Elsau is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryElsau is first mentioned in 1043 as Elnesouva. On 23 April 1398 Count Donat von Toggenburg, Herr zu Brettengow und Tavas donated the church of Elsow as benefice for the new Allerheiligenaltar at the grave of the Toggenburg family in the Rüti Abbey, for the salvation of his daughter soul Menta von Toggenburg who died shortly before, as well as further lands and goods in the present Weinland district of the canton of Zürich, confirmed among others by Ruodolf von Bonstetten from ''Ustra.GeographyElsau has an area of 8km2. Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 10.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.5% of the area. 15.4% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.The municipality is located along both banks of the Eulach river. It consists of the villages of Elsau, Rümikon (mentioned in 829 as Rumaninchovun), Räterschen and since 1922 the villages of Unter- and Oberschottikon.DemographicsElsau has a population of., 11.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.5%. Most of the population speaks German (93.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).
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