Wädenswil


Wädenswil, locally often called Wädi or Wädischwil, is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The population,, was about 21,000. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg were merged into the municipality of Wädenswil.

Geography

Before the 2019 merger, Wädenswil had an area of. Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, 9.6% is forested, 29.8% is settled, and the remainder is non-productive. housing and buildings made up 20.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest. Of the total unproductive area, water made up 0.4% of the area. 24.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Demographics

Wädenswil has a population of. , 20.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.1%. Most of the population speaks German , with Italian being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CSP.
The age distribution of the population is 22% children and teenagers, while adults make up 64.2% and seniors make up 13.9%. In Wädenswil about 76.7% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. There are 8796 households in Wädenswil.
Wädenswil has an unemployment rate of 2.94%. , there were 268 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 84 businesses involved in this sector. 2020 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 195 businesses in this sector. 5169 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 725 businesses in this sector. 44.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 55.2% were employed part-time.
there were 6128 Catholics and 7507 Protestants in Wädenswil. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the, 43.5% were some type of Protestant, with 40.5% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3% belonging to other Protestant churches. 32.2% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 5% were Muslim, 7.5% belonged to another religion, 4% did not give a religion, and 11.9% were atheist or agnostic.

Cultural heritage

Located on Zürichsee lakeshore, Wädenswil–Vorder Au is part of the 56 Swiss sites that make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, and the settlement is also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class object. on the Au peninsula
The Schloss Au on the Au Peninsula, its auxiliary buildings and the park are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class B object of regional importance''.
The Wädenswil brewery in Swiss canton of Zurich was a brewery in Wädenswil who until 1990 was of 1833 in operation. The building of the former brewery in 2003 was partially demolished. The tradition of Wädenswiler beers continues since 1992 from the "Wadi-Brau-Huus AG».

Transportation

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway.
Wädenswil railway station is served by Zürich S-Bahn services S2 and S8 on the lakeside line to Zürich, and is the terminus of the S13 service to Einsiedeln. It is also served by an hourly long-distance service, generally an InterRegio service between Basel and Chur, but sometimes a EuroCity between Hamburg or Brussels and Chur. It is a 29-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof by the S8.
The Zimmerberg bus line, provided by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn, connects the Zimmerberg region and parts of the Sihl valley.
In summer, Wädenswil is served by regular ship services between Zürich and Rapperswil, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft and calling at various lake side towns. A passenger ferry, operated on an hourly basis throughout the year by the same company, links Wädenswil with both Männedorf and Stäfa on the opposite shore of the lake. The ZSG's motor ship Wädenswil is named after the town.

Education

Public schools

The public Primarschule is supervised by the commune's Schulpflege. The board consists of nine elected members.
The Kindergarten are:
The Primarschulen are:
The Oberstufenschule Wädenswil is:
The OSW is supervised by the commune's Schulpflege. The board consists of nine elected members.

Other private schools

The Zürich International School, an international school with an American curriculum, has its Lower School and Early ZIS campus in Wädenswil. ZIS' Kindergarten and primary school is approved by the bureau for elementary school of the canton of Zürich. However, it does not approve ZIS for its lower and upper secondary education. Therefore, its upper secondary school is not approved by the Swiss Federation, neither.

Weather

Between 1961 and 1990 Wädenswil had an average of 141.6 days of rain per year and on average received of precipitation. The wettest month was August during which time Wädenswil received an average of of precipitation. During the wettest month, there was precipitation for an average of 13.3 days. The month with the most precipitation days was May, with an average of 13.7 days.

Notable people