Lake Zurich (Swiss German/Alemannic: Zürisee; German: Zürichsee; Romansh: Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich.Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Seedamm at Rapperswil, whilst the part upstream of Rapperswil may be …

Rapperswil Castle and the fortifications of the former locus Endingen (given by the Einsiedeln Abbey) were built by the Counts of Rapperswil, i.e. by Rudolf II and his son Rudolf III von Rapperswil around 1200: The town was founded when the nobility of Rapperswil moved from Altendorf across the lake to Rapperswil. On the peninsula at Oberbollingen, the St. Nicholas …

Zürichsee is the common name for the lower (Untersee) northwestern section of 68.2 square kilometres (26.3 sq mi), while the smaller southeastern upper (Obersee) lake area measures 20.8 square kilometres (8.0 sq mi), separated by the Seedamm causeway, a Molasse formation connecting Rapperswil with the Hurden peninsula. Before 1951 the annual water level …

The canton of Schwyz (German: Kanton Schwyz Romansh: Chantun Sviz; French: Canton de Schwytz; Italian: Canton Svitto) is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred on and named after the town of Schwyz.. It is one of the founding cantons of Switzerland; Switzerland's name is derived from …

From the 2000 census Roman Catholic Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 6 individuals (or about 0.05% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 202 individuals (or about 1.55% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 18 individuals (or about 0.14% of the population) who belong to another …

The Limmat is a river in Switzerland.The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich.From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare.The confluence is located north of the small town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss.. The main towns along the Limmat Valley downstream of Zurich …

Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich.It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich.As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic.

The canton of Zürich (German: Kanton Zürich [ˈtsyːrɪç] (); Romansh: Chantun Turitg; French: Canton de Zurich; Italian: Canton Zurigo) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of 1,553,423 (as of 31 December 2020), it is the most populous canton in the country. Zürich is the de facto capital of the canton, but is not specifically mentioned in the ...

Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, and Wurmsbach.. The official language of Rapperswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, …

Kilchberg is first mentioned in 1248 as Hilchberch.In 1250 it was mentioned as Kilchperch. It grew out of the mediaeval village of Bendlikon (first mentioned in 1250 as Benklinkon) where Kilchberg was just a section of the village.Its coat of arms is Azure a Quatrefoil Argent seeded Or.. Geography. Kilchberg has an area of 2.6 km 2 (1.0 sq mi).