Ossingen

Geschichte

Ossingen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryOssingen is first mentioned in 1230 as de Ozzingin.GeographyOssingen has an area of 13.1km2. Of this area, 57.9% is used for agricultural purposes, 30% is forested, 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality includes the village of Ossingen, the hamlets of Weiler Burghof, Gisenhard, Hausen and Langenmoos, the farming settlements of Werdhof, Ziegelhütte and Dachsenhausen as well as Schloss Wyden (Widen Castle). It also includes the Husemersee a lake located in the municipality.DemographicsOssingen has a population of., 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.9%. Most of the population speaks German (94.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.8%), the Green Party (10.7%) and the FDP (10.6%).