Neftenbach

Sister cities

• Sásd

History

Neftenbach is first mentioned in 1209 as Neftinbach. The village was owned by the barons of Wart, whose arms were adopted as the municipal coat of arms in 1921.

Geography

Neftenbach has an area of . Of this area, 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 10.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.5% of the area. 9.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the lower Töss Valley. It consists of the village of Neftenbach and the hamlets of Hünikon, Aesch, Riet and Irchelhöfen.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  35,560
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  16,475
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  14,351
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  13,857
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  9,441
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  8,763
• wild boar

  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  7,206
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  6,315

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 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland