Hirzel

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Hirzel is a small Swiss village in the canton of Zurich, known as the birthplace of "Heidi" author Johanna Spyri.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
village
associatedWithWork Heidi
birthplaceOf Johanna Spyri
canton Zürich NERFINISHED
country Switzerland
district Horgen
governedBy municipality of Horgen (since 2018)
hasAdministrativeStatusUntil independent municipality until 2017
hasArea 9.68 square kilometres
hasEconomySector agriculture
commuter residential area
hasHeritage traditional Swiss rural architecture
hasLandscape agricultural land
hilly plateau
hasMunicipalityCode 0133
hasNearbyMountainPass Hirzel Pass
hasPopulation approximately 2000 (before 2018 merger)
hasPostalCode 8816
hasReligiousBuilding Reformed church of Hirzel
hasRoad Hirzelstrasse NERFINISHED
hasSettlementType rural settlement
hasTransportConnection road connection to Horgen
road connection to Wädenswil
hasWebsite https://www.horgen.ch (as part of Horgen)
locatedAtElevation approximately 680 metres above sea level
locatedIn Switzerland
canton of Zürich NERFINISHED
locatedInCountrySubdivision German-speaking Switzerland
locatedInRegion Zimmerberg region
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Lake Zürich NERFINISHED
Sihlwald
surface form: Sihl Valley
mergerEffectiveDate 2018-01-01
mergerInto Horgen
notableFor birthplace of Johanna Spyri
officialLanguage German
partOf municipality of Horgen
primarySpokenDialect Swiss German
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Johanna Spyri placeOfBirth Hirzel