Dietikon holds open day at the Bären and the old building office

Dietikon ZH, February 2024

Dietikon ZH - Die Stadt Dietikon lädt zu einem Tag der offenen Tür ein. Die beiden Gebäude Bären und altes Bauamt im historischen Dorfkern sind fast fertig saniert. Die Bevölkerung kann sie am 3. Februar besichtigen.

Dietikon invitesyou to visit the two buildings Bären and altes Bauamt in the historic village centre on Kronenplatz. According to a press release, both buildings are almostcompletely renovated. The public can visit them on Saturday, 3 February, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. as part of an open day. More detailed information on the buildings and renovations will be provided at 10.30 a.m. at the Bären and at 12 noon at the old building office.

According to the press release, the two buildings, the Bären and the old building office, are important contemporary witnesses of Dietikon’s urban development and are included in the municipal inventory of listed buildings. Nevertheless, they are two very different buildings, each embodying a different era of the town’s development.

The old building office was erected in its current structure in 1836 as a replacement for the first community centre on what was then the village square, known as the Spielhof. It is one of the few buildings on Kronenplatz that was built by the municipality itself and not by Wettingen Abbey. The imposing stone building first served as a school and community centre and now as a residential building.

The Bären was built in 1912 as a classicist building in the Heimatstil style at Dietikon railway station during the first major expansion phase of the town. The ground floor of the building comprises the restaurant from the period of construction with a single-storey hall extension and three full storeys and three attic storeys above. According to the press release, the refurbishment and seismic retrofitting were carried out with due consideration for the preservation of historical monuments. The renovation of the roof and the painting of the façade are still in progress. The four newly built four-and-a-half-room flats and the three-and-a-half-room flat on the top floor will be rented out once the work has been completed.

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