Bubikon

History

Some names of localities have Celtic (Mürg) origins, others (Tafleten, Kammern, Zell) may have Roman origins. Fiefs of the St. Gallen Abbey are first mentioned around 744 in Berlikon (Perolvinchova), Bubikon is first mentioned in 811 as Puapinchova. The Ritterhaus Bubikon, a Knights Hospitaller commandry, was given by the Counts of Toggenburg and Counts of Rapperswil between 1191 and 1198. The convent was secularized in 1528, and the commandry in 1798.

Geography

Bubikon has an area of . Of this area, 62.4% is used for agricultural purposes, 13.2% is forested, 19.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.6%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.8% of the area. 17.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the upper Glatt Valley on the water divide between the Glatt river and Lake Zurich. It includes the villages of Bubikon and Wolfhausen as well as the hamlets of Barenberg, Berlikon, Bürg and Wändhüslen. The Egelsee lake is located in the municipality.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  25,309
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  18,509
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  14,337
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  11,636
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  6,813
• Cherry Laurel

  Prunus laurocerasus L. · Magnoliopsida
  6,223
• Canadian Goldenrod

  Solidago canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  6,138
• Silver-washed Fritillary

  Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,016

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2018-02-01
  4 km N of Innerbraz, Austria