Flaach

Geschichte

Flaach is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryFlaach is first mentioned in 1044 as Flacha, though the only surviving copy of the document dates from 1347.GeographyFlaach has an area of 10.2km2. Of this area, 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is partially agarian. It is located south of the confluence of the Thur river. The municipality expanded several times at the expense of Berg am Irchel. It expanded in 1619 when Oberdorf joined, in 1775 when Schloss Schollenberg joined and in 1788 when Ziegelhütte joined Flaach.Schloss Flaach is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.DemographicsFlaach has a population of., 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.5%. Most of the population speaks German (91.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.4%) and Albanian being third ( 2.2%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.3%), the SPS (9.2%) and the FDP (6.5%).