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Elgg
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Also known as Elgg ZH

Elgg is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Elgg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Elgg Dorf.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Elgg COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Elgg Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-ZH
Swiss town.district
Winterthur
Swiss town.postal_code
8353
Swiss town.municipality_code
0294
Swiss town.area
15.53
Swiss town.elevation
530
Swiss town.highest
above Heurütiweiher
Swiss town.highest_m
825
Swiss town.lowest_m
494
Swiss town.website
www.elgg.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Aadorf (TG), Bertschikon bei Attikon, Elsau, Hagenbuch, Hofstetten bei Elgg
Swiss town.twintowns
Wenigzell (Austria), Mafi Kumase (Ghana)

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Äschli (Ash Wednesday custom)
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Elgg is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.

==History== thumb|Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1920) Elgg () is first mentioned between 760 and 763 as Ailaghoga. In 1166 it was mentioned as Elgoue and in 1370 as Elggaw.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elgg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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