Elgg

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Elgg

Total population

4,925

Elevation519 m

Land area15.59 km²

Coordinates47.49°, 8.87°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Elgg is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hugh of Hohenlandenberg

Roman Catholic bishop

Ludwig Lavater

Swiss theologian

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Wildhans von Breitenlandenberg

Swiss nobleman

Elisabeth Eidenbenz

Swiss humanitarian (1913-2011)

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Hans Manz

Swiss writer (1931-2016)

Eskil Suter

Suiss motorcycle racer

Wilhelm Hertenstein

Swiss politician (1825–1888)

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Stefan Kobel

volleyball player

Arnold Kübler

Swiss writer, illustrator and journalist (1890-1983)

Else Züblin-Spiller

Swiss journalist and temperance activist (1881–1948)

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Emil Bösch

Swiss politician (1909-1992)

H

Heinrich Bachmann

Swiss association football player

Heinrich Bosshard

Swiss author (1811-1877)

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Walter Kupper

botanist (1874-1953)

Max Lattmann

Swiss engineer (1910-2011)

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Paul Manz

Swiss politician (1924-1995)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Hofstetten ZH
  1.3 mi away · pop. 498
• Heurüti
  1.4 mi away
• Dickbuch
  1.8 mi away
• Hagenbuch ZH
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,085
• Waltenstein
  2.3 mi away
• Unterschlatt
  2.3 mi away
• Schottikon
  2.6 mi away
• Unterschottikon
  2.7 mi away
• Seelmatten
  2.8 mi away
• Elsau
  3.2 mi away · pop. 3,477
• Nussberg
  3.2 mi away
• Ricketwil
  3.2 mi away

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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 Elgg

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-07

European Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

Seen 2026-10-05

Eastern Sycamore Lace Bug

Corythucha ciliata

Seen 2026-10-04

artist's bracket

Ganoderma applanatum

Seen 2026-10-04

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica

Seen 2026-10-04

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-10-04

Bulbous Honey Fungus

Armillaria gallica

Seen 2026-10-04

Trooping Crumble Cap

Coprinellus disseminatus

Seen 2026-10-04

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Seen 2026-10-04

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

Official Identifiers