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Oberstammheim
Oberstammheim is a former municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History In 2009, archaeologists announced the discovery of an Iron Age (late Hallstatt or early La Tène) tumulus burial, apparently of a Celtic nobleman. While there are comparable finds in Germany, the site is unique in Switzerland. NZZ 21 August 2009. Oberstammheim is first mentioned in 761 as ''Stamhaim''. In 1212 it was mentioned as ''in Stamehein superiori''. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Oberstammheim, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unterstammheim
Unterstammheim is a former municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen merged into the new municipality of Stammheim. Geography Unterstammheim has an area of . Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Unterstammheim has a population (as of ) of . , 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (16. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltalingen
Waltalingen is a former municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen merged into the new municipality of Stammheim. Geography Waltalingen has an area of . Of this area, 62.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Waltalingen has a population (as of ) of . , 5.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.6%) and French being third ( 0.6%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.5%), the Green Party (11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andelfingen (district)
Andelfingen District is one of the twelve districts of the German language, German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It corresponds to the Zürcher Weinland, bounded by the Rhine to the north and west, by the canton of Thurgau to the east, by Winterthur to the south and by the Irchel to the southwest. Municipalities Andelfingen contains a total of twenty Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities: Mergers *1872: Secession from Adlikon bei Andelfingen, Adlikon → Humlikon *1878: Renaming of ''Dorlikon'' → Thalheim an der Thur *1879: Secession from Trüllikon → Truttikon *1970: Renaming of ''Grossandelfingen'' → Andelfingen, Switzerland, Andelfingen *2013: Merger between ''„Obere Hueb“'' from the Municipality of Buch am Irchel → Neftenbach *2019: Merger between Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen → Stammheim, Zurich, Stammheim *2023: Merger between Adlikon bei Andelfingen, Adlikon and Humlikon → Andelfingen, Switzerland, Andelfingen See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neunforn
Neunforn is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Frauenfeld (district), Frauenfeld in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Neunforn is first mentioned in 962 as ''Niuvora''. In 963 a court was mentioned in the village. The Freiherr of Teufen sold his property in Neunforn to Töss Monastery in 1250. The High, middle and low justice, high and low courts in Niederneunforn were merged in 1500 and in 1554 both courts were acquired by Stokar from Schaffhausen. From 1694 until 1798 the courts were owned by Zurich. The parish included Oberneunforn, Niederneunforn, Wilen and Burghof. In 1265, the parish was given as a donation to Töss Monastery, and was incorporated into the abbey in 1291. The Reformation reached and converted Neunforn in 1525. During the Protestant Reformation, Zurich closed Töss Monastery and took over the parish rights in Neunforn. Zurich retained the right to appoint the preacher in the parish until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagenhausen
Wagenhausen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The municipality includes the settlements of Etzwilen, Kaltenbach and Rheinklingen. Geography Wagenhausen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüttwilen
Hüttwilen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Frauenfeld District in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Archeological sites and scattered, individual items indicate that there was a Mesolithic settlement in the ''Seebachtal'' near Hüttwilen. In 1928, a Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman-era estate was discovered in Stutheien which proves that there was a Roman settlement in the area. The modern municipality of Hüttwilen is first mentioned in 1255 as ''Hutewiler''. In 1466 the village came the rule of the Carthusian monastery at Ittingen. The monastery held the majority of the High, middle and low justice, lower court authority over the village until 1798. In 1466 the church was built in the village, under the monastery's authority. During the Protestant Reformation in 1529 the village converted to the new faith. The Roman Catholic Church, Catholic nobles in the village were able to reinstate the Catholic Mass (liturgy), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fachhochschule
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, technology, business, architecture, design, and industrial design. were first founded in Germany and were later adopted in Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Cyprus, and Greece. An increasing number of are abbreviated as ''Hochschule'', the generic term in Germany for institutions awarding academic degrees in higher education, or expanded as ''Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW)'', the German translation of "universities of applied sciences", which were primarily designed with a focus on teaching professional skills. This is reflected in the fact that the ratio of the number of students to the number of professors is significantly better than at traditional universities. However, there are also a number of subjects, such as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, positioning itself at the Centre-left politics, centre-left. Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly. Amongst all Pro-Europeanism, pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party Of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland (; ; ; ) is a green political party in Switzerland. It is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council. History The first Green party in Switzerland, MPE, was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years. In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the ''Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland'', and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the ''Green Alternative Party of Switzerland'' in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. Afterward, some of the membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the Canton of Switzerland, cantons. The Swiss constitution sets the foundations, namely that primary school is obligatory for every child and is free in state schools and that the confederation can run or support universities. The minimum age for primary school is about six years in all cantons but Obwalden, where it is five years and three months. After primary schools, the pupils split up according to their abilities and intentions of career paths. Roughly 25% of all students attend lower and upper secondary schools leading, normally after 12 school years in total to the federal recognized matura or an academic International Baccalaureate, Baccalaureate which grants access to all universities. The other students split in two or more school-types, depending on the canton, differing in the balance between theoretical and practical e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tertiary Sector Of The Economy
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the secondary sector (manufacturing). The tertiary sector consists of the provision of Service (economics), services instead of Product (business), end products. Services (also known as "Intangible good, intangible goods") include attention, advice, access, experience and affective labour. The tertiary sector involves the provision of services to other businesses as well as to final consumers. Services may involve the transport, distribution (economics), distribution and sale of goods from a producer to a consumer, as may happen in wholesaler, wholesaling and retailer, retailing, pest control or financial services. The goods may be transformed in the process of providing the service, as happens in the restaurant industry. However, the focus is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Sector Of The Economy
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa but less than 1% of GDP in North America. In developed countries the primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods in poorer countries. More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt, combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides, herbicides and fungicide Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. Fungi can cause serious d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
