- Wetzikon
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Wetzikon
municipality_name = Wetzikon
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Wetzikon-blazon.svg|pixel_coa=
languages = German
canton = Zurich
iso-code-region = CH-ZH
district = Hinwil
lat_d=47|lat_m=19|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=48|long_EW=E
postal_code = 8620
municipality_code = 0121
area = 16.73
elevation = 535|elevation_description=
population = 20542|populationof = December 2007
website = www.wetzikon.ch
mayor = Urs Fischer|mayor_asof=2008|mayor_party=FDP
mayor_title = Gemeindepräsident|list_of_mayors =
places =
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities=Bäretswil , Gossau,Hinwil ,Mönchaltorf ,Pfäffikon ,Seegräben
twintowns = Melnik (Czech Republic)|Wetzikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in
Switzerland .It is located near
Lake Pfäffikon , betweenUster andRapperswil-Jona .The "Kantonschule Zürcher Oberland" (KZO) [http://www.kzo.ch] , or the "Kanti" as the gymnasium level learning institution is known in
Swiss German , is based in Wetzikon due to its central location in the Zürich Oberland.The regional hospital, the "Gesundheitsversorgung Zürcher Oberland" [http://www.gzo.ch] is also located there.
Wetzikon is a node of the
Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S3, S14, S15 and S5. The town is a 20 minute ride fromZürich Main Station .External links
*http://www.wetzikon.ch - Official Homepage
*http://www.izh.ch/wetzikon - Community Homepage
* [http://www.zom-messe.ch Zürcher Oberland Messe] (in Swiss-German "Züri Oberland Mäss").
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