Menzingen

Menzingen is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Meincingin. ==Geography==

Menzingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 62.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on a moraine plateau between the Lorze and Sihl rivers at an elevation of about . In 1848 the municipality of Neuheim separated from Menzingen. It consists of the village of Menzingen and a number of hamlets and individual farm houses. It includes Edlibach and Finstersee and, until the late 1950s, was the highest destination of the then famous Zug tramways. ==Demographics==

Menzingen has a population (as of ) of . , 16.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has decreased at a rate of -1.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.8%), with Albanian being second most common (3.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (1.5%). In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (30.6%), the FDP (19.8%) and the Green Party (11.6%). ==References==