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Wetzikon is situated at an elevation of 535 m a the southern end of Lake Pfäffikon in the district Hinwil of the Swiss canton Zurich. The municipality has a population of about 24.600 (2016).

The earliest written document mentioning Wenzinchofa dates from 1044. The first church was consecrated presumably around 1330 by the bishop of Konstanz. The municipality of Wetzikon emerged in 1798 based on the territory of the Protestant parish. It was part of the district Uster (1798), the bailiwick of Grüningen (1814) and the district Hinwil (since 1831). In the 19th century, the villages of Oberwetzikon, Unterwetzikon, Kempten, Robenhausen, Ettenhausen and Robank formed autonomous civil communities; these were dissolved in 1928 and today are part of the municipality of Wetzikon.

The Reformed Church [left, no. 2502, and right, no. 3466: top left inset] goes back to a church that was first mentioned in 857/858 as Ratpoldeschirichun (church of St. Ratpold). This church seems to have been replaced by another one before 1334. In the early 16th century it became Protestant. The present church was built in 1895–1897 by the architect Paul Reber in Gothic revival style.

Glass no. 3466 [right] shows a view of Bahnhofquartier (Station Qarter). Wetzikon was connected to the railway system in 1857 by an extension of the railway line Wallisellen–Uster, further extende in 1859 to Rüti ZH and in 1859 to Rapperswil and Weesen.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetzikon; http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F93.php; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glatthalbahn]