Bassersdorf
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Coordinates: 47°27′N, 8°38′E

Bassersdorf
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Bülach
Coordinates	47°27′N, 8°38′E
Population	8,824  (December 2003)
- Density	978 /km² (2,534 /sq.mi.)
Area	9.02 km² (3.5 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,509 ft)
Postal code	8303
SFOS number	0052
Surrounded by	Dietlikon, Kloten, Lindau, Nürensdorf, Wangen-Brüttisellen
Twin towns	Aigle (Switzerland)
Website	www.bassersdorf.ch
Bassersdorf

Bassersdorf is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zurich, located in the district of Bülach.

The name, mentionend in 1155 as Bazzelstorf and maybe yet in the early 11th century as Basselstorff, is a compound consisting of dorf, a wide-spread constituent in alemannic placenames meaning ‚hamlet, farm, village, estate‘, and the genitive form of an anthroponym, probably OHG *Bazzilo (or its feminine Bacila, documented in the Abbey of St. Gall).^[1] The Alemannic settlement dates to the 8th or 9th century. Due to its position halfway between the towns of Zurich and Winterthur, the village gained some importance as a relay during the 18th and 19th centuries.

View over Bassersdorf

St. Johannis Church

Former train-station (relocated in 1980)

Sawmill in the Wisental

Sources

External links

• http://www.bassersdorf.ch/
• Bassersdorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• http://www.zuol.ch/gemeinden/details.asp?Gemeinde=Bassersdorf

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