Pfungen

History

Pfungen is first mentioned in 993 as Funginga.

Geography

Pfungen has an area of . Of this area, 32.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 16.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.6%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.6% of the area. 22.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the lower Töss Valley, with the village sitting on a spur of the Multberg and additional settlements in the Rums river valley. It consists of the village of Pfungen and settlements in the Rums river valley as well as the industrial development in Bruni.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  44,684
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  20,675
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  18,492
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  15,711
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  10,549
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  9,108
• wild boar

  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  8,171
• hedgehog

  Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  7,542

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