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Also known as Oberengstringen ZH

Oberengstringen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Oberengstringen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Limmat - Oberengstringen IMG 5868.JPG
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Oberengstringen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Oberengstringen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-ZH
Swiss town.district
Dietikon
Swiss town.postal_code
8102
Swiss town.municipality_code
0245
Swiss town.area
2.13
Swiss town.elevation
413
Swiss town.website
www.oberengstringen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Regensdorf, Schlieren, Unterengstringen, Zurich

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Oberengstringen
Official language
German
Population
6599
Area
2.15
Elevation
432
Body of water
Limmat
Shares border with
Zurich
Official website
www.oberengstringen.ch
Image
Limmat - Oberengstringen IMG 5868.JPG
Licence plate code
ZH
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Commons category
Oberengstringen
postal code
8102
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/245
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Werdinsel and Limmatauen
  • Demographics
  • References
  • External links

Oberengstringen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

==History== Oberengstringen is first mentioned in 870 as Enstelingon. In 1306 it was mentioned as Obren Enstringen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberengstringen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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