Hirzel

village in Switzerland
Place village Q66338
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Summary

Hirzel is a village[1]. Hirzel ranks in the top 0.44% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month, #224 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Horgen[3], Horgen District[4], Canton of Zürich[5]
  • Country: Switzerland[6]
  • Instance of: former municipality of Switzerland[7]
  • Official language: German[8]
  • Shares border with: Hausen am Albis[9], Menzingen[10], Neuheim[11], Schönenberg[12], Wädenswil[13]
  • Postal code: 8816[14]
  • Commons category: Hirzel ZH[15]
  • Licence plate code: ZH[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hirzel ZH[17]
  • Population: 2158[18], 2179[19]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/132[20]
  • Replaced by: Horgen[21]
  • Official name: Hirzel[22]
  • Category for people born here: Q32648887[23]
  • Category for people who died here: Q60910884[24]
  • Native label: Hirzel[25]
  • Category of associated people: Q32648889[26]
  • Elevation above sea level: 678 m[27]
  • Area: 9.68 km²[28], 9.71 km²[29]
  • P14586: 96882[30]

Why It Matters

Hirzel has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Hirzel is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'ceb', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'kk',
    Official name → {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Hirzel'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hirzel'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 96882
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 96882, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 22w ago · MineoBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Horgen, Horgen District, Canton of Zürich
    Located in → —
    Aliases → —
    Official language → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Musicbrainz area id: bf099005-0b32-40fa-9dac-64ba1f543bd0"
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