The German version is legally binding.
Buildings and dwellings
Source: Federal Statistical Office; Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (RBD). Public level A data under Art. 16 of the Ordinance on the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (VGWR), reconciled daily. Free use, including commercial use; attribution is mandatory. The RBD contains no information on owners or occupants.
Building permit applications
Source: official gazettes of the cantons of Zurich, Bern, Zug, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Ticino, obtained via the public interface of amtsblattportal.ch. Only the signed publication in the respective official gazette is legally binding. Plans can only be inspected at the municipality during the public display period. Vorbau does not display the names of private individuals.
Forced auctions
Source: Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SOGC) and cantonal official gazettes, obtained via amtsblattportal.ch. The names of debtors are not taken over. The publication and the auction conditions of the competent debt enforcement or bankruptcy office are authoritative.
Companies
Source: Zefix (Central Business Name Index), Federal Commercial Registry Office (FCRO), open data via LINDAS (lindas.admin.ch). Free use; attribution is mandatory. The extract from the cantonal commercial register office is authoritative. Information in firm profiles is provided by the firms themselves.
Maps, aerial images and place search
© swisstopo, Federal Office of Topography swisstopo: base map, national map, SWISSIMAGE and place search via geo.admin.ch, under the terms of use for free geodata and geoservices.
Sharing extracts
Anyone who shares extracts or exports from Vorbau must cite the sources listed above, for example: ‘Source: Federal Statistical Office; Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. Cantonal official gazettes via amtsblattportal.ch. © swisstopo’. For personal data, the terms of use (section 9) also apply.
Not a public authority
Vorbau has no connection with the Confederation, the cantons, the municipalities or the publishers of the official gazettes and does not use coats of arms or official logos.
As of 11 October 2026