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30-593: About 185,000 years ago, a side lobe of the Walensee/Rein glacier overlapped on the threshold at the present Pfannenstiel eastern slope from Hombrechtikon into the Glatttal towards Niederweningen , and eroded the overdeepened rock rut of the present Wehntal area. During melting of the glacier, Wehntal, the lower Glatttal and Furttal valleys filled about 180,000 to 150,000 years ago with cold glacial lakes. After another glacier maximum about 140,000 years ago,

60-515: A Sculptor“). In the novel, a sculptor returns to Switzerland, and disappointed by the political reality, he retires on Pfannenstiel, builds a house and finds an intact village community. Three weeks before his death at the age of 46, Zollinger met the young Max Frisch on the Pfannenstiel. In 1893 on the Bachtel mountain was built an observation tower of steel which was declared in 1979 by

90-424: A population (as of 31 December 2020) of 8,815. As of 2007 , 16.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (88.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.4%) and Albanian being third ( 1.7%). In

120-405: Is commonly used for the mountain and the region of a longish mountain area. It is located in the district of Meilen , some 15 km (9.3 mi) in the southeast of the city of Zürich , bordered by Greifensee and Zürcher Oberland in the northeast, Lake Zürich in the southwest and the area around the municipality of Hombrechtikon in the east. In the northwest, Pfannenstiel is bordered by

150-412: Is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 13.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.2% of the area. As of 2007 15.8% of the total municipal area

180-550: Is generally well educated. In Hombrechtikon about 77.9% 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 2948 households in Hombrechtikon. Hombrechtikon has an unemployment rate of 2.12%. As of 2005 , there were 260 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 87 businesses involved in this sector. 983 people are employed in

210-548: Is the highest elevation on Pfannenstiel allowing beautiful views. It is named after the natural scientist Oken who, in the beginning of the 19th century, did a lot of tours on mountains rarely visited. In 1838 he bought the area now called Okenshöhe. His heirs donated the land to citizens of the municipality of Meilen. They formed the Mittwochsgesellschaft (Wednesday society) which did not allow to overbuilt this area. The term "Region Pfannenstiel" usually refers to

240-578: The Ufenau , Lützelau and Heilig Hüsli islands on Zürichsee , and finally retreated into the alpine mountains. In 1890 the most important site of Ice Age animals in Switzerland was discovered in Niederweningen: 100 bones, molar teeth and tusks of at least 7 different individuals of mammoths, including a very young calf, were found in a peat horizon at the base of a gravel pit. Particularly

270-431: The secondary sector and there are 93 businesses in this sector. 1305 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 224 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 41.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 58.4% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 2,314 Catholics and 3,419 Protestants in Hombrechtikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From

300-634: The 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.6%), the FDP (11.7%) and the CSP (10.7%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.7%. The entire Swiss population

330-526: The ZSG is named after the mountain. Hombrechtikon Hombrechtikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland . Hombrechtikon is first mentioned in 1200 as Humbrechtigkon . In 1217 it was mentioned as Hunbrechticon . Hombrechtikon has an area of 12.2 km (4.7 sq mi). Of this area, 60.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.9%

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360-556: The backbone of the national geographical survey. Nevertheless, the pan with the fire as sign of "bad luck" it's not the real origin of the term Pfannenstiel : It was first mentioned in documents of the year 1333, and it is assumed that the term points to a meadow and farmland nearby forming a panhandle. Pfannenstiel got further literary honor: The Swiss poet Albin Zollinger (1895–1941) immortalized Pfannenstiel in his novel „ Pfannenstiel: Die Geschichte eines Bildhauers “ („The Story of

390-511: The census , 51.4% were some type of Protestant, with 47.4% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 28.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 6% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.9% did not give a religion, and 10.6% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table: The village Feldbach and

420-522: The colonization in historical times to the flora and fauna of the Ice Age, and further back to the living resources of the tropical Jura sea. Along with the historical finds of 1890/91, further at least ten mammoths have been found nearby, including a very young mammoth calf. Other fossil finds date back to other glacial animals, such as woolly rhinoceros, wild horse, steppe bison, wolf and cave hyena. In October 2015 an interactive multimedia installation for

450-465: The government of the canton of Zürich as an object of historic preservation . Six years later, the tower was stored by the Swiss Post (former PTT) on technical reasons, and in 1992, the tower was rebuilt on Pfannenstiel. The tower is riveted and is made of steel and cast iron . The reconstruction was done by specialists from Eastern Europe where this technology still was in use. The new location for

480-575: The ice melted in the last Eemian (interglacial) period back far into the alpine valleys, and during the Würm glaciation and again about 45,000 years ago, mammoths and other Ice Age animals lived in the largely silted Wehntal. With the increasing warming period about 20,000 years ago, the glaciers melted away in stages to Zürich, later Hurden and formed the Seedamm at the Obersee lake area respectively

510-518: The last 500,000 years in the Wehntal valley. The past ten years more than 41,000 visitors have viewed the exhibitions. The small museum team is also supported by a volunteer team of 35 active members of its booster club. Public transportation is provided by the S-Bahn Zürich line S15 (ZVV) to Niederweningen Dorf . The museum is located about 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) from the station. As

540-610: The left moraine of the Ice Age glacier, the bed of which is now the Lake Zürich. On the origin of the name Pfannenstiel remembers the plate ( Inn sign) of the Vorderer Pfannenstiel restaurant: A pan containing pitch used to send smoke signals. In the 17th century or much earlier, the government of the city of Zürich established a system of Hochwachten to warn, in cases of emergency as threat of war,

570-529: The lines S6 and S16 ( Küsnacht : Küsnachtertobel to Forch), as well as S6 and S7 to Meilen (Bus line 922, stop Vorderer Pfannenstiel ) or Stäfa or Hombrechtikon -Feldbach and local bus lines 955 and 970, run up to different parts of the Pfannenstiel area. In the summer there are regular boats to Zürich as well as along the lake to Rapperswil , run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). A small motorship of

600-519: The mountain, the area and plateau between Zollikon - Zollikerberg and Hombrechtikon - Feldbach bordered by the upper Glatt valley – Zürcher Oberland and Lake Zürich. This region includes the municipalities of Egg , Erlenbach , Herrliberg , Hombrechtikon , Küsnacht , Meilen , Männedorf , Oetwil am See , Stäfa , Uetikon am See , Zollikon and Zumikon . The Forchbahn line (S18) from Zürich Stadelhofen railway station to (preferred) Forch or Esslingen train station, S-Bahn Zürich on

630-504: The museum (as of May 2016) only opens Sunday's 2 pm to 5 pm, after hours visits are available by appointment, as well as guided tours for groups. Pfannenstiel (Z%C3%BCrich) Pfannenstiel (el. 853 metres (2,799 ft)) is a wooded mountain respectively a region overlooking the Lake Zürich and Zürcher Oberland in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland . Pfannenstiel ( Swiss German : Pfannenstil meaning pan handle )

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660-487: The neighboring Hochwachten on the Albis , near Forch , on Zürichberg , Käferberg , Bachtel , Uetliberg , and so on, by fire and smoke. The Pfannenstiel Hochwacht was located on the summit called Okenshöhe as from there numerous other Hochwachten were in direct sight. For the same reason, in 19th century Okenhöhe was uses for a triangulation point as other triangulation points can be measured. These measurements form

690-487: The reconstruction was initially controversial: The cantonal authorities preferred the highest elevation on the mountain in the middle of forested area. The executive of the municipality of Meilen was not satisfied as it is a protected area. The final location is somewhat below located in the municipality of Egg . Pfannenstiel is a picturesque area, and the upper side of the mountain houses four restaurants overlooking Lake Zürich , Etzel , Zimmerberg , Albis, Uetliberg to

720-482: The south and to the west, and Greifensee , Glattal , Bachtel and Zürcher Oberland to the north and east. The upper part of the mountain is mostly woodland and a popular recreational area with picnic sites, in addition there are hiking routes, among the Küsnachter Tobel pathway. In winter season a cross-country skiing trail is a popular point of interest. As mentioned, Okenshöhe triangulation point

750-784: The town include; the Hof Oberhaus at Seestrasse 2&4, the Hürlimannhaus at Lützelsee 2&4, the Landstiz Rosenberg at Alte Landstrasse 1&3, the Menzihaus at Lützelsee 3 and the Eglihaus at Lutikon 1-3. The town's Reformed church is also on the list. The neolithic and early Bronze Age settlement at Feldbach is the last site on the list. The entire hamlet of Lützelsee and the Feldbach area are part of

780-527: The train station are located on Lake Zürich . Hombrechtion is perched above the lake besides Pfannenstiel . On a plateau, the protected moorlands Uetziker Ried and Lützelsee are located, as well Seeweidsee is situated in the municipality. Hombrechtikon-Feldbach railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S7 . There are seven sites in Hombrechtikon that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance . The houses in

810-414: The uppermost deposits with the so-called Mammut turf layer were studied up in about 5 metres (16 ft) depth, and between 1983 and 1985 by three research boreholes to a depth of 21 metres (69 ft). In 2003 the remains of a mammoth were found, and further finds resulted in the establishment of the present Mammutmuseum Niederweningen near the site of the first findings. Various exhibits range from

840-661: The village of Forch and a former mountain pass (668 metres (2,192 ft)) leading from Glatt valley to the Lake Zürich shore. Its highest point ( Okenshöhe ) is about 450 metres above the Lake Zürich. From southeast to northwest, Pfannenstiel is part of a chain of peaks respectively mountains: Guldenen (778 metres (2,552 ft)), Wassberg (715 metres (2,346 ft)), Öschbrig (696 metres (2,283 ft)), Adlisberg (701 metres (2,300 ft)), Zürichberg (676 metres (2,218 ft)), Käferberg -Waidberg (601 metres (1,972 ft)) and Hönggerberg (541 metres (1,775 ft)). The area alongside Lake Zürich had been formed as

870-431: The visitors was inaugurated, when the exhibition was renewed on occasion of the museum's 10th anniversary. One of the most important objects in the museum are the reconstructions of the 2003 finding and of a mammoth calf found near the museum site in 2005. The museum also houses the geological project Eiszeiten und Klimawandel der vergangenen 500 000 Jahre im Wehntal , that researched the climate change and glacial periods of

900-521: Was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located between Lake Zurich and the Zürcher Oberland . The land is very hilly, which prevented a large, single village from forming. There at least 97 different hamlets and individual farm houses scattered throughout the municipality. Some of the largest are Lützelsee (first mentioned in 745 as Lucikinse ) and Feldbach (first mentioned in 873 as Velepach ). Hombrechtikon has

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