Wasterkingen

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Wasterkingen

Total population

573

Elevation393 m

Land area3.96 km²

Coordinates47.59°, 8.47°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Wasterkingen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

N

Niklaus Schmid

Swiss judge

A

Albert Bächtold

Swiss writer (1891-1981)

Fritz Näf

Swiss conductor

Ruth Blum

Swiss writer (1913-1975)

A

André Jaeger

Swiss cook and entrepreneur

Hermann Suter

Swiss composer and conductor (1870-1926)

W

Walter Baumgartner

Swiss bicycle racer

M

Maria Grießer

Sereina Trachsel

cyclist

F

Ferdinand Vetter

Swiss germanist (1847-1924)

Franz Ludwig Wind

Swiss sculptor

Lisa Stoll

Swiss alphorn soloist

Hans Nabholz

Swiss archivist and historian (1874-1961)

A

Alfred Bollinger

Swiss journalist and politician (1896-1992)

T

Theodor Preu

German officer and Knight's Cross recipient (1896–1974)

Franz Beidler

music director (1872-1930)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Glattfelden
  2.5 mi away · pop. 4,945
• Weiach
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,377
• Windlach
  3.3 mi away
• Rafz
  3.6 mi away · pop. 3,395
• Schüpfheim
  3.6 mi away
• Bachs
  4.7 mi away · pop. 577
• Hochfelden
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,989
• Teufen ZH
  5.3 mi away
• Neerach
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,366
• Höri
  6 mi away · pop. 2,639
• Berg am Irchel
  6 mi away · pop. 573
• Bülach
  6 mi away · pop. 19,342

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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

Common Slowworm

Anguis fragilis

Seen 2026-10-09

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-07

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica

Seen 2026-10-07

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-10-07

Linden shield lichen

Parmelina tiliacea

Seen 2026-10-07

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-10-07

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-10-06

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-10-06

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Seen 2026-10-06

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

Official Identifiers