Wädenswil
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.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wädenswil
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| Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°40′E / 47.233°N 8.667°ECoordinates: 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 (December 2012) | |
| • Total | 20,907 |
| • Density | 1,203.6/km2 (3,117.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8820 |
| Surrounded by | Au, Zürich, Hirzel, Horgen, Männedorf, Meilen, Richterswil, Schönenberg, Stäfa, Uetikon am See |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Villages
- Wädenswil
- Au
- Berg
- Hütten
- Schönenberg
Gallery
View of Wädenswil and the Lake Zürich
Au
Hütten
The church of Schönenberg
Wädenswil Media
Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Wädenswil as seen from Lake Zürich (June 2009)
Wädenswil and Lake Zürich (1794)
Schloss Au on the Au peninsula
Motor ship Glärnisch serving as Restaurant at Wädenswil harbour
Lake of Zürich as seen from the pier at Wädenswil
Franz Würbel, Hans Auer (Vienna, ca. 1885). *Private Collection (Yarmouth Port, MA).
Paul Wild, ehemaliger Astronom an der UNI Bern
References
Other websites
Media related to Wädenswil at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- Wädenswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
