Freienstein-Teufen


Freienstein-Teufen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Freienstein-Teufen is first mentioned in 890 as Tiuffen. In 1254 it was mentioned as Frigenstein.

Geography

Freienstein-Teufen has an area of. Of this area, 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
Situated in the lower Tösstal, bordering on the Rhine, it comprises the villages of Freienstein and Teufen. In 1958, the two villages merged into a single municipality.

Demographics

Freienstein-Teufen has a population of. , 11.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.3%. Most of the population speaks German , with Italian being second most common and Albanian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP, the SPS and the Green Party.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 28.2% of the population, while adults make up 63% and seniors make up 8.8%. In Freienstein-Teufen about 80.8% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Freienstein-Teufen has an unemployment rate of 1.61%. , there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 104 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 225 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 39 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1634c. 436
1771679
1836788
1850835
19001,301
19501,120
19701,219
20002,127

Gallery



File:TeufenInteriorViewOfTheOldCastle.jpg|Interior view of the Castle
File:TeufenOldAndNewCastles.jpg|The Castles
File:TeufenEntranceToTheOldCastle.jpg|Entrance to the Castle's farm
File:TeufenDetailOfTheCastle.jpg|Detail in the Castle's farm