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Dübendorf
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 Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as ''Tuobilindorf''. On the northeastern side of the Adlisberg the ruins of the ''Dübelstein'' castle are situated; from 1487 to 1489 the home of Hans Waldmann, former mayor of the city of Zürich. Geography Dübendorf has an area of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 41.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 29.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (12.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. The city is situated ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dübendorf - Helsana - Bahnhof Stettbach 2014-03-12 17-13-51
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 Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as ''Tuobilindorf''. On the northeastern side of the Adlisberg the ruins of the ''Dübelstein'' castle are situated; from 1487 to 1489 the home of Hans Waldmann, former mayor of the city of Zürich. Geography Dübendorf has an area of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 41.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 29.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (12.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. The city is situated rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dübendorf - Stadthaus IMG 1047 ShiftN
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 Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as ''Tuobilindorf''. On the northeastern side of the Adlisberg the ruins of the ''Dübelstein'' castle are situated; from 1487 to 1489 the home of Hans Waldmann, former mayor of the city of Zürich. Geography Dübendorf has an area of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 41.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 29.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (12.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. The city is situated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dübendorf - Glatt IMG 0998
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 Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as ''Tuobilindorf''. On the northeastern side of the Adlisberg the ruins of the ''Dübelstein'' castle are situated; from 1487 to 1489 the home of Hans Waldmann, former mayor of the city of Zürich. Geography Dübendorf has an area of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 41.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 29.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (12.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. The city is situated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dübendorf - Dübelstein - Gerold Edlibach 1489
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 Dübendorf is first mentioned in 946 as ''Tuobilindorf''. On the northeastern side of the Adlisberg the ruins of the ''Dübelstein'' castle are situated; from 1487 to 1489 the home of Hans Waldmann, former mayor of the city of Zürich. Geography Dübendorf has an area of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 41.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 29.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (12.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. The city is situated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wangen-Brüttisellen
Wangen-Brüttisellen is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Brüttisellen is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Britisseldon''. In 1242 it was mentioned as ''Wangen apud Glatto''. Wangen-Brüttisellen now incorporates Wangen bei Dübendorf, which was at one time a separate town. Geography Wangen-Brüttisellen has an area of . Of this area, 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 13.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (13%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 21.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Demographics Wangen-Brüttisellen has a population (as of ) of . , 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich (canton)
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glatt River
Glatt () is the name of a lesser affluent to the High Rhine in the Unterland of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It is long and flows out from the Greifensee through the Glatt Valley, discharging into the Rhine by Glattfelden. Whereas the upper reaches are only gently inclined, the stream gets steeper beneath, forming banks of bed load. The earliest mention of the Glatt ''(fluvii, qui dicitur glat)'' dates to 1034. The hydronym reflects the (feminine) OHG adjective ''glat'', meaning either "bright, clear" or "plane, smooth".Gabrielle Schmid/Andres Kristol, ''Niederglatt ZH (Dielsdorf)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, , p. 646. Since the 15th century, the Glatt had been subject to the sovereignty of the city o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlisberg
Adlisberg, with an elevation of , is a wooded mountain in Switzerland overlooking Zürichsee (Lake Zürich) to the northwest near the Zürichberg. Geography Adlisberg mountain is located to the east of the city of Zürich, between the Glatt river valley and Lake Zürich. Its highest point is about above the Lake Zürich. The mountain range is part of a chain of hills — among them Käferberg, Forch and Pfannenstiel — between Greifensee (Lake Greifen) and Lake Zürich. On the southern and western flanks of the Adlisberg are located the Zürich quarters Hottingen, Hirslanden and Witikon. The upper part of Hottingen is called ''Dolder'' and is a residential quarter of Zürich. On a terrace on the north side of the city of Zürich are situated the hamlets ''Tobelhof'', ''Gockhausen'' and ''Geeren''; the latter villages of the city of Dübendorf. Points of interest It is a picturesque location and the lower western side of the hill is now part of the residential dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fällanden
Fällanden is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Fällanden is first mentioned around 820 as ''Fenichlanda''. Geography Fällanden has an area of . Of this area, 40.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.6%) is non-productive (rivers, etc.). housing and buildings made up 20% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.2% of the area. 26.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is an agglomeration that grew up from the village of Fällanden and the settlements of Benglen, Pfaffhausen und Neuhausen. It is located on the north-east slope of the Pfannenstiel mountain chain, with Greifensee lake nearby. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uster (district)
Uster District is one of the twelve districts of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Its capital is the city of Uster. The German language, German-speaking district has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Uster contains a total of ten Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities: See also *Municipalities of the canton of Zürich References {{Canton Zurich Uster District, Districts of the canton of Zürich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietlikon
Dietlikon is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Dietlikon is first mentioned in 1124 as ''Dietlinchoven''. Geography Dietlikon has an area of . Of this area, 23.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 44.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on the edge of the middle Glatt Valley. Demographics Dietlikon has a population (as of ) of . , 21.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18%. Most of the population () speaks German (83.7%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
