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Zürcher Oberland
The Zürcher Oberland ("Zurich highlands") in Switzerland, is the hilly south-eastern part of the canton of Zurich, bordering on the Toggenburg, including the districts of Uster, Hinwil, Pfäffikon as well as the Töss Valley as far as the district of Winterthur. The territory gradually fell under the control of the city of Zurich from 1408 to 1452. In the 18th century, the jurisdiction lay with the reeve of Grüningen for the southern part, and with the reeve of Kyburg for the northern part together with most of the Zürcher Unterland. Municipalities: Bäretswil - Bauma - Bubikon - Dürnten- Tann - Fällanden - Fehraltorf - Fischenthal - Gossau - Greifensee - Grüningen - Hinwil - Hittnau - Kyburg - Maur - Mönchaltorf - Pfäffikon - Russikon - Rüti - Schlatt - Seegräben - Sternenberg - Turbenthal - Uster - Volketswil - Wald - Weisslingen - Wetzikon - Wila - Wildberg - Zell. Notable tourist destinations are primarily hiking and cycling, among many others th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tann ZH
Tann is a village in the municipality of Dürnten in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Geography Tann is located in the Zürcher Oberland, in the south of Dürnten, and is geographically part of the southern municipality of Rüti. Jona river is flowing through the eastern ''Joweid'' and ''Tannertobel'', a small river valley. Demographics Tann belongs politically to the municipality of Dürnten and is its biggest village: 47% of 6,402 inhabitants are living in Tann (as of 2007). Four of a total of five school houses are located in Tann: ''Blatt'', ''Tannenbühl'', ''Bogenacker'', and ''Nauen'' (high school level). With the neighbouring municipality of Rüti, Tann shares a wide variety of administrative structures among them the |
Schlatt ZH
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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rüti ZH
Rüti, which comes from the Old High German word , meaning " clearing", is a popular name for towns in the German speaking part of Switzerland. It can refer to the following: *Rüti, Glarus in Glarus *Rüti, Zürich in Zürich *:Rüti Reformed Church, an Evangelical Reformed church in the Swiss municipality of Rüti in the Canton of Zürich *:Rüti Abbey, a former Premonstratensian abbey, founded in 1206 and suppressed in 1525 on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich, situated in the municipality of Rüti in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland *Rüti bei Büren in Berne *Rüti bei Lyssach in Berne *Rüti bei Riggisberg in Berne *the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Hägglingen in Aargau *the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Waldkirch SG in St. Gallen *the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Affeltrangen in Thurgau *the former municipality of ''Rüti im Prättigau'' ( St. Antönien Rüti), now part of St. Antönien, Grisons The names of the following places have the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russikon
Russikon is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Russikon is first mentioned in 775 as ''Ruadgisinchova''. In 1247 it was mentioned as ''Rusinchon''. Geography Russikon has an area of . Of this area, 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 7.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. 9.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Demographics Russikon has a population (as of ) of . , 10.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mönchaltorf
Mönchaltorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Mönchaltorf is first mentioned in 741 as ''Villa Altorf''. In 872 it was mentioned as ''Altorf monachorum''. It also holds the record for the longest Apfel Strudel. Geography Mönchaltorf has an area of . Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Demographics Mönchaltorf has a population (as of ) of . , 11.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 48.8% male a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maur, Switzerland
Maur is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Maur is first mentioned between 874-887 as ''de Mure''. Geography Maur has an area of . Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 14.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.5%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0% of the area. 17% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located on the south-west shore of the Greifensee. It includes the village of Maur and the settlements of Aesch, Scheuren (Forch), Binz, Ebmatingen and Uessikon. Economy In the Powerplay studio, almost all the important Swiss musicians and many international bands produced and record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hittnau
Hittnau is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Hittnau is first mentioned in 905 as ''Hittenouva''. Geography Hittnau has an area of . Of this area, 50% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 7.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 6.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located between the Pfäffikon and Tösstal valleys. It includes the settlements of Ober- and Unterhittnau, Dürstelen, Isikon, Hasel, Schönau and Hofhalden. Demographics Hittnau has a population (as of ) of . , 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinwil
Hinwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History The village Hinwil from which the later municipality took its name is first mentioned in 745 as ''Hunichinwilari'', in a donation made by Beata and Landolt to the Abbey of Saint Gall. Hinwil was part of an Alamannic colony comprising also adjoining villages and settlements that were donated during the following century by descendants of Beata and Landolt or by other members of their clan to the same abbey, such as ''Hadaleihinchova'' (Hadlikon, donated in 775), ''Pozinhova'' (Bossikon, 829), ''Rimolteswilare'' (Ringwil, donated together with a church in 837) and ''Werinholveshusa'' (Wernetshausen, 867). The Alamanni were actually preceded by Roman inhabitants, as attested by the foundation walls of a Roman Villa dating from the 1st century CE and detected under the medieval church of Hinwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greifensee ZH , municipality located on lake Greifensee
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Greifensee may refer to: *Greifensee (lake), lake in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland *Greifensee, Zürich Greifensee is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Early history Settlements in Greifensee date back in 4000 B.C. In 1975, a Neolithic stilt house village located on the northern shore of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossau ZH
Gossau can mean either of two municipalities of Switzerland: * Gossau, St. Gallen, a city of 17,000 inhabitants * 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 firs ..., a town of 9,000 inhabitants Gossauer may refer to: * the inhabitants of either of the municipalities above * Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926), a Swiss women professional photographer and businesswoman from Rapperswil {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
