Wald, Zurich

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Coordinates: 47°17′N, 8°55′E

Wald
Coat of Arms of Wald
Canton Zürich
District Hinwil
Coordinates  47°17′N, 8°55′E
Population 8745   (December 2005)
Area 25.25 km²
Elevation 763 m
Postal code 8636
SFOS number 0120
Website www.wald.zh.ch
Wald (Switzerland)
Wald
Wald
For other uses, see Wald.

Wald is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

The Dorfkirche in Wald.
The Dorfkirche in Wald.

[edit] History

Wald is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1217. In the year 1621 the municipality received market rights.

During the process of industrialization it had numerous spinning mills and weaving mills.

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Coat of Arms of the Canton of Zürich
Municipalities in the district of Hinwil, Switzerland

Bäretswil | Bubikon | Dürnten | Fischenthal | Gossau | Grüningen | Hinwil | Rüti | Seegräben | Wald | Wetzikon

Canton of Zürich | Districts of Canton Zürich | Municipalities of the canton of Zurich

 
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