Dübendorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

It is a suburb of Zürich in Switzerland with a population of about 30,000 (2021). It is the fourth largest city in the canton, after Zürich, Winterthur, and Uster.

History

thumb|left|Aerial view from 500 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer (1923)]]

Artifacts have been discovered in the Dübendorf municipality, with the earliest dating back to prehistoric times. These include isolated relics from the Stone and Bronze Ages, as well as known burial sites. However, the original graves have been destroyed, leaving only the grave goods, which are estimated to be from approximately 1400 to 700 BCE.

Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as Tuobilindorf.

Geography

thumb|left|[[Glatt (Rhine)|Glatt river in Dübendorf]]

Dübendorf has an area of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Regarding the rest of the land, 41.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Year

! Population

|-

| 1467

| c. 225

|-

| 1634

| 553

|-

| 1710

| 1,031

|-

| 1850

| 2,018

|-

| 1900

| 2,544

|-

| 1950

| 6,750

|-

| 1970

| 19,639

|-

| 2000

| 22,216

|-

| 2010

| 24,607

|-

| 2020

| 29,685

|-

| 2025

| 32,877

|-

|}

For more up-to-date population figures:

http://www.duebendorf.ch/de/portrait/portraitfacts/factsbevoelkerung/

Industry

thumb|Helsana administration building in Stettbach quarter

Dübendorf is the home of two research institutions that are part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology domain (ETH-Bereich):

;Empa: Empa is a materials science and technology research institution with 5 programs: Nanotechnology, Adaptive Materials Systems, The Healthy Human, Materials for Energy Technology and Technosphere - Atmosphere.

;Eawag: Eawag is the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. There are a variety of topics researched at Eawag: Applied Aquatic Ecology, Chemical Pollutants, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Toxicology, Fish Ecology and Evolution, Limnology, Surface Waters, Systems Analysis/Integrated Assessment and Modeling, Urban Water Management, Water and Agriculture, Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC), and Water Resources and Drinking Water.

Givaudan, producer of flavors and fragrances, has a part of its R&D department located in Dübendorf. Hewlett-Packard's main Switzerland office is in Dübendorf.

The Aeromedical Center of the Swiss Air Force and the headquarters of the virtual reality aviation simulation company Loft Dynamics (formerly VRM Switzerland) are located in Dübendorf.

Dübendorf has an unemployment rate of 3.09%. , there were 196 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 2410 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 234 businesses in this sector. 11663 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 897 businesses in this sector. 76.1% of the working population were employed full-time, and 23.9% were employed part-time.

Education

The Primarschulverwaltung Dübendorf serves primary school students. The Sekundarschule Dübendorf-Schwerzenbach serves secondary level students. The Kantonsschule Uster in Uster has gymnasium education and serves Dübendorf.

The Lycée Français Marie Curie de Zürich (LFZ), a French international school, is located on four campuses in the municipality.

The Bildungslandschaft Dübendorf starts with early childhood. It organizes a wide range of information, meeting and educational opportunities for families and subsidizes playgroup places. It is important to sensitize all parents to the fact that the first four years of life are central to the educational biography.

Through the Bildungslandschaft, stakeholders from the pre-school, social, health, integration and school sectors also network with each other. This creates a sustainable network around young children with the aim of giving them a fair chance of a good education.

Places of interest

thumb|Obere Mühle, the cultural centre of Dübendorf

The town of Dübendorf is quite small and easy to get around on foot. Crossing from one side of the city to the other can be done within a half hour of casual walking. Apart from the city center and the river, an interesting place to visit is the museum of military aviation, displaying not just various military planes, but also various demonstration material (for instance, how helicopter control systems function) and two of the last original Junkers Ju 52 vintage aircraft in flying condition, which are used to provide sightseeing trips.

Transport

Dübendorf is served by both rail and bus links with the Zürich center (10 min), Winterthur (via Stettbach, 20 min) and other places in the canton of Zürich. Dübendorf railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines and and is a 13-minute (S9) ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Stettbach railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines , , , and .

The military airport hosts one of the Rega bases. It currently is no longer used as the base of military jets.

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File:Dübendorf - Bahnhofstrasse IMG 0974 ShiftN.jpg|Bahnhofstrasse and inner city as seen from Dübendorf train station

File:Bevel gear.jpg|Technical solutions of the Glatt floodgates

File:Swiss Air Force P-51 Mustang side view.jpg|Swiss Air Force's P-51 Mustang in the Dübendorf museum of military aviation

File:Ju52 dub.JPG|Junkers Ju 52 of the JU-AIR airline

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Twin town

  • Dunavarsány, Hungary (2022)

Notable people

thumb|140px|execution of Hans Waldmann, 1513

  • Hans Waldmann (1435–1489), Mayor of Zurich, a military leader and Squire of Dubelstein
  • Wilhelm Meyer-Lubke (1861–1936), philologist of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics
  • Oskar Bider (1891–1919 in Dübendorf), aviation pioneer
  • Ruedi Walter (1916–1990), comedian and actor
  • Peter von Matt (1937–2025), philologist and author, lived in Dübendorf
  • Guerino Mazzola (born 1947), mathematician, musicologist, jazz pianist and author
  • Michael Lammer (born 1982) a retired professional tennis player, lives in Dübendorf
  • Leandra Columberg (born 1999), Swiss politician

See also

  • Solar Impulse

References

  • Official website