Maschwanden is a village in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

[3] The Baron of Eschenbach owned a castle and the village, near the current municipality, at that time.

However, in 1308 Walter von Eschenbach was present at the regicide of King Albert I of Germany near Windisch.

The ruins were located on a hill south-west of the modern village, which mostly consisted of gravel and was carried off during the 19th and 20th century.

Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).