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28-509: 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 the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich or StStZ, was made at Letzigraben. In its early life

56-503: 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 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

84-502: 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 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

112-630: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Altstetten (Z%C3%BCrich) Altstetten is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zürich in Switzerland . It was formerly a municipality in its own right, but was incorporated into Zürich in 1934. Altstetten is first mentioned in 1249, at which time a distinction was made between in Altstettin superiori and in villa Altstetin Inferiori . Excavations have found remains probably from

140-607: A junction with the first just west of Altstetten railway station. In 1907, the Swiss Federal Railway , who had taken over both lines, opened a workshop in Altstetten. In 1900, the Limmattal-Strassenbahn opened an interurban electric tramway through Altstetten, connecting with Zürich's city trams at Letzigraben , which then formed the boundary between Zürich and Altstetten. Beyond Altstetten,

168-457: 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 is

196-620: Is August during which time Dietikon receives an average of 114 mm (4.5 in) of precipitation. During the wettest month, there 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,

224-591: 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 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

252-411: Is served by S-Bahn lines S5 , S11 , S12 , S14 , S19 and S42 , providing frequent services to Zürich Hauptbahnhof with a ride time only a few minutes. Tram route 4 serves a terminus on the northern side of the station, whilst trolleybus route 31 passes the south side of the station. Bus routes 78, 80, 89 and 95 also serve the south side of the station, whilst routes 304, 307 and 308 terminate at

280-533: 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 the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or

308-521: The Limmattalbahn , a new metre gauge light rail line that will link Altstetten station with communities further west in the valley of the Limmat , along a route similar to that of the long abandoned Limmattal-Strassenbahn. It is planned that the line will be partially opened by 2020 and will connect to the city tram system at Altstetten station, with the possibility of extending city tram service over

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336-523: The Reppisch and the Limmat , located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal ), along 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

364-612: 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 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

392-573: 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

420-564: 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 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

448-524: The Limmattalbahn as far as Schlieren. Dietikon Dietikon is 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

476-536: 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 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

504-467: 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 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

532-501: The late Bronze Age (1000-800 BC), together with those of a Roman villa . In 1847, the Swiss Northern Railway opened Switzerland's first domestic railway line between Zürich and Baden . The line passed through Altstetten, and a station was provided. Over time, the line became the principal rail route between Zürich and northern and western Switzerland. In 1864, a second line, to Zug via Affoltern am Albis , made

560-525: 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

588-576: The municipality include the Honeret, Guggenbüehl and Röhrenmoos. The Honeret forest lies on a side moraine of 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

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616-474: The north side. Some 1.25 km (0.78 mi) south of the station, tram route 2 operates through the main Badenerstrasse street, connecting with bus routes 35, 78 and 80 at Lindenplatz stop. About 700 m (0.43 mi) to the west of Lindenplatz , tram route 2 terminates at Farbhof , where it connects with trolleybus 31 and buses 35, 78 and 303. Future plans involve the construction of

644-502: 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 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%),

672-579: 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 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

700-535: 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

728-407: The tramway continued to Schlieren , Dietikon and Weiningen . In 1931, the line was taken over by the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich , operators of Zürich's city trams, by which time the line had been cut back to Schlieren. In the late 1950s the line was further cut back to Farbhof in the western of Altstetten, and it now forms part of city tram route 2 . The former municipality of Altstetten

756-485: 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 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

784-525: Was incorporated into the city of Zürich in 1934. The neighbouring municipality of Albisrieden was incorporated at the same time, and together they form district 9 of the city. In 1967 Ernst Sieber became the parish priest of Zürich-Altstetten where he worked until his retirement as pastor in 1992. Altstetten railway station is a nodal point where the Zürich S-Bahn , Zürich trams , Zürich trolleybuses and Zürich buses all connect. The station

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