Hinwil District

The District Hinwil is a little country district in the east of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, which mainly comprises the southern part of the Zurich Oberland.

Municipalities

Civil parishes

By the end of 2009 following civil parishes were:

  • Gossau, community Gossau
  • Tann, community Durnten
  • Sub - Durnten, community Durnten

Towns

History

1830 called for the country people of the former exterior Bailiwick Grüningen reforms and demanded complete equality between city and countryside. At a public meeting in Uster demands were made on November 22 in a memorial. Due to the pressure of population council were already on December 6, 1830 elections were held in the new Great.

Only three months later, on 20 March 1831 was followed by the referendum on the new Constitution Canton, who agreed an overwhelming majority of voters.

With the referendum of 20 March 1831 top offices were abolished. The municipalities of the hitherto Oberamt Grüningen formed the new District Hinwil - the district capital was Hinwil.

Bubikon Gossau, Zürich Tann, Switzerland Grüningen Bachtel Fischenthal Kempten, Switzerland Wald, Zürich Wetzikon Dielsdorf District Dietikon District Horgen District Meilen District Uster District Winterthur District
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