Affoltern is a quarter in the

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Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

, located in the

Glatt Valley The Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'' or ''Glatttal'') is a region and a river valley in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The Glatt is a tributary to the Rhine in the Zürcher Unterland area of the canton of Zurich. It is long ...

(German: ''Glattal'').

History and demographics

Affoltern was first mentioned in 870 as ''Affaltrahe'', and in the 9th century it was reigned by the St. Gallen Abbey, in the 12th/13th century by the

House of Regensberg Regensberg was a family of counts from the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The family had possessions in the medieval Zürichgau from the probably mid-11th century and became extinct in 1331 AD. With the extinction of the male line, the city ...

who built their ancestral seat '' Altburg'' nearby, followed in 1468 by the city of Zürich as part of the ''Obervogtei Regensberg'' ending in 1798. Affoltern was then after a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into the city Zürich in 1934. As today, Affoltern consists of the former settlements (''Fraktionen'') Ober- und Unter-Affoltern. The quarter has a population of 22'972 (2010) distributed on an area of 6.04 km², and is separated by the

Käferberg Käferberg (el. ) and Waidberg (el. ) are the summits of a wooded mountain respectively chain of hills overlooking the inner city of Zürich, Zürichsee, Albis chain and Uetliberg, as well as the Limmat Valley and the Zürcher Unterland in Sw ...

from the inner city.

Culture

The bath/lido Strandbad Katzensee is very popular.

Transportation

Zürich Affoltern railway station Zürich Affoltern railway station (german: Bahnhof Zürich Affoltern) is a railway station in the Affoltern quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. The station is located on the Wettingen–Effretikon railway line (Furttal line). The station is ...

is a stop of the

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 c ...

on the line S6.

Climate

References

* Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Statistik Stadt Zürich: ''Quartierspiegel Affoltern''. Zürich 2011
PDF; 9 MB

External links

Quartierverein Affoltern
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Affoltern (Zurich) District 11 of Zürich Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich