Ebikon

History

Ebikon was first mentioned during the late 9th century as marcha Abinchova.

Geography

Ebikon has an area of . Of this area, 38.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 23.94% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 34.06% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.33% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 15.69% is covered with buildings, 1.75% is industrial, 1.55% is classed as special developments, 1.14% is parks or greenbelts and 10.22% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 4.13% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 2.58% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.62% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located along the old highway between Lucerne and Zürich. It consists of the linear village of Ebikon and the greater part of the Rotsee or Red Lake, the upper Ron valley (Rontal) and the town section of Rathausen.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,660
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  5,052
• Early Goldenrod, Tall goldenrod, Giant goldenrod

  Solidago gigantea Aiton · Magnoliopsida
  3,331
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary

  Brenthis ino (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  3,124
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,013
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  3,004
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  3,002
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,823

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, 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