Kollbrunn is a village within the municipality

Municipalities of Switzerland

Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...

 of Zell

Zell, Zurich

Zell is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Zell has an area of . Of this area, 43.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.5% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Zurich

Canton of Zürich

The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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Geography

Kollbrunn is located in the district of Winterthur

Winterthur (district)

Winterthur District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is the city of Winterthur.- Municipalities :Winterthur District contains a total of 21 municipalities:...

 within the Töss Valley

Töss Valley

The Töss Valley is a valley and a region of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.- Geography :The valley compromises parts of the Zürcher Oberland including the districts of Hinwil, Pfäffikon and Winterthur, in addition to parts of the Zürcher Unterland .Usually Tösstal is the name of the upper...

. Zell-Kollbrunn belongs to the urban area

Urban area

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 of the northwestern city of Winterthur

Winterthur

Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...

. Neighbooring settlements are Kyburg

Kyburg, Zurich

Kyburg is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Kyburg has an area of . Of this area, 31.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

, Rikon im Tösstal

Rikon im Tösstal

Rikon im Tösstal is a village within the municipality of Zell in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.- Geography :Rikon is located in the district of Winterhur within the Töss Valley. Zell-Rikon belongs to the urban area of the northwestern city of Winterthur. In Rikon is a tibetan monastery, the...

, Schlatt, Wildberg

Wildberg

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 and Winterthur

Winterthur

Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...

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Education

Education covers Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 and Primarschule (Sekundarschule in Zell and Rikon

Rikon

is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino.- Cast :* Ureo Egawa as Shōgo Yamamura* Yuriko Hanabusa as Natsuno Sōma* Chōko Iida as Kikuyo* Michiyo Kogure as Michiko Sōma* Noriko Munakata as Tsuruko Miyawakita...

) levels. Higher school levels are located in Winterthur.

Transportation

The Tösstalstrasse motorway was built in 1837, the Tösstalbahn railway in 1872/76. Kollbrunn is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S26

S26 (ZVV)

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History

Near the church of Zell, the remains of a Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 estate have been found. First mentioned in the years 741 and 744 as «Cella» (Zell), the municipalities Zell

Zell, Zurich

Zell is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Zell has an area of . Of this area, 43.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.5% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

 and Turbenthal

Turbenthal

Turbenthal is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Turbenthal has an area of . Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.1% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

 were given to the nunnery on Lützelau

Lützelau

Lützelau is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Ufenau, in Lake Zürich in Switzerland between Rapperswil and Freienbach .- Geography :...

 island on Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich

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 by the Alamanni

Alamanni

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c noblewoman Beata. Then after, the area was given to the St. Gallen Abbey, and as a fief to the House of Habsburg, including a watermill

Watermill

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 in Rikon. As part of the Graf

Graf

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schaft Kyburg the area was sold to the city of Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

around 1450. In 1817/18 a textile manufacture was established in Rikon, and some years later another one in Kollbrunn.