 . Retrieved 21 September 2021 .
- ↑ "Schulbehörde" (in German). Stadt Adliswil. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27 . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Willkommen bei der Schule Adliswil" (in German). Stadt Adliswil. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20 . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Willkommen auf unserer Homepage" (in German). Schule Adliswil . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhaus Hofern . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Zentrum Kronenwiese: Kurzportrait" (in German). Schule Adliswil . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhaus Kronenwiese . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Die Schule Sonnenberg/Wilacker" (in German). Schule Adliswil . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhaus Sonnenberg . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhaus Wilacker . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Kindergarten Sihlau 1&2 . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Kindergarten Sonnenrain . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Kindergarten Wanneten 1&2 . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Unser Schulhaus wurde 1971 erbaut" (in German). Schule Adliswil . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhaus Kopfholz . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Willkommen in der Schule Werd!" (in German). Schule Adliswil . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Kindergarten Hofacker . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Kindergarten Isengrund . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Kindergarten Dietlimoos . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhäuser Werd . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Die Schule Zopf" (in German). Schule Adliswil . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Search.ch" (Map). Schulhäuser Zopf . Cartography by search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm. Zurich, Switzerland: Tamedia AG . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ "Musikschule Adliswil-Langnau" (in German). Schule Adliswil. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27 . Retrieved 2015-04-23 .
- ↑ " Maps and Directions ." Zurich International School . Retrieved on April 22, 2015.
- ↑ Bildungsdirektion Private School information
- ↑ NEASC entry for ZIS
- ↑ International Baccalaureate Organisation
- ↑ "License:Vim-7.2 - Free Software Directory" .
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Illi, M: Adliswil in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
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