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Dättnau

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ1270384 ↗
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Dättnau (German pronunciation: [ˈdɛtnau]) is a quarter in the district 4 (Töss) of Winterthur.

It was formerly a part of Töss municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922.

The quarter has a population of approximately 3,900 (2025).

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1270384. Authority coordinates are 47.484, 8.694. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922 and 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dättnau” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.