Wetzikon ZH

Sister cities

• Badolato
• Mělník

History

The oldest surviving document about the name Wetzikon is from the year 1044, where three nobles of "Wezzinchova" are mentioned; before that the village and castle were known by the name Ratpoldskilch. Older history is known from excavations of prehistoric pile dwellings in Robenhausen and a Roman villa rustica in Kempten.

Geography

The municipality Wetzikon has an area of . Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.1%) is non-productive (streams, lakes and non-productive vegetation). housing and buildings made up 20% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3.3% of the area. 30.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. It is located near Lake Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland, between Uster and Rapperswil-Jona. The Robenhauser Ried wetland is a nature reserve of national importance and is situated between Seegräben, Kempten and Irgenhausen covering an area of about .

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  31,690
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  22,546
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  15,436
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  13,773
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  7,995
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  7,868
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  7,842
• Cherry Laurel

  Prunus laurocerasus L. · Magnoliopsida
  7,532

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 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2018-02-01
  4 km N of Innerbraz, Austria