Elgg
Sign in to saveElgg 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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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- History
- Äschli (Ash Wednesday custom)
- Geography
- Demographics
- Transport
- Notable people
- References
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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.