Canton of Zurich
Winterthur District
Elgg

Hofstetten

Hofstetten is a former municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in . On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 498 residents
  • Description: former municipality and village in Elgg in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Hofstetten (ZH)”, “Hofstetten (ZH) ZH”, “Hofstetten bei Elgg”, “Hofstetten bei Elgg ZH”, “Hofstetten ZH”, and “Hofstetten, Zürich”
  • Postal code: 8354

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schauenberg and Elgg railway station.

Peak
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is a hill and ruined castle near , , at 892 m elevation. There were fortifications since the Iron Age, and since the early 13th century, there was a wooden structure, in the 1250s extended to a massive keep.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the and . The station is located on the St. Gallen–Winterthur line and is served by trains on the Zurich S-Bahn lines S12 and S35. is situated 3 km north of Hofstetten.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schlatt bei Winterthur and Elgg.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of .

Village
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is a village and former municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau, . It was first recorded in 1278 as Oetenhusen. is situated 3½ km east of Hofstetten.

Hofstetten

Latitude
47.47283° or 47° 28′ 22″ north
Longitude
8.85391° or 8° 51′ 14″ east
Population
498
Elevation
647 metres (2,123 feet)
Open location code
8FVCFVF3+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240127169
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660324
Wiki­data ID
Q65792
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Hofstetten” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوفشتيتن”
  • Basque: “Hofstetten (ZH)”
  • Basque: “Hofstetten”
  • Catalan: “Hofstetten”
  • Cebuano: “Hofstetten”
  • Chinese: “霍夫施泰滕”
  • Chuvash: “Хофштеттен-Эльг”
  • Dutch: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Dutch: “Hofstetten”
  • Esperanto: “Dickbuch”
  • Esperanto: “Geretswil”
  • Esperanto: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Esperanto: “Hofstetten ĉe Elgg”
  • Esperanto: “Hofstetten ZH”
  • Esperanto: “Huggenberg”
  • Esperanto: “Jakobstal”
  • Esperanto: “Scheunberg”
  • Esperanto: “Steig”
  • Esperanto: “Tiefenstein”
  • Esperanto: “Wenzikon”
  • French: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • French: “Hofstetten”
  • German: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • German: “Hofstetten ZH”
  • German: “Hofstetten”
  • Hungarian: “Hofstetten (ZH)”
  • Irish: “Hofstetten”
  • Italian: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Italian: “Hofstetten”
  • Japanese: “ホフシュテッテン”
  • Kazakh: “Хофштеттен-Эльг”
  • Lombard: “Hofstetten”
  • Malay: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hofstetten i Zürich”
  • Piemontese: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Portuguese: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Russian: “Хофштеттен-Эльг”
  • Russian: “Хофштеттен”
  • Spanish: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Spanish: “Hofstetten”
  • Swedish: “Hofstetten, Zürich”
  • Swedish: “Hofstetten”
  • Swiss German: “Hoofschtette”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Hofstetten ZH”
  • Turkish: “Hofstetten”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Hofstetten”
  • Uzbek: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Uzbek: “Xofshtetten Elg”
  • Uzbek: “Xofshtetten-Elg”
  • Uzbek: “Хофштеттен-Элг”
  • Venetian: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Volapük: “Hofstetten bei Elgg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hofstetten, Zürich”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hofstetten”
  • Welsh: “Hofstetten”

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