- Zürcher Unterland
The "Zürcher Unterland" ("Zürich lowlands") comprises the northwestern part of the
canton of Zürich , including the districts of Bülach and Dielsdorf.Geographically, it is located in the
Swiss plateau , between theLimmat valley, the city ofZürich and theZürcher Oberland in the south, riverRhine andGermany in the north. Its limit in the west is the border to the cantonAargau , in the east it ends at the district ofWinterthur and the Töss river. The elevation range is between the low point of 355m at theRhine atEglisau , and the high point of 856m onLägern . Its main part is lying on both sides of the riverGlatt .With the exception of the Rafzerfeld, the entire region came under the government of the city of
Zürich in the course of the15th century (Regensberg and Bülach in 1409, Regensdorf in 1469).The region has been strongly influenced economically by
Zurich Airport since the 1950s, and has been urbanized, forming part of "Greater Zurich ".There are two regional newspapers, the "
Zürcher Unterländer " and the "Neues Bülacher Tagblatt ".External links
*http://www.zueri-unterland.ch
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