Affoltern is a quarter in district 11 in Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).
History and demographics
editAffoltern was first mentioned in 870 as Affaltrahe, and in the 9th century it was reigned by the St. Gallen Abbey, in the 12th/13th century by the House of Regensberg who built their ancestral seat Altburg nearby, followed in 1468 by the city of Zürich as part of the Obervogtei Regensberg ending in 1798. Affoltern was then after a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into the city Zürich in 1934. As today, Affoltern consists of the former settlements (Fraktionen) Ober- und Unter-Affoltern.
The quarter has a population of 22'972 (2010) distributed on an area of 6.04 km2, and is separated by the Käferberg from the inner city.
Culture
editThe bath/lido Strandbad Katzensee is very popular.
Transportation
editZürich Affoltern railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S6.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Zürich / Affoltern (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.3 (39.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63 (2.5) |
55 (2.2) |
65 (2.6) |
73 (2.9) |
115 (4.5) |
112 (4.4) |
116 (4.6) |
109 (4.3) |
79 (3.1) |
80 (3.1) |
74 (2.9) |
80 (3.1) |
1,022 (40.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.8 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 125.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 79 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 51 | 81 | 139 | 178 | 195 | 216 | 237 | 219 | 159 | 95 | 51 | 40 | 1,662 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 21 | 32 | 42 | 46 | 44 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 46 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 41 |
| Source: MeteoSwiss[1] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Climate Normals Zürich / Affoltern (Reference period 1991−2020)" (PDF). Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Statistik Stadt Zürich: Quartierspiegel Affoltern. Zürich 2011 (PDF; 9 MB)
External links
edit Media related to Affoltern at Wikimedia Commons
- Quartierverein Affoltern
- Affoltern bei Zürich in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.