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Seegräben - Aathal IMG 3662
Seegräben is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Seegräben itself, the municipality also includes the settlements of Aathal, Aathal-Seegräben, Aretshalden, Ottenhausen, Sack and Wagenburg. Geography Seegräben is the smallest municipality in the district of Hinwil. It lies on the western shore of Pfäffikersee lake, and the municipality includes part of the lake and of the ''Robenhauser Ried'', a wetland nature reserve of national importance. It also includes part of the Aathal valley, and the settlements of Aathal, Aathal-Seegräben, Aretshalden, Ottenhausen, Sack, Seegräben and Wagenburg. Seegräben has an area of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 10.4% of the total area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinwil (district)
Hinwil District is one of the twelve districts of the German language, German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It lies southeast of the canton, bordering the adjacent Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen. Hinwil has a population of (as of ); its capital is the town of Hinwil, located at the centre of the district. It was formed in 1831, when the administrative seat was moved to Hinwil from Grüningen ZH, Grüningen. The district was known as ''Oberamt Grüningen'' from 1815–1831, which continued the historical bailiwick of Grüningen (1408–1798). Municipalities Hinwil contains a total of eleven Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities: See also *Municipalities of the canton of Zürich References {{Authority control Districts of the canton of Zürich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, positioning itself at the Centre-left politics, centre-left. Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly. Amongst all Pro-Europeanism, pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aathal Dinosaur Museum
The Aathal Dinosaur Museum (Swiss German native name: Sauriermuseum Aathal) is a Paleontology, paleontological museum in the locality ''Aathal (Valley), Aathal'' of the Municipalities in the canton of Zürich, municipality of Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, and one of the few dinosaur museums in Europe. History Hans-Jakob Siber, a mineral and fossil dealer, started in 1977 to exhibit temporarily a fossilized giant turtle from four and a half meters in length at his annual special show in Aathal (Valley), Aathal, and was featuring the eight-meter-long skeleton of an ''Edmontosaurus'' four years later. In 1992 the collection was expanded and in 1993 the ''Sauriermuseum Aathal'' in the current building was opened. The family-owned company ''Siber + Siber'' supported the funding of the further activities. Museum and excavations Museum The former building of the ''Baumwollspinnerei Streiff & Cie'' weaving mill in Aathal was built in 1903 and houses the museum on abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
