Wädenswil
municipality in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Wädenswil, locally often called: Wädi or Wädischwil, is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019, the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg merged into the municipality of Wädenswil.
Wädenswil | |
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 Reformed church of Wädenswil | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wädenswil  | |
  Wädenswil  Wädenswil | |
| Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°40′E / 47.233°N 8.667°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zürich |
| District | Horgen |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Philipp Kutter (as of October 2014) |
| • Parliament | Gemeinderat with 35 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.37 km2 (6.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 21,617 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8820 |
| SFOS number | 0293 |
| Surrounded by | Au, Zürich, Hirzel, Horgen, Männedorf, Meilen, Richterswil, Schönenberg, Stäfa, Uetikon am See |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Villages
change- Wädenswil
- Au
- Berg
- Hütten
- Schönenberg
Gallery
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View of Wädenswil and the Lake Zürich -
Au -
Hütten -
The church of Schönenberg
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Wädenswil at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- Wädenswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
