Wallisellen

Sister cities

• Rolle

History

The first settlement at Wallisellen dates from 58 BC. The municipality Wallisellen has its origin between 400 and 700 BC, after the Germanic migration of the peoples. Wallisellen is named according to both parts "Walchen" and "Seller". The Germanic peoples described as "Walchen" its Celtic and Romanic neighbours (see Walensee, lake of the Walchen). The word "Seller" stands for immigrated farmers, in contrast to long-established farmers, who cultivated small and modest farms. Linguists think that the name originated because Franks or Alemanni gave the name "Wallisellen" to a small farmer settlement, which was inhabited or founded by Celts or Romans. With inauguration of the NOB-line Zürich–Wallisellen–Winterthur on 25 June 1856 Wallisellen had its first connection with the Swiss railway network. In 1916, the municipality of Rieden merged with Wallisellen. In the interwar period Wallisellen developed from a village to a growing suburb-municipality of Zurich, but didn't want to have a town charter. During the Second World War, Wallisellen participated actively in the "cultivation battle" ("Anbauschlacht", i.e. increase in domestic food production due to reductions in imports). In 1958 the Roman Catholic church of St. Antonius was built.

Geography

Wallisellen has an area of . Of this area, 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 54.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  44,135
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  23,997
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  22,372
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  19,224
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  13,210
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  10,220
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  9,552
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  9,111

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 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland