
Regensberg is a
municipality
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in the district of
Dielsdorf
Dielsdorf is a municipality, seat of the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Dielsdorf is first mentioned in 861 as ''Theolvesthoruf''. The name means ''estate or farm of Theolf'' which is supposed to have ...
in the
canton
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Arts and ente ...
of
Zurich
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in
Switzerland. It is located just to the west of
Dielsdorf
Dielsdorf is a municipality, seat of the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Dielsdorf is first mentioned in 861 as ''Theolvesthoruf''. The name means ''estate or farm of Theolf'' which is supposed to have ...
, on a ridge of the
Lägern
The Lägern (also spelled ''Lägeren''; 866 m) is a wooded mountain of the Jura Mountains, stretching from Baden to Dielsdorf, about 15 km north-west of Zurich. The culminating point is located 1 km west of Hochwacht within the canton o ...
().
History
Regensberg was founded as a hilltop fortified settlement about 1245 by Baron Lüthold of Regensberg. The
fortifications
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include a high round tower dating from the 16th or 17th century and a deep water well. The church, originally dating from the 13th century, was rebuilt in 1506.

During the mid 13th Century relations between the Barons of Regensberg and the city of Zürich became strained. At about this same time, the barons began to argue with the
Habsburgs
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
over who would inherit the lands of the now extinct
Kyburg family. In 1267 the disputes led to war between the barons and the combined Zürich and Habsburg forces. The barons lost this war, and rapidly declined in power over the following half century. In 1302 they sold Regensberg to the Habsburgs.
The Habsburgs established an ''Amt Regensberg'' with a Habsburg appointed ''
Schultheiß
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'' leading the town council. Under the Habsburgs the town expanded into a
market town
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and Regensberg castle was the political center of the area now corresponding to the
Dielsdorf district
Dielsdorf District is a district in the northwestern part of the Swiss canton of Zürich.
Since 1871 the administrative center of the district is located in Dielsdorf. Previously the district was named ''Bezirk Regensberg'', and its capital was ...
.
In 1409 the Habsburg duke
Frederick IV (known as ''Frederick of the Empty Pockets'') had to pawn Regensberg to the city of Zürich. However it wasn't until 1417 that Regensberg was fully owned by Zürich. They established an ''
Obervogtei'' at Regensberg which ruled over 13 surrounding villages.
In 1540 the upper castle burned down, but the lower gates and the
donjon
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survived because they were separated from the upper castle by a deep ditch. The upper castle was rebuilt in the following year. During the
Reformation in Zürich
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the
St. Martin's Abbey on
Zürichberg
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at
Fluntern
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Notable fe ...
was demolished. Stone blocks and two bells from the abbey were brought by ox-cart to the church at Regensberg to rebuild it.
Following the collapse of the Swiss
Ancien Régime
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in 1798, Regensburg became part of the district of Bülach. In 1803, with the
Act of Mediation
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, Regensberg became the capital of its own sub-district. In 1831 this expanded to become the district of Regensberg. In 1871 the capital of the district moved to Dielsdorf and Regensberg became an independent municipality in that district.
Regensberg website
history. accessed 4 August 2009
Historic attractions include the half-timbered "Rote Rose" house dating from 1540.
Citizens
''Eberhard II'' was born in Regensberg around 1170 and died in Friesach
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, Austria on 30 Nov 1246. In 1196, he received the Bishopric of Brixen
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and, in 1200, the Archbishopric of Salzburg
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. Eberhard founded the independent bishoprics of Chiemsee
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(1215), Seckau
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See also
*Diocese of Graz-Seckau
References
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(1218) and Lavant Lavant may refer to:
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*Lavant, West Sussex, a civil parish
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(1228) under Salzburg, as well as the collegiate churches of Völkermarkt
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and Friesach, where he also founded a Premonstratensian
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monastery in 1217. Eberhard added the counties of Pongau
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Area of the district is 1,755.37 km², with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001) ...
and Lungau
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Geography
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to the Archbishopric. Eberhard was excommunicated in 1245 after refusing to publish a decree deposing the emperor and died suddenly the next year.
Geography
Regensberg has an area of . Of this area, 34.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.7% is forested. The rest of the land, (8.8%) is settled.[
]
Demographics
Regensberg has a population (as of ) of . , 16.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.0%), with French being second most common ( 1.6%) and English being third ( 1.2%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.9%), the Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
(14.5%) and the SPS
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(13.7%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. In Regensberg about 86.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...
'').
Regensberg has an unemployment rate of 1.48%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 14 people are employed in the secondary sector
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and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 121 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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 secon ...
, with 16 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 04-Aug-2009
References
External links
Official website
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Cities in Switzerland
Municipalities of the canton of Zürich