Gossau Performance Chart
Gossau can mean either of two municipalities of Switzerland: * Gossau, St. Gallen, a city of 17,000 inhabitants * Gossau, Zürich, a town of 9,000 inhabitants Gossauer may refer to: * the inhabitants of either of the municipalities above * Alwina Gossauer Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926) was a Swiss photographer and businesswoman. Born and raised in Rapperswil, as an adult she made Rapperswil again her home and became one of the first women professional photographers in Switzerland. Early life a ...

Gossau, Zürich
Gossau is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Gossau itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Bertschikon, Grüt, Herschmettlen and Ottikon. History Gossau is first mentioned in 859 as ''Cozzesouwo''. Notable persons * Jakob Falk (*15th or 16th century; † 5. September 1528 in Zurich), martyr of the Swiss Anabaptist movement * Ernst Brugger (*10. März 1914; † 20. Juni 1998), politician Geography Gossau has an area of . Of this area, 67% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (streams and non-productive vegetation). housing and buildings made up 12% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (i.e. streams) made up 0.4% of the area. 11.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some ...
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