Winkel

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Winkel

Total population

4,237

Coordinates47.49°, 8.55°

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

Overview

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

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

R

Romano Lemm

Swiss ice hockey player

Katrin Müller

freestyle skier

H

Heinz Stettler

Swiss bobsledder (1952-2006)

K

Karl Frei

gymnast (1917-2011)

David Sesa

Swiss footballer

Marco Bührer

Swiss ice hockey player

T

Therry Brunner

Swiss snowboarder

B

Benjamin Baumgartner

Swiss bicycle racer

C

Chris Reece

Swiss composer, songwriter, DJ and record producer

Lügner

Swiss singer

G

Gustav Däniker

Swiss military officer and arms industrialist (1896-1947)

K

Karin Lanz

Swiss actress and television presenter

L

Lotti Latrous

Swiss healthcare worker and philanthropist

U

Urs Salzmann

bobsledder

F

Francesco Di Jorio

Swiss footballer

G

Giovanni Giacomo Meyer

Swiss entrepreneur (1792-1872)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Bülach
  1.8 mi away · pop. 19,342
• Oberglatt
  1.9 mi away · pop. 6,789
• Lufingen
  1.9 mi away · pop. 2,066
• Embrach
  2.1 mi away · pop. 9,143
• Hofstetten
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,860
• Höri
  2.4 mi away · pop. 2,639
• Hochfelden
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,989
• Rorbas
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,201
• Oberembrach
  3 mi away · pop. 1,066
• Rümlang
  3.1 mi away · pop. 7,752
• Kloten
  3.2 mi away · pop. 18,412
• Niederhasli
  3.3 mi away · pop. 9,085

Browse all places in Zurich →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Winkel

Stille Winkel in Zürich

Dagmar Bhend · 2008

Erlenbach-Winkel

Christine Tobler · 2002

Der Kreis

Karl-Heinz Steinle · 1999

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-10-15

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-10-15

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-10-15

European Harvestman

Phalangium opilio

Seen 2026-10-15

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-10-15

Grey Cross Spider

Larinioides sclopetarius

Seen 2026-10-14

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-10-14

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-10-14

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-10-14

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

Official Identifiers