Wasen ZH
| ZH is the abbreviation for the canton of Zurich in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Wasen . |
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 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | Dielsdorf | |
| Political community : | Schleinikon | |
| Postal code : | 8165 | |
| Coordinates : | 672.11 thousand / 261 806 | |
| Height : | 457 m above sea level M. | |
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Wasen is a district of the Schleinikon municipality in the Dielsdorf district of the Canton of Zurich .
geography
Wasen is located in the Wehntal at 457 m above sea level. M. in the western part of the Zurich lowlands . The village is located on the southern slope of the Egg ridge on the banks of the Surb , which takes in the water of the valley stream coming from Dachsleren . In the southeast, Wasen is separated from the Oberweningen district of Hüebli by just one field .
Hauptstrasse 17 also runs through Wasen , connecting the village with Niederweningen in the west and Oberweningen in the east. It is connected by side roads with Dachsleren and Schleinikon, which are a little to the south.
history
Wasen belonged to the Regensberg rule until 1409 , then from 1409 to 1798 to the Regensberg bailiff in the Zurich city-state. Between 1798 and 1803 it belonged to the Bülach district of the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the canton of Zurich . Here Wasen was again part of the Bülach district until 1813, after which it belonged to the Regensberg Oberamt , which was converted into the Regensberg district in 1831. In 1871 this was then renamed the Dielsdorf district.
religion
Wasen is divided between the two Reformed parishes Schöfflisdorf and Niederweningen. In the Reformed Church in Niederweningen, the coat of arms of Wasen is carved into the southern entrance portal. The Catholic Church , however, is located in Dielsdorf .
Individual evidence
- ^ Printing and publishing by Friedrich Schulthess: Die alten Chroniken: or Memories of the City and Landscape of Zurich from the Earliest Times to 1820 . 1845, p. 873 ( Landvogtei Regensberg on p. 670 in the Google book search).