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Kollbrunn, Zürich
Kollbrunn is a village within the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Zell, Zurich, Zell in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Zurich, Zurich in Switzerland. Geography Kollbrunn is located in Winterthur (district), the district of Winterthur within the Töss Valley. Zell-Kollbrunn belongs to the urban area of the northwestern city of Winterthur. Neighbouring settlements are Kyburg, Zurich, Kyburg, Rikon im Tösstal, Schlatt, Zurich, Schlatt, Wildberg, Switzerland, Wildberg and Winterthur. Education Education covers Kindergarten and Primarschule (Sekundarschule in Zell and Rikon) levels. Higher school levels are located in Winterthur. Transportation The ''Tösstalstrasse'' motorway was built in 1837, the ''Tösstalbahn'' railway in 1872/76. Kollbrunn railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S11 (ZVV), S11 and S26 (ZVV), S26. History Near the church of Zell, the remains of a Roman Empire estate have been found. First mentioned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Canton Of Zürich
There are 160 municipalities in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. In general, municipalities (German: ''Politische Gemeinden'') in Switzerland are grouped in districts (''Bezirke''), their capital municipalities are written in bold letters. Mergers of municipalities There were no changes between 1934 and 2013, but , there occurred in all four mergers as per 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015, 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017. * 2014: '' Bertschikon bei Attikon'' and '' Wiesendangen'' → Wiesendangen * 2015: ''Bauma'' and '' Sternenberg'' → Bauma * 2016: '' Kyburg'' and ''Illnau-Effretikon'' → Illnau-Effretikon * 2018: ''Hirzel'' and ''Horgen'' → Horgen * 2018: ''Elgg'' and '' Hofstetten'' → Elgg * 2019: ''Oberstammheim'', ''Unterstammheim'' and ''Waltalingen'' → Stammheim * 2019: '' Hütten'', '' Schönenberg'' and ''Wädenswil'' → Wädenswil * 2023: ''Adlikon'', '' Andelfingen'' and ''Humlikon'' → Andelfingen List of the municipalities There are listed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlatt, Zurich
Schlatt bei Winterthur is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Schlatt has an area of . Of this area, 47.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 2.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.6% of the area. , 3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Demographics Schlatt has a population (as of ) of . , 5.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Zurich
__NOTOC__ Lake Zurich ( Swiss German/Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Seedamm at Rapperswil, whilst the part upstream of Rapperswil may be called the ''Obersee'' or Upper Lake. Geography Lake Zurich is formed by the Linth river, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps and was diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen from where its waters are carried to the east end of Lake Zurich by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816). The waters of the Lake of Zurich flow out of the lake at its north-west end ( Quaibrücke), passing through the city of Zürich; however, the outflow is then called the Limmat. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Tödi at 3,614 metres above sea level. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lützelau
Lützelau (Old High German: ''little island'') is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Ufenau, in Lake Zürich in Switzerland between Rapperswil ( away) and Freienbach ( away). Geography Lützelau lies in Höfe district in the Canton of Schwyz. Since the 13th/14th centuries, it has belonged to the community of Rapperswil (now called ''Ortsbürgergemeinde''). The island measures in all, from east to west and from north to south. The highest point of the island is above sea level or above lake level at . On occasion of the formation of the Alps, the fossilized sediments material of the body of water between the Ricken and Etzel chains unfolded. There arose the typical rock bands that form the Lindenhof hill in Rapperswil, or the islands of Ufnau, Lützelau and Heilighüsli. During the last Ice Age the island was under a thick layer of ice, and the hard layers of conglomerate rock and the sandstone ridge survived the sanding by the glacier. History First ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbenthal
Turbenthal is a municipality in the district of Winterthur located in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Turbenthal has an area of . Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. , 4.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Turbenthal is situated in the upper Töss Valley. Demographics Turbenthal has a population (as of ) of . , 16.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.3%. Most of the population () speaks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, and was ruled by emperors. From the accession of Caesar Augustus as the first Roman emperor to the military anarchy of the 3rd century, it was a Principate with Italia as the metropole of its provinces and the city of Rome as its sole capital. The Empire was later ruled by multiple emperors who shared control over the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. The city of Rome remained the nominal capital of both parts until AD 476 when the imperial insignia were sent to Constantinople following the capture of the Western capital of Ravenna by the Germanic barbarians. The adoption of Christianity as the state church of the Roman Empire in AD 380 and the fall of the Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S26 (ZVV)
S26 may refer to: Aviation * Blériot-SPAD S.26, a French racing seaplane * Philippine Airlines Flight S26, which crashed in 1969 * Short S.26, a British flying boat transport * Sikorsky S-26, a Russian biplane bomber Rail and transit * S26 (Berlin), a line of the Berlin S-Bahn * Konbu Station, in Rankoshi, Isoya District, Hokkaido, Japan * Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway, a line of the St. Galen S-Bahn in Switzerland * Tösstal railway line, a line of the Zürich S-Bahn in Switzerland Roads * Shanghai–Changzhou Expressway, China * County Route S26 (California), United States * U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey, partially numbered S26 until 1953 Submarines * , of the Royal Navy * , of the Indian Navy * , of the United States Navy Other uses * 40S ribosomal protein S26 * British NVC community S26 British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Depe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S11 (ZVV)
The S11 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network. The S11 is one of the network's lines connecting the Canton (Switzerland), cantons of Canton of Zürich, Zürich and Canton of Aargau, Aargau. Route * Line S11 commences at Aarau railway station, Aarau station, in the canton of Aargau. It follows the Heitersberg railway line, Heitersberg line as far as Killwangen-Spreitenbach railway station, Killwangen-Spreitenbach station, and then the Zürich–Baden railway line, Baden to Zürich line as far as Dietikon railway station, Dietikon station and the approaches to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich Hauptbahnhof station. Passing through the lower level platforms at this station, the line then passes through the Hirschengraben Tunnel, Hirschengraben and Zürichberg Tunnel, Zürichberg tunnels, and Stettbach railway station, Stettbach station, before joining the Zürich–Winterthur r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S-Bahn Zürich
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble commuter or even regional rail. The term derives from ''Schnellbahn'', ''Stadtbahn'' or ''Stadtschnellbahn''. Similar systems in Switzerland are known as S-Bahn as well. In Belgium it is known as S-Trein (Flemish) or Train S (French). In Belgium there are S-Trains in the five largest cities: Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, Ghent and Charleroi. In Denmark, they are known as S-tog , in the Czech Republic as Esko or S-lines. Characteristics There is no complete definition of an S-Bahn system. S-Bahn are, where they exist, the most local type of railway stopping at all existing stations inside and around a city, while other mainline trains only call at major stations. They are slower than mainline railways but usually serve as fast crosstown serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kollbrunn Railway Station
Kollbrunn railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich. The station is situated in the village of Kollbrunn within the municipality of Zell. It is located on the Tösstalbahn between Winterthur and Rapperswil, and is served by Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ... lines S11 and S26. References External links *Kollbrunn station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site Railway stations in the canton of Zürich Swiss Federal Railways stations {{switzerland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
