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34-642: Basing on the Jucker family's tradition to operate their farm in Seegräben on Pfäffikersee shore and their mother's small estate in Rafz , the brothers Beat Jucker and Martin Jucker established in 2000 the Farmart AG ( Aktiengesellschaft ), which was renamed in 2013 as Jucker Farm AG. As of November 2014, the company owns three farms, including affiliated companies and Jucker Farmart Expo GmbH (Germany) that organizes, among others in

68-620: A catering company for corporate events, seminars and private events. The three farm shops are operated by the farms: Juckerhof in Seegräben, Bächlihof in Jona and Spargelhof in Rafz. The shops are open 365 days a year and offer the agricultural products grown in the region and specialities produced by other local agricultural producers. An adjoint farm's bakery at Seegräben was established in May 2015. Jucker Farm

102-471: A certain time in Switzerland are also allowed to participate in municipal politics. As at the cantonal and federal level, citizens enjoy political rights, including direct democratic ones, in their municipality. Municipalities are financed through direct taxes (such as income tax ), with rates varying more or less within a framework set by the canton (see Taxation in Switzerland ). As among the cantons, there

136-601: Is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S14 . Its train station is a 26 minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . During peak season, there is also a shuttle-bus between the Aathal railway station and Jucker Farm situated on Pfäffikersee lake shore in Seegräben. Municipalities of Switzerland Municipalities ( German : Gemeinden , Einwohnergemeinden or politische Gemeinden ; French : communes ; Italian : comuni ; Romansh : vischnancas ) are

170-449: Is a tax transfer among the municipalities to balance various levels of tax income. Switzerland has a relatively high number of small municipalities, with a population of 1,000 or less, especially in rural areas. Because of the increasing difficulty in providing professional government services and in finding volunteers for political offices in small municipalities, the cantons tend to encourage voluntary mergers of municipalities. This led to

204-460: Is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland . Besides the village of Seegräben itself, the municipality also includes the settlements of Aathal , Aathal-Seegräben , Aretshalden , Ottenhausen , Sack and Wagenburg . Seegräben is the smallest municipality in the district of Hinwil. It lies on the western shore of Pfäffikersee lake, and

238-427: Is an agrotourism company, agriculture producer and distributor, that operates three farm estates including restaurants and three farm shops. Based in Seegräben, Jucker Farm is known for the agricultural events, among them the biggest pumpkin festival in Switzerland, and attracts up to 300,000 visitors a year. It is also the most important pumpkin producer respectively distributor in Switzerland. Aathal railway station

272-414: Is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 10.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 10.4% of the area. As of 2007 12.7% of the total municipal area

306-682: Is partner of the webshop farmy.ch that was awarded by the Swiss E-Commerce Award in June 2015. In order to force the public transportation and to avoid massive individual traffic, a shuttle-bus operates during peak season between the railway station Aathal , provided by the S-Bahn Zürich S14 (ZVV) line and the Juckerhof farm in Seegräben. Bächlihof in Jona is connected by the local bus 991 heading to Rapperswil railway station . Jucker Farm

340-798: The Bürgerrecht (citizenship), regardless of where they were born or where they may currently live. Instead of the place of birth , Swiss legal documents, e.g. passports, contain the Bürgerort (place of citizenship, or place of origin ). The Bürgergemeinde also often holds and administers the common property in the village for the members of the community. Each canton determines the powers and responsibilities of its municipalities. These may include providing local government services such as education, medical and social services, public transportation, and tax collection. The degree of centralization varies from one canton to another. The federal constitution protects

374-471: The Europapark Rust , pumpkin events in southern Germany. Jucker Farm employs around 150 employees in its operations, i.e. in the three farms and associated farm shops, and two restaurants, that have, depending on weather, between 100 and 8,000 visitors daily. Among the common agricultural products and the apple orchards, the pumpkin farming is remarkable. The former Jucker Farmart marketed already in 2000

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408-783: The US state of Wyoming . Additionally they have a large reproductions of skeleton that were found by Robert Gaston and his team in Utah . The museum also includes exhibits on dinosaur eggs, foot prints, presence in movies and dinosaurs from Switzerland. The collection includes 10 skeletons being finds from excavations by the museum's team, 10 further original skeletons from Dino, air and marine saurians, 19 detached skeleton fossil dinosaur replicas as well as 31 life-size dinosaur models and 42 replicas of dinosaurs and dinosaur skulls. In 2012 there were 437 guided tours, of which about three hundred for school classes, and since 1992 about 1,571,012 visitors. Jucker Farm

442-421: The secondary sector and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 227 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 39 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 49.1% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50.9% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 309 Catholics and 610 Protestants in Seegräben. In the 2000 census , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From

476-549: The 2000 census, 53.6% were some type of Protestant, with 49.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 24.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 6.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2% did not give a religion, and 13.2% were atheist or agnostic. The Aathal Dinosaur Museum contains a collection of dinosaur skeletons which were unearthed by Hans-Jakob Siber and his team in

510-708: The 2019 Swiss parliamentary elections the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.41% of the vote.The next four most popular parties were the GPS (15.91%), the SPS (15.7%), the GLP (12.32%) and the FDP (11.74%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.4%. In Seegräben about 81.1% of

544-403: The autonomy of municipalities within the framework set out by cantonal law. Municipalities are generally governed by an executive council headed by a president or mayor . Legislative authority is exercised by a town meeting of all citizens, or by a municipal parliament, depending on the size of the municipality, and on cantonal and municipal law. In some cantons, foreigners who have lived for

578-403: The biggest pumpkin in Switzerland. The "HofChuchi" restaurant in Seegräben is opened 365 days a year. The menu features a wide choice of seasonal and regional products cultivated by their own and also includes agricultural procuts of other local providers, as well as breakfast, lunch and dinner, the latter in winter only during limited opening times. The two restaurants in Seegräben and Jona offer

612-697: The exercise of political rights for everyone except the members of the Bürgergemeinde . In the Regeneration era (1830–1848), the liberal revolutions of the common people helped to restore some rights again in a few cantons. In other cantons, the Bürgergemeinden were able to maintain power as political communities. In the city of Zürich it was not until the Municipal Act of 1866 that the political municipality came back into existence. The relationship between

646-621: The farm shops also books about this plant, Halloween pumpkin cut sets and offer the organization of pumpkin markets, festivals and exhibitions. Jucker Farm therefore claims to be most important producer of pumpkins from organic farming in Switzerland. The so-called experience farmyards (in German: Erlebnishöfe ) provided by the Jucker family in Seegräben ( Juckerhof ) on Pfäffikersee and in Jona ( Bächlihof ) on Obersee lakeshore are also nationally known day-trip destinations. In addition to

680-462: The farm shops and catering, there are for children a nature playground, a goat enclosure, seasonal self picking of fruits and an apple orchard with labyrinth and mazes. Nationally known are the family annual major events, including Switzerland's most important pumpkin festival from September to November: On 5 October 2014, a new international record was established by a pumpkin weighing 953.5 kilograms (2,102 pounds), at least for some days, but being still

714-646: The lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons , which form the Swiss Confederation . In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,131 municipalities as of January 2024 . Their populations range between several hundred thousand ( Zürich ), and a few dozen people ( Kammersrohr , Bister ), and their territory between 0.32 km² ( Rivaz ) and 439 km² ( Scuol ). The beginnings of

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748-567: The modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic . Under the Old Swiss Confederacy , citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws. The creation of a uniform Swiss citizenship, which applied equally for citizens of

782-462: The municipalities under cantonal or federal law. Municipalities are numbered by the Swiss Federal Office for Statistics (see Community Identification Number#Switzerland ). One or more postal codes (PLZ/NPA) can by assigned to a municipality or shared with other municipalities. Between 2011 and 2021 nine of the smallest municipalities merged into others as part of the effort to eliminate

816-512: The municipality includes part of the lake and of the Robenhauser Ried , a wetland nature reserve of national importance. It also includes part of the Aathal valley , and the settlements of Aathal, Aathal-Seegräben, Aretshalden, Ottenhausen, Sack, Seegräben and Wagenburg. Seegräben has an area of 3.8 km (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.4%

850-436: The number of municipalities dropping by 384 between the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2019. Some municipalities designate themselves as "city" ( ville or Stadt ) or as "village" ( Dorf ). These designations result from tradition or local preference – for example, several small municipalities designated as cities held city rights in medieval times – and normally do not impact the legal or political rights or obligations of

884-525: The old towns and their tenants and servants, led to conflict. The wealthier villagers and urban citizens held rights to forests, common land and other municipal property which they did not want to share with the "new citizens", who were generally poor. The compromise solution, which was written into the municipal laws of the Helvetic Republic, is still valid today. Two politically separate but often geographically similar organizations were created. The first,

918-408: The political municipality and the Bürgergemeinde was often dominated by the latter's ownership of community property. Often the administration and profit from the property were totally held by the Bürgergemeinden , leaving the political municipality dependent on the Bürgergemeinde for money and use of the property. It was not until the political municipality acquired rights over property that served

952-447: The political voting and electoral body rights from the Bürgergemeinde . In the cities, the percentage of members in the Bürgergemeinde in the population was reduced as a result of increasing emigration to the cities. This led to the Bürgergemeinde losing its former importance to a large extent. However, the Bürgergemeinde has remained, and it includes all individuals who are citizens of the Bürgergemeinde , usually by having inherited

986-415: 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 491 households in Seegräben. Seegräben has an unemployment rate of 2.01%. As of 2005 , there were 52 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 24 people are employed in

1020-498: The public (such as schools, fire stations, etc.) and taxes, that they obtained full independence. For example, in the city of Bern, it was not until after the property division of 1852 that the political municipality had the right to levy taxes. It was not until the Federal Constitution of 1874 that all Swiss citizens were granted equal political rights on local and Federal levels. This revised constitution finally removed all

1054-510: The pumpkin products of about a hundred Swiss farmers: " We are not the only farm selling such products, but probably we are of the size and nature to but unique in Switzerland ," said Beat Jucker in an interview, and estimated that their products have between 30 and 50 percent of the total domestic volume account in Switzerland. Around 300 different varieties of pumpkin, of which about 20 main sorts, are distributed; in 2000 about 5,000 tonnes (11,000,000 pounds) pumpkin have been sold. The farms sell in

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1088-659: The so-called municipality, was a political community formed by election and its voting body consists of all resident citizens. However, the community land and property remained with the former local citizens who were gathered together into the Bürgergemeinde /bourgeoisie. During the Mediation era (1803–1814), and especially during the Restoration era (1814–1830), many of the gains toward uniform citizenship were lost. Many political municipalities were abolished and limits were placed on

1122-692: Was nominated by Ernst & Young for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year «Services/Trade» awards, and awarded on 24 October 2014 as Entrepreneur of the Year . Started in 1998, the EY award nomination is distinguished for the personality of the entrepreneur, their creative power and entrepreneurial success. The Jucker brothers were are also convincing of highly innovative and socially engagement. 47°20.6′N 8°46.4′E  /  47.3433°N 8.7733°E  / 47.3433; 8.7733 Seegr%C3%A4ben Seegräben

1156-477: Was undergoing some type of construction. Seegräben has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,427. As of 2007 , 14.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 51% male and 49% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (89.8%), with Turkish being second most common ( 2.0%) and Spanish being third ( 1.6%). In

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