Bubikon

Also known as Bubikon ZH

Bubikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Bubikon
Swiss town.image_photo: Bubikon - Pfannenstiel - Laufenbach (Rüti) IMG 4631.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Bubikon COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Bubikon Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-ZH
Swiss town.district: Hinwil
Swiss town.postal_code: 8608
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0112
Swiss town.area: 11.58
Swiss town.elevation: 509

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Bubikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Bubikon as seen from the east thumb|left|Ritterhaus Bubikon, a former Knights Hospitaller commandry thumb|left|Bubikon commandry in 1742, drawing by David Herrliberger thumb|left|Egelsee (Bubikon)|Egelsee lake, [[Bachtel in the background]] thumb|left|Aerial view from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1922) Some names of localities have Celtic (Mürg) origins, others (Tafleten, Kammern, Zell) may have Roman origins. Fiefs of the St. Gallen Abbey are first mentioned around 744 in Berlikon (Perolvinchova), Bubikon is first mentioned in 811 as Puapinchova. The Ritterhaus Bubikon, a Knights Hospitaller commandry, was given by the Counts of Toggenburg and Counts of Rapperswil between 1191 and 1198. The convent was secularized in 1528, and the commandry in 1798.