Gotzenwil

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Gotzenwil

Elevation525 m

Land area1.06 km²

Coordinates47.47°, 8.78°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gotzenwil is a quarter in the district 3 (Seen) of Winterthur.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Max Binder

Swiss politician

Jürg Federspiel

Swiss writer (1931-2007)

Otto Haab

Swiss ophthalmologist (1850–1931)

Ludwig Zehnder

Swiss physicist (1854-1949)

S

Stefan Kobel

volleyball player

Salomon Corrodi

Swiss painter (1810-1892)

Carl Burckhardt

Swiss sculptor (1878-1923)

E

Ernst Meier

Swiss politician (1897-1979)

Felix Meyer

painter from Switzerland (1653-1713)

H

Hans Knüsli

Swiss politician (1841-1921)

Heinrich Schalcher

Swiss lawyer (1917-2006)

Lukas Meili

Swiss ice hockey player

Martin Fuchs

Swiss show jumper

M

Muriel Grässli

Swiss volleyball and beach volleyball player

R

Roland Korsch

Swiss ice hockey player

Traviès

French artist (1804–1859)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Iberg
  0.6 mi away
• Eidberg
  0.8 mi away
• Nussberg
  1.4 mi away
• Ricketwil
  1.4 mi away
• Kyburg
  1.9 mi away · pop. 405
• Räterschen
  2 mi away
• Rümikon
  2.1 mi away
• Waltenstein
  2.1 mi away
• Unterschlatt
  2.4 mi away
• Elsau
  2.5 mi away · pop. 3,477
• Schottikon
  2.5 mi away
• Unterschottikon
  2.5 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.

Recently spotted species

Buff Arches

Habrosyne pyritoides

Seen 2026-10-10

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-07

Climacocystis borealis

Climacocystis borealis

Seen 2026-10-07

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-07

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

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

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