Obfelden
Sign in to saveObfelden (Swiss German: Obfälde) is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Obfelden
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Obfelden - Lunnern 2011-09-22 18-01-20.JPG
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Obfelden COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Obfelden Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Zurich
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-ZH
- Swiss town.district
- Affoltern
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8912
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0010
- Swiss town.area
- 7.54
- Swiss town.elevation
- 430
- Swiss town.website
- www.obfelden.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Affoltern am Albis, Hünenberg (ZG), Maschwanden, Merenschwand (AG), Mettmenstetten, Ottenbach
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Obfelden (Swiss German: Obfälde) is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
==History== Politically, Obfelden is the youngest municipality in Affoltern, though settlements in the area date back to the Alemannic-Franconian period in the 5th century AD. Early activity coalesced around five hamlets: Bickwil (first mentioned in 1246 as Bickewilare), Oberlunnern and Unterlunnern (1257 Lundenerun and Lunderun inferioris), Wolsen (1311 Wolunsun), and Toussen (1325 Thunsen). These five hamlets were known collectively as being ob dem Feld ("over the field") from neighbouring Ottenbach; most fell under the jurisdiction of Maschwanden, although Toussen and part of Unterlunnern came under the Zürich Freiamt. Both of these areas were merged into Knonau (today's Affoltern district) in the sixteenth century, when the hamlets of Obfelden became a part of the nearby parish of Ottenbach.