Dinhard

History

Dinhard is first mentioned in 1275 as Thynart.

Geography

Dinhard has an area of . Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 6.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 6.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the southern Zürcher Weinland. It consists of the villages of Kirch- and Ausser-Dinhard, Welsikon, Eschlikon and Vorder Grüt.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  31,752
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  16,146
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  12,230
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  10,727
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  9,845
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  6,842
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  6,785
• Silver-washed Fritillary

  Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,628

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 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany