exchange rate from 2003). A list of all deposited records can be found here. There were no changes between 1934 and 2013, but as of December 2014[update] occurred in all two further mergers (Eingemeindungen) of municipalities in the canton of Zürich. Katharina von Zimmern (1478-1547), the last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey, supported the peaceful introduction of the reformation in Zürich.[15][16]. The further, for that time extremely high subventions, but lacking of alternative governmental cultural programs for the youth in Zürich, occurred in 1980 to the so-called Opernhauskrawalle youth protests – Züri brännt,[22] meaning Zürich is burning, documented in the Swiss documentary film Züri brännt (movie). 1990: 356,352; (Zürich) Anabaptist Persons (1640-1678). These records may have a restriction for use only at a Family History Center near you. Out of this change arose a quarrel with one of the branches of the Habsburg family, in consequence of which Brun was induced to throw in the lot of Zürich with the Swiss Confederation (May 1351). When you find his birth record, search for the births of his. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! There were 566,636 married individuals, 66,012 widows or widowers and 84,164 individuals who are divorced. In 1373 and again in 1393 the powers of the Constafel were limited and the majority in the executive secured to the craftsmen, who could then aspire to the burgomastership. Most of the land is cultivated, but the canton of Zürich is not considered as an agricultural area. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 12.7%. He also introduced many financial and moral reforms, and subordinated the interests of the country districts to those of the town. Most of this territory was added by purchase or distraint. (Zürich) Anabaptist Persons (1640-1678). Zürich joined the Swiss confederation (which at that point was a loose confederation of de facto independent states) as the fifth member in 1351. The Limmat Valley (Zürich to Baden) carried the first railway line opened (1847) in Switzerland. This figure decreased rapidly as a result of the Old Zürich War, to some 5,000, comparable to the population of Berne, Schaffhausen or Lucerne. Zürich lost much of its power in the Helvetic Republic, with territory lost to the Aargau, the Thurgau and the Canton of Linth. After 1965, population declined due to suburbanization, to below 360,000 in the 1990s. The valley of the river Linth leads into the Lake Zürich and continues as the Limmat river. A female who died in about 200 BC found buried in a carved tree trunk during a construction project at the Kern school complex in March 2017 in Aussersihl. As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, each of these 11 prehistoric pile dwellings is also listed as a Class object in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance.[5]. The Bahnhofstrasse marks the course of the western moat, Hirschengraben marks the eastern moat. Be… This search strategy will help you determine what to write for. Even though Zwingli died in battle in 1531, the canton remained a stronghold of the Swiss Reformed Church over the following centuries. 870 the sovereign placed his powers over all four in the hands of a single official (the Reichsvogt), and the union was still further strengthened by the wall built round the four settlements in the 10th century as a safeguard against Saracen marauders and feudal barons. The area was Christianised along with the rest of the Roman Empire, during the 4th century. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 5.3 new units per 1000 residents. The canton of Zürich also borders the German districts of Waldshut and (albeit only for 460 metres) Konstanz.