Bülach

Bülach is a historic town of about 22,000 inhabitants in the canton of Zürich and the administrative capital of Bülach district. It lies in the Glatt Valley east of the small river Glatt, about 4 kilometres south of the High Rhine and about 6 kilometres north of Zurich Airport. The official language is Swiss Standard German, though the local variant of the Alemannic dialect is the main spoken language. Bülach is first mentioned in 811 as Pulacha and fell within the province of the Alamanni from early times; an early cemetery excavated there was described by Joachim Werner in a study published in 1953. The municipality covers about 16.1 square kilometres and takes in the town, the village of Niederflachs and hamlets such as Heimgarten am Rinsberg, Eschenmosen and Nussbaumen am Dettenberg. Bachenbülach belonged to it until 1849, and the town lies on the old road from Zürich through Kloten to Eglisau.