Wiesendangen
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| Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°47′E / 47.517°N 8.783°ECoordinates: 47°31′N 8°47′E / 47.517°N 8.783°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Zürich | |
| District | Winterthur | |
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| • Mayor | Kurt Roth FDP/PRD (as of 2007) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 19.16 km2 (7.40 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 469 m (1,539 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 6,226 | |
| • Density | 320/km2 (840/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 8542 | |
| SFOS number | 0298 | |
| Localities | Wiesendangen, Attikon, Wallikon, Buch, Menzengrüt | |
| Surrounded by | Ellikon an der Thur, Elsau, Hettlingen, Rickenbach, Winterthur | |
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Wiesendangen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen. At the same time the Community Identification Number changed from 0229 to 0298
Wiesendangen municipality (as of 2014) includes the former villages, hamlets or municipalities of: Wiesendangen, Attikon, Wallikon, Menzengrüt, Buch, Bertschikon, Gundetswil, Kefikon, Liebensberg, Stegen, Gündlikon and Zünikon. It is located on the site of Roman estates built in the 2nd and 3rd centuries along the road between Oberwinterthur and Pfyn. The area was acquired by St. Gallen Abbey in 804. Wiesendangen is first mentioned in this context, as Wisuntwangas ("wisent pasture"). Bertschikon is first mentioned in 1255 as Bersinkon. The village of Gündlikon may be mentioned in 774 as Cundilinchova though the identification is doubtful; it is mentioned in 1162 as Gundilinchova.
A tower house built in the early 12th century was inhabited by ministeriales of the House of Kyburg who called themselves von Wiesendangen or von Frauenfeld, as the acted as reeves in Frauenfeld. The manor was a fief of the bishop of Constance, given to the Hohenlandenberg family in 1472. High justice had already passed to Zürich along with the Kyburg possessions in 1452, low justice eventually passed to Zürich as well, in 1587.
The municipality of Wiesendangen was established in 1798 along older parish boundaries. The municipality of Bertschikon was also established in 1798, and merged with Gundetswil, Kefikon (Canton of Zürich portion only), Liebensberg, Stegen, Gündlikon and Zünikon in 1881. In 1928, the former municipalities of Attikon, Wallikon, Menzengrüt and Buch were incorporated into Wiesendangen. A train station was built outside of Attikon in 1855, moved to Attikon in 1907. After 1945, the municipality gradually lost its character of rural villages and developed into part of the urban agglomeration of Winterthur. The A1 motorway, built in the 1970s, passes between Attikon and Bertschikon.
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