Dielsdorf

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Dielsdorf

Total population

5,917

Coordinates47.48°, 8.45°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dielsdorf is a municipality, seat of the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

R

Roland Meier

Swiss cyclist

Paul Zweifel

German gynecologist (1848-1927)

A

Albert Mossdorf

Swiss politician (1911-2001)

Adolf Meyer

Swiss-American psychiatrist (1866-1950)

P

Peter Baumgartner

Swiss cinematographer (1939–2021)

G

Gustav Däniker

Swiss military officer and arms industrialist (1896-1947)

Johann Ulrich Zehnder

politician (1798–1877)

Fritz Müller

Swiss glaciologist (1926-1980)

Heinrich Kleisli

mathematician (1930-2011)

U

Ueli Müller

cyclist

H

Hubert Bächli

Swiss cyclist

Fabian Lienhard

Swiss bicycle racer (1993-)

F

Felix Weidmann

Swiss politician (1805-1891)

J

Johann Jakob Bucher

Swiss politician and lawyer (1814-1905)

E

Erwin Lienhard

Swiss bicycle racer (1957-2019)

H

Henri Merke

engraver, specialist in aquatint, worked in London 1800-1820; printmaker; Swiss; British

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zurich

• Regensberg
  0.8 mi away · pop. 465
• Steinmaur
  1.2 mi away · pop. 2,742
• Nöschikon
  2 mi away · pop. 1,100
• Neerach
  2.2 mi away · pop. 2,366
• Schöfflisdorf
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,133
• Niederglatt
  2.4 mi away · pop. 4,751
• Adlikon b. Regensdorf
  2.5 mi away
• Boppelsen
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,018
• Hofstetten
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,860
• Oberweningen
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,796
• Dällikon
  2.9 mi away · pop. 3,950
• Schleinikon
  2.9 mi away · pop. 637

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dielsdorf

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Seen 2026-10-09

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-10-09

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-10-09

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-10-08

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-08

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-07

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-07

Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Seen 2026-10-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers