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26-463: Dielsdorf is first mentioned in 861 as Theolvesthoruf . The name means estate or farm of Theolf which is supposed to have been the original owner of these lands. Dielsdorf has an area of 5.9 km (2.3 sq mi). Of this area, 37% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 31% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality

52-663: A 10th-century ferry station assumably at the so-called Einsiedlerhaus in Rapperswil – in 981 AD as well as the vineyard on the Lindenhof hill – between Kempraten on lake shore, Lützelau and Ufenau island and assumably present Hurden, which allowed the pilgrims towards Einsiedeln to cross the lake before the prehistoric bridge at the Seedamm isthmus was re-built. By 1358, ferry services between Rapperswil and Hurden are mentioned. Between 1358 and 1360, Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria , built

78-521: A depth of 21 metres (69 ft). In 1994 a groundwater bore in Oberweningen proved that the Wehntal area originally laid at least 130 metres (430 ft) deeper than the present valley floor and had to be caused by glacial erosion. In 2003 the remains of a Mammoth were found, and further finds resulted in the establishment of the present Mammutmuseum Niederweningen . Archaeological finds date back to

104-700: A donation by the emperor Otto I in 965 AD to the pin Unserer lieben Frau ( Our Lady ) to the Einsiedeln Abbey . The village is transited by the Rapperswil–Pfäffikon railway line and by a major road, both of which cross the Seedamm . Hurden railway station , in the village, is served by the Zürich S-Bahn line S40 and was served by S-Bahn S5 before the timetable revision of late 2015. In 1943 southern Hurden

130-610: A private harbour. In 2001 a new wooden footbridge was opened alongside the dam for the first 840 meters (2,760 ft) meters of the crossing. It was built in quite the same place as the original bridge linking Rapperswil with the nearby bridge chapel ( Heilig Hüsli ). Located on Obersee lakeshore in Hurden and situated at the Seedamm isthmus between the Zürichsee and the Obersee lake area,

156-547: A wooden bridge across the lake that has been used to 1878 – measuring approximately 1,450 meters (4,760 ft) in length and 4 meters (13 ft) wide. A small wooden bridge from Ufenau island to Hurden is mentioned around 1430, so-called Kilchweg in die Uffnow , meaning chorchgoing to the Ufnau island . During Old Zürich War in 1443 the bridge was set on fire, and as a result of the Second Battle of Villmergen in 1712, Hurden

182-535: Is located on the eastern flank of the Lägern ridge at the entrance to the Wehntal . Dielsdorf has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 5,968. As of 2007, 22.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (84.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Albanian being third ( 2.7%). In

208-678: Is situated between the Lägern and Egg mountain chain in the Dielsdorf District of the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. To the east the valley is bounded by a moraine of the Linth glacier, respectively the lower Glatt Valley near Dielsdorf , and in the west it passes over to the border of the Canton of Aargau respectively the drainage bassin of the Surb Valley (native German name: Surbtal ) and

234-559: The Obersee lake shore respectively the Ufenau , Lützelau and Heilig Hüsli islands on Zürichsee , and finally the glaciers retreated into the alpine mountains. In 1890 the most important site of ice animals in Switzerland was discovered in Niederweningen . Particularly the uppermost deposits with the so-called Mammut turf layer were studied up in about 5 metres (16 ft) depth, and between 1983 and 1985 by three research boreholes to

260-689: The UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps , including also the settlements Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn and Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld . Around 1523 BC, also the first lake crossings on Obersee between Rapperswil and Hurden were discovered in 2001, followed by several reconstructions at least until the late 2nd century AD when the Roman Empire built 6 meters (20 ft) wide wooden bridge under Empire Marcus Aurelius (161-180). Historians mention

286-445: The Würm glaciation and again about 45,000 years ago, mammoths and other Ice Age animals lived in the largely silted Wehntal. During the last glacial maximum about 24,000 years ago the glaciers pushed again to the lower Glatttal, but not to Wehntal. With the increasing warming period about 20,000 years ago, the glaciers melted away in stages to Zürich, later Hurden and formed the Seedamm at

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312-516: The canton of Schwyz in Switzerland . First mentioned in 1217, the name "de Hurden" was used for the peninsula and for the fish traps made of woven work, called "Hürden" or "Hurden", which were used by the locals. The village of Hurden is located on a peninsula protruding from the southern shore of Lake Zürich at its narrowest point. The peninsula has its origin in the retreat of the Linth glacier at

338-558: The river of the same name which rises in the Wehntal. The population of the region is expanding rapidly due to its proximity to city of Zürich and its beautiful landscape. Wehntal comprises the area of the municipalities : About 185,000 years ago, a side lobe of the Walensee/Reinglacier overlapped on the threshold at the present Pfannenstiel eastern slope from Hombrechtikon into the Glatttal towards Niederweningen, and eroded

364-427: The tertiary sector , with 229 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table: Dielsdorf railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S15 . Its train station is a 23-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . Wehntal Wehntal is the name of a valley region in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The Wehn valley (native German name: Wehntal ) area

390-619: The 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.3%), the FDP (11.7%) and the CSP (9.9%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.1%. In Dielsdorf about 73.1% of

416-545: The Roman era. The term Wehn may derived from the probably Allamanic name Waninc respectively Wano , meaning Wano's valley. The heartland of the possessions of the medieval House of Regensberg was in the Furt and Wehn valleys besides the Lägern chain, where around 1050 AD the family built its ancestral seat Altburg near Zürich-Affoltern and two centuries later Neu-Regensberg on

442-500: The Seedamm. Archaeological relicts have been found at the Technikum island settlement , and the remains of a first wooden bridge (1523 BC, reconstructed in 2001) to Hurden located on the Obersee lakeshore nearby the so-called Heilig Hüsli at the northwestern part of the Seedamm area. The four neighbouring Prehistoric settlements , as well as the early lake crossings, are part of

468-439: The area was in close vicinity to the prehistoric lake crossings , neighbored by four Prehistoric pile dwelling settlements: Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn , Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld , Seegubel and Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum . Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres (13 ft) to 7 metres (23 ft) under the water level of 406 metres (1,332 ft). As well as being part of

494-462: The eastern Lägern slope. The area is part of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S15 , and around the city of Zürich provided by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) , the public transport operator in the city of Zurich and its suburbs. 47°30′N 8°20′E  /  47.500°N 8.333°E  / 47.500; 8.333 Hurden Hurden is a village in the municipality of Freienbach in

520-411: The end of the last glacial period when Lake Zürich was formed. This retreat left a moraine across the valley now occupied by Lake Zürich. The higher southern section of this moraine extends above the lake's water level and forms the peninsula, whilst the lower northern section forms a shallow section in the otherwise deep lake. Together these separate Lake Zürich into two parts, the larger lower lake to

546-411: The north-west, and the smaller upper lake ( Obersee ) to the east. The artificial Seedamm uses a combination of artificial causeways and bridges to cross the shallow water between the tip of the peninsula to Rapperswil on the northern shore of the lake, and carries both road and rail links. To the west of the Seedamm, there is a wooden bridge for pedestrians ( Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden ), which

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572-420: The overdeepened rock rut of the present Wehntal area. During melting of the glacier, Wehntal, the lower Glatttal and Furttal filled about 180,000 to 150,000 years ago with cold glacial lakes. After another glacier maximum about 140,000 years ago, the ice melted in the last Eemian (interglacial) period back far into the alpine valleys, and great lakes with border union fens filled the former glacial basin. During

598-470: The population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule ). Dielsdorf has an unemployment rate of 3.22%. As of 2005, there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 894 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 55 businesses in this sector. 2471 people are employed in

624-521: Was built in 2001 as a reconstruction of the first bridge between eastern and western lakesides. Since the construction of the Hurden ship canal , across the base of the peninsula, the natural peninsula has been transformed into an artificial island. The Sternenbrücke bridge carries both road and railway across the ship canal. At Hurden also the Frauenwinkel protected area is situated. Its name origins from

650-531: Was divided by the construction of the Hurden ship canal , which connected the upper to the lower Lake Zürich. Now the ships of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) were able to pass from Lake Zürich to the upper Lake Zürich, and the peninsula actually was a real island which was cut off from the mainland. The Sternenbrücke bridge, across the Hurden ship canal, was renewed between March 15 and November 2010 to allow 40 ton trucks to cross

676-643: Was reigned by the Protestant cantons of Zürich, Bern and Glarus. During the Helvetic Republic , in 1798, Hurden became part of the new established Distrikt Rapperswil in the Canton of Linth , and in 1803 it was part of the new established Pfäffikon . In 1873 the Swiss federal parliament approved the construction of the today's stone dam and bridge. Beginning in 1990, luxurious villas were widely built in Hurden, which in part on newly reclaimed area created for and with

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