Elgg
Elgg is a municipality of the district Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Elgg
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| Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°52′E / 47.483°N 8.867°ECoordinates: 47°29′N 8°52′E / 47.483°N 8.867°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zurich |
| District | Winterthur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christoph Ziegler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Highest elevation (above Heurütiweiher) | 825 m (2,707 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 494 m (1,621 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2015) | |
| • Total | 4,209 |
| • Density | 271.02/km2 (701.95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8353 |
| Surrounded by | Aadorf (TG), Bertschikon bei Attikon, Elsau, Hagenbuch, Hofstetten |
| Twin towns | Wenigzell (Austria), Mafi Kumase (Ghana) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
On 1 January 2018, the former municipality of Hofstetten bei Elgg merged into the municipality of Elgg.
Gallery
Elgg
Timber framing house at Elgg
Catholic church of Elgg
Elgg Media
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1920)
References
Other websites
Media related to Elgg at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- Elgg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
