Dübendorf
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| Population | 23,176 (December 2007[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 1,703 /km2 (4,410 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 13.61 km2 (5.25 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 440 m (1,444 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 8600 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0191 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Lothar Ziörjen | |||||||||
| Localities | Dübendorf, Dübelstein, Geeren, Gfenn, Gockhausen, Hermikon, Stettbach | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Dietlikon, Fällanden, Schwerzenbach, Volketswil, Wallisellen, Wangen-Brüttisellen, Zurich | |||||||||
| Website | www.duebendorf.ch SFSO statistics |
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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 23,176 (2007).
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[edit] Geography
The city is situated roughly 6 miles north east of Zürich. It is bisected by the Glatt river which runs from the Greifensee (Lake Greifen) which lies directly to the southeast. Dübendorf is located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).
[edit] Industry
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.[1]
[edit] Places of interest
The town of Dübendorf is quite small, and it is easy to get around on foot. Traversal from one side of the city to the other can be done within a half hour of casual walking. Apart the city center and the river, an interesting place to visit is the museum of military aviation, storing not just various military planes, but also interesting demonstration material (for instance, how the helicopter steering systems are arranged) and three of the last original Junkers Ju-52 oldtimer airplanes in flying condition, which can be booked for sightseeing trips.
[edit] Transport
Dübendorf is served by both rail and bus links with the Zurich center (10 min), Winterthur (via Stettbach, 20 min) and other places in the canton of Zurich. Dübendorf train station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S9 and S14. Its train station is a 13 minute (S9) ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Stettbach is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S3, S9 and S12.
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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[edit] Gallery
 Helsana administration building in Stettbach quarter |
 Technical solutions of the Glatt floodgates |
 Swiss Air Force's P-51 Mustang in the Dübendorf museum of military aviation |
 The cockpit of the first Swiss jet fighter, de Havilland Vampire, in the museum of military aviation |
 Junkers Ju 52 (JU-AIR airline) |
 Castle Dübelstein, so called Waldmannsburg (1489) |
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