Andelfingen district

Andelfingen district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
Main town :	Andelfingen
FSO number :	0102
Area :	166.54  km²
Height range :	342–695 m above sea level M.
Residents:	31,372 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	188 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Andelfingen is a rural district in the northeast of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The area is also known as the Zürcher Weinland .

geography

The Andelfingen district comprises most of the Zurich wine region . It extends northwest and north of the city of Winterthur , borders the Canton of Thurgau in the east and is bordered by the Rhine in the north and northeast and by the wooded range of hills of the Irchel in the west. From southeast to northwest, the Thur flows through the entire district to its confluence with the Rhine. In the far north of the district, on the border with the canton of Schaffhausen, is the Rhine Falls .

Political communities

coat of arms	Parish name	Postcode	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Adlikon	8452	707	6.58	107
	Andelfingen	8450	2215	6.74	329
	Benken (ZH)	8463	855	5.66	151
	Berg am Irchel	8415	570	7.01	81
	Book at the Irchel	8414	977	10.21	96
	Badgers	8447	1920	2.70	711
	Village	8458	658	5.56	118
	Feuerthalen	8245	3623	2.48	1461
	Flat	8416	1414	10.17	139
	Flurlingen	8247	1438	2.42	594
	Henggart	8444	2239	3.03	739
	Humlikon	8457	487	3.68	132
	Kleinandelfingen	8451	2109	10.29	205
	Laufen-Uhwiesen	8248	1709	6.28	272
	Marthalen	8460	1908	14.13	135
	Ossingen	8475	1641	13.09	125
	Rheinau	8462	1333	8.95	149
	Stammheim	8468 8476 8477	2747	23.95	115
	Thalheim an der Thur	8478	917	6.44	142
	Trullikon	8466	1066	9.56	112
	Truttikon	8467	477	4.41	108
	People	8459	362	3.20	113
Total (22)			31,372	166.54	188

Changes in the community

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  Parishes until 1871

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  Municipalities until 1877

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  Parishes until 1878

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  Parishes until 1969

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  Municipalities until 2012

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  Municipalities by 2018

• 1872: Split from Adlikon → Humlikon
• 1878: Change of name Dorlikon → Thalheim an der Thur
• 1879: Split from Trüllikon → Truttikon
• 1970: Name change from Grossandelfingen → Andelfingen
• 2013: Merger of the hamlet “Obere Hueb” of the municipality of Buch am Irchel → Neftenbach
• 2019: Merger of Oberstammheim , Unterstammheim and Waltalingen → Stammheim

Civil parishes

The following civil parishes still existed until the end of 2009 :

• Gräslikon (Political Municipality Berg am Irchel )
• Guntalingen (Political Community of Waltalingen )
• Trüllikon (Political Municipality of Trüllikon)
• Wildensbuch (Political Municipality of Trüllikon )

The civil parish of Rudolfingen was dissolved on January 1, 2008 and became part of the Trüllikon political community.

Localities

Postcode	Name of the place	local community
	Datwil	Adlikon
	Niederwil ZH	Adlikon
8415	Gräslikon	Berg am Irchel
	Bebikon	Book at the Irchel
	Desibach	Book at the Irchel
	Wiler	Book at the Irchel
8246	Langwiesen	Feuerthalen
8453	Old people	Kleinandelfingen
8461	Oerlingen	Kleinandelfingen
	Running at the Rhine Falls	Laufen-Uhwiesen
8212	Nohl	Laufen-Uhwiesen
8248	Uhwiesen	Laufen-Uhwiesen
8464	Ellikon on the Rhine	Marthalen
	Courtyard	Ossingen
	Gisenhard	Ossingen
	Langenmoos	Ossingen
	Hausen	Ossingen
8468	Guntalingen	Stammheim
8477	Oberstammheim	Stammheim
8476	Unterstammheim	Stammheim
8468	Waltalingen	Stammheim
8525	Wilen b. Neunforn ZH	Stammheim
	Gütighausen	Thalheim an der Thur
8465	Rudolfingen	Trullikon
8465	Wildensbuch	Trullikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.

Web links

Commons : Bezirk Andelfingen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Martin Illi: Andelfingen (rule, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .