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21-522: The SZU is jointly owned by the city of Zürich (32.6%), the municipalities of Adliswil , Langnau am Albis , Horgen , Thalwil and Uitikon (6.8%), the Canton of Zürich (23.8%), the federal government (27.8%), and other parties (9%). It is constituted as an Aktiengesellschaft (AG) or public company. The history of the SZU dates back to two separate companies, which built the two railways that now make up

42-586: A cable car ( Felseneggbahn ), which connects the town to Felsenegg on the edge of the town. Adliswil railway station is a stop on the S-Bahn Zürich 's S4 line, which is a 15-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . There is an intermediate station at Sood-Oberleimbach which is also located in the municipality of Adliswil. The Zimmerberg bus line ( Zimmerbergbus ), provided by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), connects

63-423: A new rail tunnel from Selnau to Zurich HB, and a new underground intermediate station adjacent to the former terminus. The underground platforms used at Zurich HB were already in existence, having been built prior to 1973 for a U-Bahn scheme that was ultimately rejected by voters. Once the new extension had been opened, the former terminus at Selnau was redeveloped and little evidence of it is now visible. In 1995,

84-636: A private school which has instruction primarily in a foreign language (English), ZIS is approved up to compulsory school age by the canton. The whole ZIS program, for students aged 3 to 18, is accredited by the Commission on International Education and the International Baccalaureate Organisation accredits the IB Diploma at ZIS.   Adliswil is the only town in the canton of Zürich to pride itself on having

105-547: A religion, and 13.2% were atheist or agnostic. The Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple is situated in the Sihl Valley . The public schools (primary and lower secondary school) are supervised by the commune's school board. The board consists of nine elected members. The Zurich International School (ZIS), an international school with an international curriculum, has its upper school (senior high school) campus in Adliswil. As

126-633: Is a town and a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German , but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Adliswil is first mentioned in 1050 as Adelenswile . In the second half of the 12th Century it was mentioned as Adololdiswile and in 1248 as Adeloswile . Under

147-405: Is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 32.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (10.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.7% of the area. As of 2007 38.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. It is located in the region of Zimmerberg , within

168-678: Is operated by the SZU. Additionally, the Zimmerberg bus line (German: Zimmerbergbus ) in the district of Horgen , which provides a network of 166.5 km (103.5 mi) including 201 stops, is also operated by the SZU. The SZU was a founding member of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) in May 1990 and the standard ZVV zonal fare tariffs apply to its services. The SZU uses the following rolling stock: Sihltalbahn (S4) Uetlibergbahn (S10) Adliswil Adliswil

189-471: The Helvetic Republic , the hamlet of Buchenegg was transferred to the municipality of Stallikon . In 1893 the town sections of Oberleimbach and Sood were added to Adliswil. Adliswil has an area of 7.8 km (3.0 sq mi). Of this area, 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. The rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%)

210-646: The Sihltalbahn (including the Wiedikon to Giesshübel line) and 10.36 km (6.44 mi) of the Uetlibergbahn . Both railway lines are constructed to 1,435 mm ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ) standard gauge and both are electrified using the standard Swiss mainline system of overhead lines at 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC . Until 2022, the Uetlibergbahn was electrified using overhead lines at 1200 V DC . In order to avoid conflict on

231-632: The Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB). In 1920, the Uetlibergbahn-Gesellschaft became bankrupt and was liquidated. Two years later the Uetlibergbahn was taken over by the Bahngesellschaft Zürich–Uetliberg (BZUe). In 1923 the Uetlibergbahn was electrified using the direct current system, whilst the following year the Sihltalbahn was electrified using alternating current . In 1932

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252-406: The primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 832 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 118 businesses in this sector. 4,049 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 543 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 55.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 44.4% were employed part-time. The historical population is given in

273-585: The SITB took over the management of the BZUe, but the two companies remained in existence until 1973, when they were merged to form the SZU. In the meantime, in 1954, the SITB had taken over the management of the Adliswil-Felsenegg cable car . In 1990, the two lines were extended from their previous joint terminus at Bahnhof Selnau to a terminus at Zürich HB SZU . This extension involved the construction of

294-567: The SZU. The first of these companies was the Uetlibergbahn-Gesellschaft , which opened its line from Bahnhof Selnau in Zurich to the summit of the Uetliberg mountain in 1875. This was followed in 1892 by the Sihltalbahn company (SiTB), which opened a line from Bahnhof Selnau to Sihlwald . In 1897 this latter line was extended to Sihlbrugg and a connection with the Thalwil to Zug line of

315-528: The company took over responsibility for bus services in parts of the district of Horgen through which the Sihltalbahn runs. In 2006, after 109 years, the Sihltalbahn stopped servicing Sihlbrugg and Sihlwald , previously the penultimate station, became the new terminus. The SZU continues to operate the original Uetlibergbahn and Sihltalbahn lines. The two lines share a common double-track section between Zürich Giesshübel and Zürich HB SZU , with

336-646: The final approach being in a tunnel, partly under the Sihl river. A dedicated pair of underground platforms are used at the Hauptbahnhof with no rail connection to the rest of the station. Also operated is a connecting line from Giesshübel to the Swiss Federal Railways at Zürich Wiedikon , although this is normally only used for freight traffic. In all, the SZU network measures 30.06 km (18.68 mi): 19.7 km (12.2 mi) km as part of

357-563: The following table: As of 2008 there were 5,275 Catholics and 4,999 Protestants in Adliswil. In the 2000 census , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 38.6% were some type of Protestant, with 36.2% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 35.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 5% were Muslim, 7.8% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.8% did not give

378-610: The last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (80.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.9%) and English being third ( 2.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (21.4%), the FDP (13.4%) and the CVP (9.9%). The age distribution of

399-531: The population (as of 2000 ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In Adliswil about 75.5% 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 7,573 households in Adliswil. Adliswil has an unemployment rate of 2.72%. As of 2005 , there were 57 people employed in

420-592: The shared railway section, the Uetlibergbahn used an overhead line offset from the centre of the track, and its cars were equipped with specially designed, laterally displaced pantographs . The passenger services on the two lines now form part of the S-Bahn Zürich , with the service over the Sihltalbahn to Sihlwald branded as the S4 and the Uetlibergbahn branded as the S10 . The cable car Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg (LAF for short or commonly called Felseneggbahn )

441-416: The valley of the river Sihl to the south of the city of Zürich , next to the localities of Kilchberg , Rüschlikon , Langnau am Albis and on the other hand Stallikon pertaining this to the district of Affoltern . Adliswil has a population (as of December 2020 ) of 19,049. As of 2021 a total of 38.5% were foreign nationals; the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. Over

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