Dietlikon

History

Dietlikon is first mentioned in 1124 as Dietlinchoven.For a long time, the municipality at the foot of the Hardwald forest led a rather sleepy existence. Dietlikon's foundation can be deduced from its name: Settlements with endings in "-ikon" are of Alemannic origin. The clan leader Dietilo, perhaps also called Dietelo or Dieto ("son of the people"), may have been persuaded to settle in the area of today's old part of the village by the presence of water. The name first appears in 1124 as "Dietlinchoven". Hard work awaited the pioneers. Field names such as Rüti, Rütenen, Brand, Blüttler and Stockwiesen give an idea of how space for meadows and fields was wrested from the forest. Some viticulture was also practiced early on and the rather bitter wine was used together with grain to pay tithes. Dietlikon was owned by the Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen, among others, and the church tax went to Wettingen monastery. Local historiography also mentions Count Adalbert von Mörsburg (around 1100), the Counts of Kyburg and, in connection with the castle and bailiwick of Dübelstein, the Zurich mayor Hans Waldmann.

Geography

Dietlikon has an area of . Of this area, 23.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 44.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on the edge of the middle Glatt Valley.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  50,509
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  23,684
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  23,456
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  21,288
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  12,996
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  10,161
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  9,543
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  9,103

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 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland