I was doing some research and found out that Johanna Spyri, the author of the book Heidi that many of us loved in book form and in movie form (with Shirley Temple) was born in Hirzel in 1827. I stayed in Zurich, Switzerland in 1999 with my 10 year old older daughter and my son who was about 25 then and his friend who were traveling through Europe on a Eurail pass then which is near Hirzel in a building in Zurich that was built around 1400 AD with huge hand hewn beams above our room on the ceiling. Zurich is nearby Hirzel both of which are near Lake Zurich. Driving my 6 passenger Fiat Motorhome withe a 5 speed Stickshift to navigate Alpine roads with NO side guards on the road. (You need a gearshift not to die on these roads so you can downshift going down some of these hills that might destroy your brakes. And God help you if you meet a truck in the snow on one of these roads like I did at night while looking down thousands of feet with no guard rails at all. Downshifting was all I could safely do to survive this with my mother and older Daughter on board the 6 passenger Fiat Motorhome I had rented in Munich, Germany which I was returning to Munich then.
My son's friend couldn't cope with when I found where the Crystal Palace
was up in the mountains near Aoste, Italy. It was called in 1999 "The Dalai Lama Camping Club". It might still be that today. To me, this makes perfect sense. The Tibetan Buddhists would be the ones who knew also about the 2 timelines, wouldn't they, especially Tibetan Lamas like the Dalai Lama. My past life memories connected to this would likely have been triggered by my "Kalachakra Tantra" initiation with 500,000 people in December 1985 in Bodhgaya, India with my family of 5 then when the Dalai Lama gave all of us this Initiation then.
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- Hirzel has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,145. ... Hirzel in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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Hirzel
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Hirzel
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| Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°36′ECoordinates: 47°13′N 8°36′E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Zurich | |
| District | Horgen | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 9.72 km2 (3.75 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 678 m (2,224 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015[2]) | ||
| • Total | 2,145 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 8816 | |
| SFOS number | 0132 | |
| Surrounded by | Hausen am Albis, Horgen, Menzingen (ZG), Neuheim (ZG), Schönenberg, Wädenswil | |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
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History
Hirzel is first mentioned in 1269 as Hirsol.[3]Geography
Drumlins in Hirzel
The municipality includes the sections of Hirzel-Kirche, Hirzel-Spitzen and Hirzel-Höchi. In 1878 the municipality borders were surveyed and moved. As a result, several individual farm houses came to Hirzel from Wädenswil, with four more from Horgen.
Demographics
Hirzel has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,145.[2] As of 2007, 8.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.8%), with English being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 0.9%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP, which received 39.6% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SPS (15.7%), the FDP (11.3%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) comprises children and teenagers (0–19 years old) who make up 27.7% of the population, adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.9%. The entire Swiss population is generally well-educated. In Hirzel about 84.8% 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 727 households in Hirzel.[5]
Hirzel has an unemployment rate of 0.7%. As of 2005, there were 101 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 43 businesses involved in this sector. 105 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 22 businesses in this sector. 296 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 66 businesses in this sector.[4] As of 2007 49.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50.4% were employed part-time.[5]
As of 2008 there were 535 Catholics and 1063 Protestants in Hirzel. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census, 56.7% were some type of Protestant, with 54.3% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 27.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 2.3% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.5% did not give a religion, and 9.7% were atheist or agnostic.[5]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| Year | Population |
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| 1678 | c. 800 |
| 1786 | c. 1,300 |
| 1850 | 1,219 |
| 1900 | 1,154 |
| 1941 | 977 |
| 1950 | 1,094 |
| 2000 | 1,900 |
Notable residents
Johanna Spyri, the author of the children's book Heidi, was born in Hirzel in 1827. There is a museum dedicated to her life located in the village.Transportation
The Zimmerberg bus line (Zimmerbergbus), provided by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), connects the Zimmerberg region and parts of the Sihl valley.References
- Statistics Zurich (German) accessed 4 August 2009
External links
- Official website (German)
- Johanna Spyri museum (German)
- Hirzel in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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