Mettmenhasli
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 Switzerland
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 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | Dielsdorf | |
| Political community : | Niederhasli | |
| Postal code : | 8155 | |
| Coordinates : | 678 998 / 258369 | |
| Height : | 423 m above sea level M. | |
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Mettmenhasli is a village in the Niederhasli municipality in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich . Until 1928 it was a separate civil parish .
geography
Mettmenhasli is located in the middle section of the Glatttal at 423 m above sea level. M. in the Zurich Unterland . It is bordered by the gently rising round humps Tännlibuck ( 464 m above sea level ) in the west and Eigibüel ( 434 m above sea level ) in the east. The Haslibach flowing through Mettmenhasli cuts through the village and divides the settlement area into a southern and a northern half.
The village is located south-southeast of the Niederhasler village center, from which it is separated by the embankment of the Wehntalbahn . In the north, however, Mettmenhasli has grown together with the Haagächer settlement , which protrudes far south from the embankment in a narrow strip of settlement. A little to the south-east is Oberhasli , to the south-west of Nassenwil and to the west, behind the Tännlibuck, the hamlet of Kastelhof .
The Mettmenhaslisee with the Haslisee lido is also located near Mettmenhasli .
history
Earlier names recorded in writing are Metmahaßle , Mettmahasle , Mettmahaslen , Mettmanhaßlen , Mettmehasle , Mettmenhaßle and Mettman Haslen .
The Zurich bourgeois family Lavater owned the judiciary over Nieder- and Mettmenhasli from 1532 to 1545 . In November 1545, Mayor Lavater sold them to the city of Zurich .
Blazon
The coat of arms shows two white fish on a red background, arranged horizontally one above the other, the lower one looking to the right, the upper one looking to the left.
Attractions
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Collection of Swiss legal sources: The legal sources of the Canton of Zurich
- ↑ Katja Hürlimann: Lavater. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 28, 2007 .
- ↑ Portrait of Mettmenhasli on the page of the Niederhasli community