Maschwanden

Geschichte

Maschwanden is a village in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryMaschwanden is first mentioned in 1189 as Maswondon. The Baron of Eschenbach owned a castle and the village, near the current municipality, at that time. However, in 1308 Walter von Eschenbach was present at the regicide of King Albert I of Germany near Windisch. In response to the murder, in 1309 the castle and village were both destroyed and never rebuilt. The ruins were located on a hill south-west of the modern village, which mostly consisted of gravel and was carried off during the 19th and 20th century.GeographyMaschwanden has an area of 4.7km2. Of this area, 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located on the east banks of the Reuss River near the confluence of the Lorze River into the Reuss.DemographicsMaschwanden has a population of., 4.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population speaks German (97.8%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).