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24-655: Bruno Weber was born in 1931 in Dietikon , Switzerland. In 1947, he completed college in Zürich under Johannes Itten , the inventor of a " color sphere ". Afterwards he began training until 1949 as a lithographer with Orell Fuessli ( Zürich ); later he studied in Italy, Greece and Czechoslovakia. Weber extended his Bruno Weber Park (a sculpture garden) in Spreitenbach and Dietikon, where among other things, his house with

48-736: A 25m high tower is situated. The park extends over a surface of 20'000 m². The sculpture park is the synthesis of the artist's life work, and is visited annually by thousands of people. From 1991 to 2003 Weber was responsible for the sculptural decorations on the Uetliberg mountain, including the street lamps leading to the top of Zürich plateau ( Uto Kulm ) and park benches, that still exist. Weber co-operated with Zürich architect Justus Dahinden , making sculptures for buildings in Dahinden, Vienna and Zürich. He discovered his passion for three-dimensional sculptures after thirty years of painting. On

72-521: A little forest along the Limmat, opposite the railway station of the same name. Also situated there are the walls of the former Glanzenberg castle, built in the late 12th century AD by the Counts of Regensberg . Dietikon is twinned with the towns of Limmattal tramway The Limmattal tramway ( German : Limmattal-Strassenbahn , LSB) was a metre gauge electric tramway that operated in

96-418: A population (as of 31 December 2020) of 28,057. As of 2007 , 39.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 50% male and 50% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (73.9%), with Italian being second most common (8.9%) and Albanian being third (3.8%). In

120-515: A roughly similar alignment to the Limmattal tramway's former route between Farbhof and Dietikon. As part of this development, Zürich tram route 2 was re-extended over the new line between Farbhof and Schlieren, replacing the trolleybus route. This European tramway-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Switzerland

144-708: Is first mentioned in 1100 as Dietinchovin . Dietikon features several Roman ruins and also the Fahr Benedictine Convent , given by the House of Regensberg around 1130 AD, with a cloister church dating from the years 1743 to 1746. The Second Battle of Zürich was fought in Dietikon (September 1799) and the town name is among those inscribed at the pillar of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Dietikon has

168-531: Is precipitation for an average of 12.7 days. There's the Bruno Weber Park in Dietikon respectively Spreitenbach, one of the few sculpture gardens and Gesamtkunstwerk s in Switzerland. Glanzenberg was once a settlement along the river Limmat , but its fortifications seem to never have been completed, and it might have been destroyed in 1267/68, a legend tells. Its remains are to be found in

192-755: The Limmat Valley , situated in the Swiss canton of Zürich to the west of the city of Zürich . Because of the prominent display of the initials LSB on the line's distinctive yellow trams, the line was popularly known as the Lisebethli . The line opened in 1900 as an 8.8-kilometre (5.5 mi) long interurban line from the former Zürich city boundary at Letzigraben, via Altstetten (Farbhof) and Schlieren to Dietikon . A 3.2-kilometre (2.0 mi) long branch from Schlieren to Weiningen followed in 1901. A connection with Zürich's city trams, then operated by

216-702: The Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich or StStZ, was made at Letzigraben. In its early life the line was beset by problems with its level crossings over the Swiss Northeastern Railway at Farbhof and Schlieren, which the trams were only permitted to cross empty, leaving their passengers to walk. By the late 1920s the track was in poor condition, although by then the level crossings had been replaced by bridges. The line between Schlieren and Dietikon closed in 1928, whilst that between Schlieren and Weiningen closed in 1931, at

240-578: The Zürich city tram network as part of Zürich tram route 2 . One of the line's trams, numbered Ce 2/2 2 and dating from 1900, is preserved at the Zürich tram museum . It sees occasional operation and is painted in the line's yellow livery. It is often seen with a small postal trailer that was used to carry mail on the line. The Limmattal light rail line was opened in December 2022, linking Zürich Altstetten railway station to Killwangen and using

264-430: The secondary sector and there are 213 businesses in this sector. 10,632 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 957 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 60.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 39.4% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 8,655 Catholics and 4,599 Protestants in Dietikon. In the 2000 census , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From

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288-471: The 2000 census, 26.5% were some type of Protestant, with 24.6% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 1.9% belonging to other Protestant churches. 41.8% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 12.2% were Muslim, 16.1% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.6% did not give a religion, and 9.4% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in

312-627: The 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.9%), the CVP (13.7%) and the FDP (8%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14%. In Dietikon about 60.1% of

336-492: The Limmat. The Teischlibach originates from Röhrenmoos in the forest above Dietikon and also leads into the Limmat. The Marmoriweiher lies in the Grunschen a place used for gaming and grilling. The Marmoriweiher is an artificial pond, that was positioned for the water supply of the fire brigade. For this, a distraction canal was built with the Grunschen. Later, the pond of a marble factory served. This gave it its name. Dietikon

360-663: The Linth glacier ("Linthgletscher"). There are over 200 prominent stones through the woods, up to erratic boulders as big as 25 m (270 sq ft). The Honeret and the Guggenbüehl-Wald are separated by only one main street. In the forest, there are a few springs from which the brooks Tobelbach and Stoffelbach rise and then flow down into the Reppisch. Also in the forest lies the forest cottage "Lorenzhütte." The Guggenbüehl forest lies wholly within Dietikon. Within

384-401: The basis of his paintings, development can be recognized contrary to his sculptures, which orients itself to Cézanne and Gubler. In 2006, the municipalities of Spreitenbach and Dietikon inaugurated a road – Bruno Weber Weg – leading from Dietikon railway station to the Bruno Weber Park . [REDACTED] Media related to Bruno Weber at Wikimedia Commons Dietikon Dietikon is

408-532: The fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland , after Zürich , Winterthur , Uster and Dübendorf . It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area. The industrial city Dietikon is situated at an elevation of 388 m (1,273 ft) at the confluence of the Reppisch and the Limmat , located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal ), along

432-479: The following table: Among other companies, the Limmattaler Zeitung newspaper and Ex Libris are situated in Dietikon. Dietikon has an average of 132.2 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,078 mm (42.4 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Dietikon receives an average of 114 mm (4.5 in) of precipitation. During the wettest month, there

456-610: The forest lies the "Giigelibode" pond. It has neither inflow nor outflow. A Vita course is in the forest. The municipality is located on the A3 motorway . Dietikon railway station and Glanzenberg railway station are stops of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S3 and S12 . Dietikon railway station is also the terminus of the line S17 provided by the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn . Between 1900 and 1928, Dietikon

480-418: 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 9,892 households in Dietikon. Dietikon has an unemployment rate of 4.2%. As of 2005 , there were 179 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 2,613 people are employed in

504-487: The railway line from Zürich to Baden. Here and in the neighboring region, Spreitenbach, is also the large Limmattal rail freight marshalling yard. Dietikon has an area of 9.3 square kilometers (3.6 sq mi). Of this area, 17.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 49.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 33.8% of

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528-535: The same time as the rest of the line from Letzigraben to Schlieren were acquired by the StStZ. In 1950, the StStZ was renamed the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich or VBZ. The section of route between Farbhof and Schlieren was closed in 1955, being replaced by a westward extension of Zürich trolleybus route 31 . The remaining section, between Letzigraben and Farbhof, is still in use, having been integrated into

552-461: The total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (15.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 4.9% of the area. As of 2007 40.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The largest and best known forests of the municipality include the Honeret, Guggenbüehl and Röhrenmoos. The Honeret forest lies on a side moraine of

576-582: Was the terminus of the Limmattal tramway from Zürich. The Limmattal light rail line follows a similar alignment, albeit extended through Dietikon to Killwangen . Important running waters that flow through Dietikon are the Limmat and its tributary Reppisch. Wide brooks are the approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) long Schäflibach and the Teischlibach. The Schäflibach is created with the flows together from Allmendbach and Stockacherbach and leads into

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