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Eglisau 1654

Drawing: City of Eglisau, Switzerland around 1654

Drawing: City of Eglisau, Switzerland around 1642

From Wikipedia: "Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several independent farm houses known as Ouwa. In 1238 it was mentioned as Owe, in 1304 as ze Seglinger Owe, in 1332 as ze Eglins Owe and in 1352 as ze Eglisowe."
Eglisau is situated on 2 major trade routes one along the river Rhine important to shipping and another one the North - South from Zurich to the Klettgau road over the river bridge, this strategic location made it also into an important market town.
Today Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland with a population of 3,684 (as of 2008).

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