Maschwanden
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Maschwanden
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Maschwanden01.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Maschwanden COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Maschwanden Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Zurich
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-ZH
- Swiss town.district
- Affoltern
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8933
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0008
- Swiss town.area
- 4.67
- Swiss town.elevation
- 398
- Swiss town.website
- www.maschwanden.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Cham (ZG), Hünenberg (ZG), Knonau, Mettmenstetten, Obfelden
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Maschwanden is a village in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view (1947) Maschwanden is first mentioned in 1189 as Maswondon. The Baron of Eschenbach owned a castle and the village, near the current municipality, at that time. However, in 1308 Walter von Eschenbach was present at the regicide of King Albert I of Germany near Windisch. In response to the murder, in 1309 the castle and village were both destroyed and never rebuilt. The ruins were located on a hill south-west of the modern village, which mostly consisted of gravel and was carried off during the 19th and 20th century.