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Gibswil

Total population

300

Coordinates47.31°, 8.91°

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

Overview

Fischenthal is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fischenthal, it includes the villages of Gibswil and Steg, as well as nearly 100 smaller settlements.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Adolf Guyer-Zeller

Swiss businessman (1839-1899)

Jakob Stutz

Swiss writer and poet (1801-1877)

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Schaggi Streuli

Swiss film actor (1899-1980)

Peter Knapp

Swiss photographer (born 1931)

Dorothee Elmiger

Swiss writer

Brigitte Häberli-Koller

Swiss politician

Ueli Maurer

Swiss Politician

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Swiss theologian

Adolf Kaegi

Swiss linguist (1849-1923)

Paul Egli

Swiss racing cyclist (1911–1997)

André Egli

Swiss footballer

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Andreas Schweizer

Swiss gymnast

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Stefania Boffa

Swiss tennis player

Remo Fischer

Swiss cross-country skier

Hans Georg Nägeli

Swiss composer (1773-1836)

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Armin Sierszyn

Swiss church historian and theologian

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Fischenthal
  1.5 mi away · pop. 2,666
• Wald ZH
  2.7 mi away · pop. 10,620
• Ringwil
  2.7 mi away
• Steg im Tösstal
  2.8 mi away
• Bäretswil
  3 mi away · pop. 4,958
• Breitenmatt
  3.1 mi away
• Hadlikon
  3.2 mi away
• Oberdürnten
  3.4 mi away
• Hinwil
  3.4 mi away · pop. 10,364
• Laupen ZH
  3.4 mi away
• Tann
  4 mi away
• Dürnten
  4.1 mi away · pop. 7,392

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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.

Recently spotted species

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-10-09

Marbled Carpet Moth

Dysstroma truncata

Seen 2026-10-09

wild carrot

Daucus carota

Seen 2026-10-04

Brown-lipped Snail

Cepaea nemoralis

Seen 2026-10-04

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Seen 2026-10-04

Red-banded Polypore

Fomitopsis pinicola

Seen 2026-10-04

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Seen 2026-10-04

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-10-03

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-10-03

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