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Obfelden

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 10

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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For Obfelden (ZH), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’307 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.4 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 14.2 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.4 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Canton: 3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
21.4 m

Canton: 121.1 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
1’307

0.6% of the canton

25 m or taller
0

0% of measured parcels

About Obfelden

Obfelden is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. For Obfelden, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’307 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.4 m, on three quarters at most 11.1 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 14.2 m.

For Obfelden, the median building height, 9.4 m, is below the canton median of 10.5 m. The tallest building measures 21.4 m. 44 parcels have a building of 15 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 11. By median building height, Obfelden ranks 143rd of 155 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’307 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)8.0 m8.7 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.4 m10.5 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.1 m12.7 m11.5 m
P9514.2 m18.5 m16.6 m
Tallest building21.4 m121.1 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m4
  • 3-6 m64
  • 6-9 m463
  • 9-12 m540
  • 12-15 m192
  • 15-18 m38
  • 18-21 m4
  • 21-24 m2
  • 24-27 m0
  • 27-30 m0
  • 30 m or taller0

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 990 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 11.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor62
  • 2 floors395
  • 3 floors444
  • 4 floors73
  • 5 floors13
  • 6 floors0
  • 7 floors1
  • 8 or more floors2

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 21.4 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller443.4%
25 m or taller00%
30 m or taller00%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Obfelden

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Obfelden. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

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