Eglisau
Sign in to saveEglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.elevation
- 355
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Eglisau
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Rheinbruecken Eglisau 02 10.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Eglisau COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Eglisau Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Zürich
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-ZH
- Swiss town.district
- Bülach
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8193
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0055
- Swiss town.area
- 9.07
- Swiss town.website
- www.eglisau.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Ursula Fehr
- Swiss town.mayor_asof
- 2015
- Swiss town.mayor_party
- SVP
- Swiss town.places
- Burg, Kaiserhof, Seglingen, Tössriedern, Wiler, Sampfi
- Swiss town.demonym
- Eglisauer
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Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view from 50 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1929) Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several independent farm houses known as Ouwa. In 1238 it was mentioned as Owe, in 1304 as ze Seglinger Owe, in 1332 as ze Eglins Owe and in 1352 as ze Eglisowe.