| Year | Fact's | Source |
| -2000a.D. | Stone Grave, Opfikon, Swiss National Museum | 1 |
| -1300a.D. | Grave Hill, Wallisellen Föhrlibuck, Grave Hill, Dübendorf Rebenbuck, | 2 |
| -800a.D. | Celt settlement, Embrach, Bülach | 2 |
| -700a.D. | Celt Grave, Rieden Hardwald | |
| -600a.D. | Celt Grave, Wallisellen Weidenholz Neugut | 2 |
| -60/300 | Romans settlement, Kloten | 2 , 4 |
| 300/500 | Alemannen settelment, Kloten | 2 |
| after 450 | Farmland clearing, Farmer settlement around Kloten, Embrach, Gerlisberg | 2 |
| 1291 | Foundation of Switzerland | |
| ~1300 | At this time the family names were not jet consolidated. The name Hintermeister probably was given for a craftsmen in a backpart of a vilage. In Gerlisberg lived at this time a master of rope-maker. On the Heraldic figure for Hintermeister are two handle to make ropes. That is probably the combination to Konrad and Rudolf Hintermeister 70 years later. | 6 , 8 |
| 1370 | First mention: Family Hintermeister of Gerlisberg, Konrad and his brother Rudolf, his sisters and children lived on a farm in Gerlisberg, near Kloten, Zürich, Switzerland | 7 |
| 1429 | Family Hintermeister of Gerlisberg pays tax to Stift Embrach. | 7 |
| 1438 | Rudolf Hintermeister of Gerlisberg is witness in the court of Embrach | 6 , 7 |
| 1463/69 | Family Hintermeister of Bänikon, very near to Gerlisberg, pays tax to Stift Embrach Gerlisberg, no more Hintermeister Family | 7 |
| 1467 | Family Hintermeister of Rieden pays tax to Monastery Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen total 5 farmhauses with total 9 Familys, 45 Inhabitants, 20 Inhabitants over 15 years lives in Rieden | 3 , 9 |
| 1489 | Rieden, Dietlikon get there own authority | 3 |
| 1492 | Columbus discovered America | |
| 1524 | Reformation, Zwingli, from Katholic to Protestant Up to this time the families changed often the village. Normaly after one generation. After 1524 they stayed for the next 3 centuries | 3 , 4 |
| 1536 | Kloten, first Parish book, hintermeister families: Dietlikon 1 Hintermeister Family - Uli ~1512, Dietlikon Clan, Lindau ZH Clan Illinois Minnesota Clan Ohio Clan Michgan Clan Oberhausen 1 Hintermeister Family - Friedli ~1524, Opfikon, Oberhausen Clan Iowa Clan Rieden 8 Hintermeister Families - Heiny ~1513, Farm "Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen" Lindenstr.1-5, Rieden - Osswald ~1520 - Gusti ~1521 - Marti ~1530 - Heiny ~1531 - Felix ~1532 - Clausen ~1534 - Rudli ~1535 Kloten 5 Hintermeister Families - Georg ~1513 - Elias ~1524 - Christian ~1525 - Rudolf ~1530 - Heiny ~1535 Opfikon 3 Hintermeister Families - Bast ~1509 - Jakob ~1510 - Gratzi ~1526 Bänikon, probably 2 or 3 Hintermeister families??? Gerlisberg, no Hintermeister Family Wallisellen, no Hintermeister Family Glattbrugg, no Hintermeister Family Eppenschwil, no Hintermeister Family Bassersdorf, no Hintermeister Family | 3 , 5 , 9 |
| 1542 | Rieden, Hintermeister farm, (Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen) probably Lindenstr.1-5: 31 Jucharten towards Dietlikon, 29 Jucharten towards Schwerzenbach, 22,5 Jucharten towards Hardwald Total Rieden farmland: 129 Jucharten towards Dietlikon, 124 Jucharten towards Schwerzenbach, 122 Jucharten towards Hardwald | 2 |
| 1650/1750 | 1750 Dietlikon line (Dietlikon Clan) Dietlikon, Country judge: Rudolf Hintermeister 1644 Dietlikon, Country judge: Felix Hintermeister 1666 Dietlikon, Country judge: Hans Jakob Hintermeister 1689 Dietlikon, Country judge: Georg Hintermeister 1719 | 3 |
| 1650/1750 | Dietlikon, Country judge: Felix Hintermeister 1603 Dietlikon, Country judge: Felix Hintermeister 1715 | 3 |
| 1620/1750 | Rieden, Country judge: Jakob Hintermeister 1597 (Farm "Kloster Oetenbach", Krummgasse6/8, Fuchsrain 8) Rieden, Country judge: Uli Hintermeister 1601 Rieden, Country judge: Felix Hintermeister 1625 Rieden, Country judge: Heinrich Hintermeister 1690 (Farm "Kloster Oetenbach", Lindenstr. 7,9,11) Rieden, Country judge: Hans Jacob Hintermeister 1710 Rieden, Country judge: Heinrich Hintermeister 1715 | 2 |
| 1700 | Rieden, Dietlikon, prohibition to build new farmhouses. Overpopulation in this region. | 2 |
| after 1720 | Emigration to northern Germany, Austria, France, USA | |
| ~1820 | Citizen near Zürich Dietlikon (Dietlikon Clan) Kloten Elsau etc. | |
| 2005 | Switzerland, 100 Families Germany, 50 Families Austria, 30 Families USA, 300 Families Worldwide, 700 Families | |
