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Rüti, Zürich
Rüti (sometimes written as Rüti ZH in order to distinguish it from other "Rütis") is a Swiss town and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich. The river Jona flows through the town.
The area around Rüti was probably first settled in the 8th and 9th centuries. In 807, Rüti's quarter Fägswil was first mentioned in a document of the Abbey of Saint Gall. In a document of the German Emperor Otto II (972), the municipality was described as Riutun, the Old High German word for Roden (= to convert forest into farmland), and later forwarded to the name of Rüti. In 1206 the Rüti Monastery was given by Lütold IV, Duke of Regensberg, and the present building that is now the Reformed church was completed in 1283. In 1408 Rüti and the Premonstratensian monastery came as part of the so-called Herrschaft Grüningen under the reign of the government of the city of Zürich. In 1525 (Reformation in Zürich) the monastery was secularized and managed as Amt Rüti by an Amtmann (member of the city of Zürich government) until 1798.
In the mid 16th century, Rüti got one of the first public schools in the canton of Zürich, established by the Zürich reformers and the former monks of the Rüti Monastery. In 1866, the first Catholic Mass in the Zürcher Oberland was celebrated after the Reformation; in Tann ZH (politically part of the municipality Dürnten), the Catholic parish church was built in 1963.
The village saw economic improvement only when industrialization took place during the 19th century. Rüti was connected to the cantonal road network in 1833 and to the Zurich-Uster-Rapperswil railroad line in 1859. The latter was electrified in 1932 and has been served by the Zurich S-Bahn since 1990.
In 2007, the 1200th anniversary was celebrated with various events and festivals.
Rüti has an area of 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi). Of this area, 36.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996[update] housing and buildings made up 19.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.8% of the area. As of 2007[update] 25.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
The municipality is located on at the confluence of the rivers Jona and Schwarz. It includes the hamlets of Weid, Moos, Weier and Fägswil. It grew up around the Rüti Monastery, which was built at the bridge along the pilgrimage route through the Thurgau to Einsiedeln Abbey.
Beginning in the Middle Ages, its hydropower was used for watermills along the Jona, later for textile production facilities. In the early 19th century, Rüti was one of the centers of the industrialization in the southeastern parts of the canton of Zürich. In 1847, Caspar Honegger, a factory for weaving machines, was established in the Joweid valley (river Jona), later Maschinenfabrik Rüti AG with its global relations, and in the 1990s of Sulzer and the G + F group. A collection of weaving machines produced by this company is now housed in a museum in nearby Neuthal.
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Rüti, Zürich
Rüti (sometimes written as Rüti ZH in order to distinguish it from other "Rütis") is a Swiss town and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich. The river Jona flows through the town.
The area around Rüti was probably first settled in the 8th and 9th centuries. In 807, Rüti's quarter Fägswil was first mentioned in a document of the Abbey of Saint Gall. In a document of the German Emperor Otto II (972), the municipality was described as Riutun, the Old High German word for Roden (= to convert forest into farmland), and later forwarded to the name of Rüti. In 1206 the Rüti Monastery was given by Lütold IV, Duke of Regensberg, and the present building that is now the Reformed church was completed in 1283. In 1408 Rüti and the Premonstratensian monastery came as part of the so-called Herrschaft Grüningen under the reign of the government of the city of Zürich. In 1525 (Reformation in Zürich) the monastery was secularized and managed as Amt Rüti by an Amtmann (member of the city of Zürich government) until 1798.
In the mid 16th century, Rüti got one of the first public schools in the canton of Zürich, established by the Zürich reformers and the former monks of the Rüti Monastery. In 1866, the first Catholic Mass in the Zürcher Oberland was celebrated after the Reformation; in Tann ZH (politically part of the municipality Dürnten), the Catholic parish church was built in 1963.
The village saw economic improvement only when industrialization took place during the 19th century. Rüti was connected to the cantonal road network in 1833 and to the Zurich-Uster-Rapperswil railroad line in 1859. The latter was electrified in 1932 and has been served by the Zurich S-Bahn since 1990.
In 2007, the 1200th anniversary was celebrated with various events and festivals.
Rüti has an area of 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi). Of this area, 36.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996[update] housing and buildings made up 19.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.8% of the area. As of 2007[update] 25.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
The municipality is located on at the confluence of the rivers Jona and Schwarz. It includes the hamlets of Weid, Moos, Weier and Fägswil. It grew up around the Rüti Monastery, which was built at the bridge along the pilgrimage route through the Thurgau to Einsiedeln Abbey.
Beginning in the Middle Ages, its hydropower was used for watermills along the Jona, later for textile production facilities. In the early 19th century, Rüti was one of the centers of the industrialization in the southeastern parts of the canton of Zürich. In 1847, Caspar Honegger, a factory for weaving machines, was established in the Joweid valley (river Jona), later Maschinenfabrik Rüti AG with its global relations, and in the 1990s of Sulzer and the G + F group. A collection of weaving machines produced by this company is now housed in a museum in nearby Neuthal.