Forch is a village and a mountain pass (el. 682 m (2,238 ft)) located in the municipalities of Küsnacht and Maur in the canton of Zürich , Switzerland .
19-476: Forch is located approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) in the southeast of Zürich , nearby Zumikon and Maur . It includes the hamlets Aesch and Scheuren (villages of the municipality Maur), and Kaltenstein in the east of the pass, Wangen and Neue Forch , which are villages of the municipality of Küsnacht. The forested hill called Guldenen on Pfannenstiel belongs to the Forch area, Hinter Guldenen to
38-492: A Fachhochschule ). There are 2050 households in Zumikon. Zumikon has an unemployment rate of 1.46%. As of 2005 , there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 246 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 42 businesses in this sector. 1085 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 218 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 33.3% of
57-437: Is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 31.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0% of the area. As of 2007 31.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Zumikon has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 5,587. As of 2007 , 19.4% of
76-555: The Inter-Community School Zürich —are in the area. The town centre is the Dorfplatz (literally "town square"), which consists of an upper section inaccessible to motor vehicles. Zumikon has an area of 5.5 km (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 32% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%)
95-456: The Forch pass, 1836-1901 a horse's station, on the post route from Zürich to the municipality of Egg, which was in 1905 replaced by a bus line. Around 1900, a small settlement of eight houses was established, 12 years later the train station of the Forchbahn was built. The war memorial was built in 1922. Around 1960 the region became part of the growing agglomeration of the city of Zürich, and
114-617: The lake shore landing gate, where the Forch and other motor ship of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft provide public transport between Rapperswil and Bürkliplatz in Zürich. Forch railway station lies within the village and is the principal intermediate station and headquarters of the Forchbahn (FB), which is operated as Zürich S-Bahn service S18 and provides links between Zürich-Stadelhofen and
133-608: The landing gate of the Zürichsee lake transportation company Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) in Küsnacht. Points of interest include the so-called Drachenhöhle towards the Wulp Castle besides the gorge: The literally Dragon's Den is a small cave that was washed out of the glacial Nagelfluh conglomerate. The so-called Dorfbach stream is also one of the most important spawning grounds for lake trout , although
152-469: The municipality of Maur and Vorder Guldenen is part of the municipality of Egg . The mountain pass named Forch connects Küsnacht on Lake Zürich and Maur on Greifensee respectively in the Glatt Valley . A monument called Wehrmännerdenkmal commemorating World War I is located nearby Neue Forch and Wassberg hill (el. 851 metres (2,792 ft)), which is also a popular recreation area for
171-440: The name Zumikon originated in the year 946 AD, from a hamlet named Zuminga. At the start of the 17th century, the population was just 100, and most of these were farmers. Until 1707, Zumikon was a separate municipality, and the integral part of Waltikon was independent too, along with Gössikon. This lasted until 1804. In the early 20th century, Zumikon remained a farm village claiming only 587 inhabitants in 1900. The Waltikon area
190-431: The number of spawning animals was as of 2013 very modest. Some glacial erratics respectively the so-called Findlingsgarten at the lower end of the gorge towards Küsnacht, as well as the idyllic landscape, are further points of attraction. Towards Küsnacht there are the local historical museum and the historical core of Küsnacht, located at the southern entrance of the ravine, and the early medieval Zehntenhaus granary on
209-578: The people of the city of Zürich. The population of the village of Forch is about 3,004 (as of 2013). The village has preserved its rural character. Since 1912, Forch is a stop of the Forchbahn , a trainway of the S-Bahn Zürich , between the Stadelhofen in Zürich and the municipality of Esslingen . Forch village is connected by the A52 highway to Zumikon (to the northwestwest) and Hinwil (to
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#1732783445456228-473: The population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 47% male and 53% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (85.0%), with English being second most common ( 4.0%) and Italian being third ( 3.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 34.2% of
247-415: The population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 4.5% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.8% did not give a religion, and 15.3% were atheist or agnostic. The Forchbahn narrow-gauge railway connects to both Waltikon and Zumikon. A tunnel was built in 1974 to spare Zumikon its noise. On top of that there is also the 912 Bus line that connects the town to Küsnacht. Zumikon
266-478: The southeast) heading to the Zürcher Oberland . Thus Forch is the biggest village within the municipality of Maur. Nevertheless, its infrastructure, apart from Kindergarten , primary school, small retail facilities and hospitality is modest, i.e. most infrastructure facilities are located in the surrounding villages, e.g. Egg and Maur. The tavern "Zur Krone" ( crown ) was built in 1783 on the summit of
285-540: The village of Esslingen . There are three frequent bus lines starting from the southernmost station in Forch, Scheuren. Two are headed north, for Klusplatz and Stettbach respectively, while the last one is bound south for Esslingen. Zumikon Zumikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland . It is located in the Pfannenstiel region. The source of
304-515: The villages of Forch, Scheuren and Aesch turned to an upscale residential district. The main attractions on the northwestern slope of the primeval landscape of the Pfannenstiel area, there are sometimes rock slides occurring there, the last on 24 April 2013 when a 250-tonne (551,156 lb) boulder crashed on the pathway of the Küsnachter Tobel . Nevertheless, the pathway is very popular for hiking, usually starting in Forch and ending at
323-654: The vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the SPS (11.1%) and the CSP (8.9%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19%. In Zumikon about 85.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or
342-475: The working population were employed full-time, and 66.7% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 1235 Catholics and 2001 Protestants in Zumikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census , 50.2% were some type of Protestant, with 48% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.2% belonging to other Protestant churches. 26.3% of
361-486: Was practically unbuilt territory. The community centre ( Gemeinschaftszentrum ) was built in 1980, and that was when modern Zumikon took its form. The mayor of Zumikon at that time was Elisabeth Kopp who was to become the first female Swiss federal councillor in 1984. Zumikon is now a small town, consisting of mostly wealthy residents instead of farmers. Important schools—such as the Farlifang School and
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