*** Welcome to piglix ***

Schlieren, Switzerland

Schlieren
Schlieren Kirche ref.JPG
Coat of arms of Schlieren
Coat of arms
Schlieren is located in Switzerland
Schlieren
Schlieren
Schlieren is located in Canton of Zurich
Schlieren
Schlieren
Coordinates: 47°24′N 8°27′E / 47.400°N 8.450°E / 47.400; 8.450Coordinates: 47°24′N 8°27′E / 47.400°N 8.450°E / 47.400; 8.450
Country Switzerland
Canton Zurich
District Dietikon
Government
 • Executive Stadtrat
with 7 members
 • Mayor Stadtpräsident
Toni Brühlmann
(as of March 2014)
 • Parliament Gemeindeparlament
with 36 members
Area
 • Total 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation 394 m (1,293 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 18,414
 • Density 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Postal code 8952
SFOS number 0247
Surrounded by Dietikon, Oberengstringen, Uitikon, Unterengstringen, Urdorf, Zurich
Website www.schlieren.ch
SFSO statistics

Schlieren (Zürich German Schlierä) is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

The oldest artifact discovered in the Canton of Zürich is a Stone Age Neanderthal hand axe which was found in Schlieren, and dates back to approximately 100,000 BCE.

Until 1415, Schlieren belonged to Habsburg. After the conquest of Aargau by the Swiss Confederates it was a component of the county of Baden. In 1803 Schlieren was assigned to the Canton of Zürich. In 1777 the minister Heinrich Keller created here the first "deaf-mute school" in Switzerland. Thanks to the proximity to the city of Zürich and the good traffic facilities (Tram, S-Bahn), Schlieren showed a population growth of 10,000 since the 1930s.

Schlieren was considered for inclusion of the expansion of Zurich's city limits, but was ultimately not part of the expansion of 1934.

Schlieren has an area of 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi). Of this area, 19.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 50.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 36.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (14.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.8% of the area. As of 2007 43.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Schlieren lies to the south of the river Limmat in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal), and west of Zurich. It is part of the Zurich metropolitan area.


...
Wikipedia

...