Schönenberg

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Schönenberg

Total population

1,917

Elevation723 m

Coordinates47.19°, 8.64°

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

Overview

Schönenberg is a former municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg merged into the municipality of Wädenswil.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Walo Lüönd

Swiss actor (1927-2012)

Thomas Aeschi

Swiss politician

Andy Tschümperlin

Swiss politician

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Heinz Tännler

Swiss civil law notary and politician

Joseph Spillmann

Swiss writer (1842-1905)

Peter Hess

Swiss politician

Martin Annen

bobsledder

Simonetta Sommaruga

politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

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Thomas Hürlimann

Swiss writer (born 1950)

Nadia Styger

Swiss alpine skier

Brigitte McMahon

Swiss triathlete

Patrick Fischer

Swiss ice hockey player and coach

Beat Fidel Zurlauben

Swiss historian (1720–1799)

Andreas Blum

Swiss journalist and actor (1936–2024)

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Andreas Schönbächler

Swiss freestyle skier

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Annelies Štrba

Swiss photographer (born 1947)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Hirzel
  2.1 mi away · pop. 2,185
• Wädenswil
  2.7 mi away · pop. 24,341
• Richterswil
  3 mi away · pop. 13,022
• Sihlbrugg
  3.5 mi away
• Au
  3.6 mi away
• Männedorf
  4.7 mi away · pop. 10,588
• Ebertswil
  4.9 mi away
• Horgen
  5.1 mi away · pop. 22,514
• Meilen
  5.3 mi away · pop. 13,515
• Stäfa
  5.5 mi away · pop. 11,567
• Kappel am Albis
  6 mi away · pop. 865
• Feldmeilen
  6 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

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-10-15

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-10-15

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-10-14

Silver-sided Sector Spider

Zygiella x-notata

Seen 2026-10-14

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-10-14

common ivy

Hedera helix

Seen 2026-10-13

Purple Toadflax

Linaria purpurea

Seen 2026-10-13

Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Seen 2026-10-13

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-10-12

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

Official Identifiers