Regensdorf

Regensdorf is a municipality in the Dielsdorf District of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland and the largest city in the Furttal region. It consists of the villages of Watt, Adlikon and Regensdorf, on both sides of the Furtbach stream in a shallow east to west valley at an elevation of 443 metres, with Regensberg Castle on a hill to the north and the Gubrist hill to the south, through which the A1 motorway runs in the Gubrist Tunnel. The place is first mentioned in 870 as Reganesdorf, and the name Adalinchova in 1040 is thought to date from the building of Alt-Regensberg Castle by the House of Regensberg. The municipality covers 14.6 square kilometres, includes the lake Katzensee on the border with the Affoltern quarter of the city of Zurich, and the Regensdorf-Watt station is served by the Zurich S-Bahn.