Fällanden

History

Fällanden is first mentioned around 820 as Fenichlanda.

Geography

Fällanden has an area of . Of this area, 40.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.6%) is non-productive (rivers, etc.). housing and buildings made up 20% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.2% of the area. 26.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is an agglomeration that grew up from the village of Fällanden and the settlements of Benglen, Pfaffhausen und Neuhausen. It is located on the north-east slope of the Pfannenstiel mountain chain, with Greifensee lake nearby.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  46,377
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  26,699
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  21,653
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  21,259
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  12,352
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  11,389
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  9,868
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  9,186

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 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany