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30-596: Ustertag refers to the name of the town ( Uster ) where the meeting occurred, and Tagung or political assembly. In the Middle Ages the city of Zurich acquired a number of rural areas. The rural population were poor and uneducated while politically and economically under the control of the city. During the French controlled Helvetic Republic in 1798 the ideas of freedom and equality spread. The medieval idea of different laws for city citizens and countryside peasants

60-406: A lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft Link doping , in search engine optimization Sports [ edit ] Doping in sport , the use of drugs or other methods to improve athletic performance Abortion doping , the rumoured practice of purposely inducing pregnancy for performance-enhancing benefits, then aborting Blood doping , boosting the number of red blood cells in

90-584: A political term, popularized by Gottfried Keller . The word gained further use during the First World War , as the equivalent of the English "push," or "going over the top," from one's trenches into battle. The derived verb aufputschen remains common in Standard German for "to incite", "to excite", in political or in doping contexts. Uster Uster ( High Alemannic : Uschter )

120-419: A population (as of 31 December 2020) of 35,337. As of 2007 , 21.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (85.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.7%). In

150-551: Is June during which time Uster receives an average of 137 mm (5.4 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 13.1 days. The driest month of the year is October with an average of 69 mm (2.7 in) of precipitation over 13.1 days. Uster received the Wakker Prize from the Swiss Heritage Society in 2001 for the city's efforts to maintain an identity within

180-716: Is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich . The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network . With over 36,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest town in the canton and is one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Along with Wetzikon , it forms one of the two centres of

210-708: Is located in Uster. The Stadt- und Regionalbibliothek Uster and the Stadtarchiv und Kläui Bibliothek are located in the city limits. The Bibliothek Nänikon is located in Nänikon, also in the city limits. The municipality of Uster is served by two railway stations, both of which are served by trains of the Zürich S-Bahn . Uster railway station is in the centre of the city, and is served by lines S9 , S14 , S15 and S5 . Nänikon-Greifensee railway station

240-623: Is on the border with adjoining municipality of Greifensee , and is served only by lines S9 and S14 . Uster is a 14-minute ride (S5) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof when travelling on the fastest trains. doping [REDACTED] Look up doping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Doping may refer to: Doping, adding a dopant to something Doping (semiconductor) , intentionally introducing impurities into an extremely pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties Aircraft dope ,

270-419: Is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 18.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007 22.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Uster has

300-532: The Memorial von Küsnacht (The Memorial of Küsnacht) which argued that the canton was known for its liberalism and the canton should embrace the changes that were sweeping Europe. A short time later, about a hundred men gathered in Stäfa , near Zurich, and decided to hold a meeting in Uster, the most central location in the canton of Zürich with the large St. Andreas Church . However, when 10,000–12,000 men attended,

330-552: The Old Swiss Confederacy laid siege to the nearby town of Greifensee , held by about 70 defenders, most of them inhabitants of the Amt Greifensee, and a few Habsburg and Zürich soldiers. The town was captured after four weeks, on May 27, and all but two of the surviving 64 defenders were beheaded on the next day, including the leader, Wildhans von Breitenlandenberg . Even in times of war, mass execution

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360-829: The Zürcher Oberland . Uster is located next to a lake, called Greifensee . The official language of Uster is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German , but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The town of Uster received the Wakker Prize in 2001. The village of Riedikon was first mentioned in year 741, while Uster was first mentioned in 775, as Ustra villa . The toponym has been explained as reflecting Old High German *ustrâ or *uster- aha "voracious [river]" by Boesch (1978). First mentioned in 1099,

390-591: The canton of Zürich gathered near Uster and demanded a new constitution. This assembly, known as the Ustertag , together with other assemblies in Switzerland led to the Restoration and the creation of the Swiss Federal State . Uster has an area of 28.5 km (11.0 sq mi). Of this area, 44.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.2%

420-422: The secondary sector and there are 238 businesses in this sector. 9475 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 1091 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 51.5% of the working population were employed full-time, and 48.5% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 9,366 Catholics and 11,890 Protestants in Uster. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From

450-645: The 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.6%), the CSP (13.3%) and the Green Party (12.2%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.8%. In Uster about 73.9% of

480-728: The Regeneration period which led to the Constitution of 1848 and the creation of the Swiss federal state . The Ustertag day is still celebrated by keynote speeches in the Swiss Reformed Church . The assemblies of 1830–31 also led to the introduction of a new word into the German language . These assemblies were collectively known in Swiss German as Putsch , which later made its way into standard German as

510-762: The anonymous Swiss Agglomeration around Zürich. The Society noted that developed land was clearly separated from the neighboring farming land. They praised the efforts that the city had made to integrate old and new buildings and to build with harmonious architectural styles. Primarschule Uster serves primary school children, while Sekundarschulverwaltung Uster serves students at the secondary school level. The Bildungszentrum Uster includes three institutions: Berufsfachschule Uster (vocational school), Kantonsschule Uster ( gymnasium ), and Höhere Fachschule Uster . The Japanese School in Zurich , Switzerland's sole primary and junior high Japanese international day school ,

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570-495: The census , 45% were some type of Protestant, with 41.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.3% belonging to other Protestant churches. 31.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 5.4% were Muslim, 7.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.4% did not give a religion, and 11.7% were atheist or agnostic. Uster has an average of 135.4 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,164 mm (45.8 in) of precipitation . The wettest month

600-617: The church as a benefice. In 1473 the church comrades, based on an older Jahrzeitbuch (Latin: libri anniversariorum ) which now is lost, created a new one which is among the best preserved of the Canton of Zürich. With the dissolution of the monastery Ruti during the Reformation in Zürich its rights fell on the government of the city of Zürich in 1525. In 1824 the new Reformed church was consecrated. On 22 November 1830 about 10,000 men of

630-586: The church could not hold the crowd and the Tagung or assembly adjourned to the nearby Zimiker Hill. While there were a number of different assemblies that met throughout Switzerland in 1830–31, each assembly called for two main changes in the new cantonal constitutions. First, they called for peacefully adjusting the constitutions by adjusting the way seats in local legislatures and the Tagsatzung were allocated. In particular they objected to what they saw as

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660-615: The donation of the St. Andreas Church was given by the House of Rapperswil as a spacious three-naved country church. The Burg Uster (castle) was first mentioned in 1267, as being in the possession of the Freiherr von Bonstetten. On 7 January 1300 Elisabeth von Rapperswil sold the pledge of the reign Greifensee to the knight Hermann II. von Landenberg , including the Greifensee castle,

690-439: The over-representation of the cantonal capital in the government. Secondly, they sought a way to amend the constitution. Very few cantons even had a way to amend or modify the constitutions, and none of them allowed citizen's initiatives to be added. Following a day of speeches, in the evening they went peaceably back to their homes, without rioting or violence. Once on 6 December, a new Cantonal Council German : Grossräte

720-410: 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 12605 households in Uster. Uster has an unemployment rate of 3.28%. As of 2005 , there were 392 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 92 businesses involved in this sector. 3,204 people are employed in

750-715: The representation of rural areas in the cantonal councils. Following the French July Revolution of 1830, revolutionary movements sprang up across Switzerland. The first assembly was held near Weinfelden in Thurgau in October and November 1830. Followed in November by meetings in Wohlenschwil , Aargau then Sursee , Lucerne . In November 1830, Dr. Ludwig Snellhalf wrote several pamphlets including

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810-640: The town and the lake of the same name, and a larger number of farms, as well as the pastoral rights ( Kirchrecht ) in Uster. In 1438 the church rights ( Kirchrecht ) were sold to the Rüti Monastery . The church was considered as a part of the so-called "Laubishof" estate that possibly was located at the nearby plateau where the Uster Castle is situated. During the Old Zürich War , in May 1444,

840-463: Was elected with two-thirds of the representatives coming from the rural areas. By March 1831 a new constitution was in force that addressed most of the points from the Ustertag. The Ustertag of 1830 and other assemblies of 1830–31 had a significant impact on the former Swiss Confederation . The political reforms that came after these assemblies ended the period known as the Restoration and led to

870-628: Was overthrown. However, in 1803 the Helvetic Republic collapsed and was replaced by the Act of Mediation which struck a compromise between the Ancien Regime and a Republic. In the following years, even the limited freedoms under the Act were undermined and following Napoleon 's defeat in 1813 the Act was overturned. In the Restoration , which started in 1814, the new constitution reduced

900-471: Was widely considered a cruel and unjust deed. On May 29, the Castle of Greifensee and the city walls were broken. Among many other transfers of lands and goods, on 25 April 1448 Beringer von Landemberg von Griffensee confirmed, with permission of his sons Hug and Beringer dem Jungen that at the place where all his ancestors have been buried, a long list of money, goods and lands have to be transferred to

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