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23-882: Wettingen is located on the right bank of the Limmat , located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal ), before the deep valley in Baden. Most of the town is located on the Wettingerfeld (Wettinger Field), which is a flat plain surrounded on all sides by natural borders: to the south and west by the Limmat, to the north by the steep southern slope of the Lägern, and to the East by the Sulperg (569 m (1,867 ft)). A vineyard

46-401: A Fachhochschule ). Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year), there are 1,130 students attending primary school , there are 467 students attending secondary school, there are 495 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table: The former Cistercian abbey at Klosterstrasse 11 and

69-690: A private car. From the 2000 census, 8,662 or 48.5% are Roman Catholic , while 4,814 or 26.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there are 40 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith. The municipality is located on the A3 motorway . Wettingen railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S6 and S12 . Together with Baden, it

92-896: Is a register of cultural property in Switzerland . It was established according to article 5 of the second protocol to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict , which provides for the establishment of national registers of cultural property. The register contains both mobile and immobile items of cultural property including old towns, quarters, squares, villages, sacral buildings, houses, castles, bridges, monuments, archaeological sites and collections. Its entries are classified in two groups: those of national significance (class A) and those of regional significance (class B). The selection

115-527: Is a river in Switzerland . The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich , in the southern part of the city of Zürich . From Zürich it flows in a northwesterly direction, continuing a further 35 km until it reaches the river Aare . The confluence is located north of the small town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss . The main towns along the Limmat Valley downstream of Zürich are Dietikon , Wettingen , and Baden . Its main tributaries are

138-478: Is based on the significance of the items in the domains of history , aesthetics , art , typology , ethnography , social studies and in other scientific disciplines, as well as on their rarity value. Items of purely local significance are not included; these may be registered separately by the cantonal authorities. The register is prepared by the Federal Office of Civil Protection in cooperation with

161-492: Is intensively used for production of hydroelectric power : along its course of 35 km (22 mi), its fall is used by no less than ten hydroelectric power stations . These include: Historically, the Limmat was an important navigation route. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, voyages from Zürich to Koblenz are recorded. In 1447, the Emperor Frederick III granted the privilege of free navigation on

184-703: Is located on a section of the Lägern’s slope. Between the Lägern and the Sulperg is the undeveloped Eigital (Eigi valley). At the Eigital’s west end, in the northeastern section of the Wettingerfeld, is the relatively well-maintained old village center. A small creek flows through the Wettingerfeld and empties into the Limmat at the Gottesgraben . The stream is partially directed, partially buried, and partially re-naturalized. Wettingen has an area, as of 2006, of 10.6 square kilometers (4.1 sq mi). Of this area, 21.6%

207-576: Is served by the RVBW bus network, the central garage for which is located in Wettingen. In particular, lines 1, 4, 7 and 8 Pass through Wettingen, and in the rush hour, line 6 extends along the route of line 1. FC Wettingen 93 are the local football team and play at Stadion Altenburg . Their most famous achievement to date is appearing in the UEFA Cup in 1989-90 . Limmat The Limmat

230-490: Is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 37.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The highest elevation is 859 m (2,818 ft) at the Burghorn, a part of the Lägern, and the lowest elevation is 360 m (1,180 ft) at the Limmat. The neighboring communities are Ennetbaden , Ehrendingen , and Niederweningen to

253-519: The Linth and Jona . Zürich–Enge Alpenquai is located on Lake Zurich lakeshore in Enge , a locality of the municipality of Zürich. It was neighbored by the settlements at Kleiner Hafner and Grosser Hafner on a then peninsula respectively island in the effluence of the Limmat, within an area of about 0.2 square kilometres (49.42 acres) in the city of Zürich. As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of

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276-621: The Linth , Wägitaler Aa and Jona , all via Lake Zurich, the Sihl in Zürich, and the Reppisch in Dietikon . The hydronym is first attested in the 8th century, as Lindimacus . It is of Gaulish origin, from *lindo- "lake" ( Welsh llyn ) and *magos "plain" (Welsh maes ), and was thus presumably in origin the name of the plain formed by the Linth . Like many Swiss rivers, the Limmat

299-438: The neolithic stone-lined graves at Schartenstrasse 77 are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance . As of  2007, Wettingen had an unemployment rate of 2.76%. As of 2005, there were 102 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 1,926 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 159 businesses in this sector. 5,087 people are employed in

322-443: The tertiary sector , with 689 businesses in this sector. As of 2000 there were 9,184 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 6,625 or about 72.1% of the residents worked outside Wettingen while 4,223 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 6,782 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 27.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 40% used

345-506: The Limmat and on the Rhine to Zürich. Because of the current, navigation was typically downstream only, with the barges being sold on arrival. Today, the Limmat is navigable for much of its length by small craft only, with many of the hydroelectric power plants incorporating boat lifts . The traditional boat type used on the river is the weidling , a flat-bottomed vessel that is usually 10 metres (33 ft) long. The uppermost stretch of

368-858: The UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps , the settlement is also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class object . Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance ( German : Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler und regionaler Bedeutung ; French : Inventaire suisse des biens culturels d'importance nationale et régionale ; Italian : Inventario dei beni culturali svizzeri d'importanza nazionale e regionale )

391-619: The cantonal authorities and formally issued by the Federal Council . It was first published in 1988 and re-issued in updated form in 1995 and 2009. The 2009 revision covers only A-class objects, with the B-class objects set to be reviewed and updated at a later time. Until then, the lists of B-class objects published by the Office include the B-class objects of the 1995 inventory, the proposals for new or changed B-class objects submitted by

414-427: The household, 4,963 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 1,930 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.04 individuals. In 2008 there were 1,855 single family homes (or 18.6% of the total) out of a total of 9,974 homes and apartments. There were a total of 19 empty apartments for a 0.2% vacancy rate. As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units

437-433: The last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (84.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.3%). The age distribution, as of 2008, in Wettingen is; 1,678 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,907 teenagers or 9.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 2,595 people or 13.1% of

460-417: The north. The community of Otelfingen is located to the east (via S-6 ), Würenlos to the southwest, Neuenhof to the south, and Baden to the west. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Mullet Or and in base wavy Argent three barrulets wavy Azure. Wettingen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 21,099. As of 2008, 26.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over

483-513: The population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3,045 people or 15.4% are between 30 and 39, 3,212 people or 16.3% are between 40 and 49, and 2,468 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 2,101 people or 10.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 1,690 people or 8.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 897 people or 4.5% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 164 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older. As of 2000, there were 1,405 homes with 1 or 2 persons in

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506-710: The river through the centre of Zürich is navigable by rather larger vessels, albeit limited by low bridges. On this stretch of the river the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (Lake Zurich Navigation Company) operates its Limmat boat service, from the Landesmuseum to Lake Zurich , using low-profile motor boats. Located on the swamp land between Limmat and Lake Zurich around Sechseläutenplatz on small islands and peninsulas in Zürich, Prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich were set on piles to protect against occasional flooding by

529-611: Was 5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.1%), the CVP (16.9%) and the FDP (13%). In Wettingen about 75.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or

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