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Sihl
The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich. It has a length of , including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river flows. Water is abstracted from the river at the Sihlsee, leading to decreased downstream water flows and a consequent reduction in water quality. The river flows through, or along the border of, the cantons of Schwyz, Zürich and Zug. The main settlements of the Sihl Valley are all in the canton of Zürich, and include the towns of Langnau am Albis and Adliswil, along with a south-western segment of the city of Zürich. Above Langnau am Albis, some from the confluence with the Limmat, there are no major settlements alongside the river, and only a few small villages. Whilst the town of Einsiedeln is situated close to the Sihlsee, it is actually in the valley of a tributary river, the Alp. Etymology The first written reference to the name d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihl Valley
Sihl Valley (German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl Valley, i.e. the area in the southwest of the city of Zürich. Geography In common The area alongside Lake Zürich had been formed as the left moraine of the Ice Age glacier, the bed of which is now the Lake Zürich and the valley of the Sihl. Sihl valley is extensively wooded, but also cultivated and heavily populated in its lower parts. The Sihl () is the name of a long river located in the cantons of Schwyz (SZ) and Zürich (ZH). The valley compromises parts of the districts of Einsiedeln (SZ) (upper Sihl valley), Horgen (ZH) and Zürich. The region of the valley comprises about . Upper Sihl Valley Sihl rises at ''Drusberg'' near Hoch-Ybrig in the canton of Schwyz, passes the long Sihlsee near Einsiedeln, ''Sunnegg'' near Biberbrugg and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihlbrugg
Sihlbrugg is a village and important transportation node between the cantons of Zug (ZG) and Zürich (ZH) in Switzerland. Geography Sihlbrugg is located in the Sihl Valley, at a point where the Sihl river is bridged by the road between Zug and Wädenswil. The village lies between the Albis chain and the Zimmerberg region serving as watershed between the Sihl and Lorze rivers. The village is located in the south of the so-called ''Sihlzopf'' and in the east of the Hirzel Pass. Sihlbrugg is shared by the municipalities of Baar (ZG), Hausen am Albis (ZH), Hirzel (ZH) and Neuheim (ZG). Administratively the village belongs to Baar in the canton of Zug, and is known as ''Sihlbrugg Dorf'' to distinguish it from the nearby hamlet ''Sihlbrugg Station'', which belongs completely to the municipality of Horgen in the canton of Zürich. Economy The commercial and industrial area is majority-owned by the municipality of Baar. In addition, gas stations, hotels and catering facilities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihlsee
__NOTOC__ The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called ''Lake Sihl'') is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln. The lake was created by damming the river Sihl and flooding a section of the upper Sihl Valley. The lake feeds the ''Etzelwerk'' power station, which is located to the north-east in Altendorf on the upper section of Lake Zürich (the ''Obersee'') and which supplies electricity to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Its concrete dam is high and m long. The lake is the largest artificial lake of Switzerland in terms of surface with a maximum length of and maximum width of . The maximum depth is , and the lake has an approximate volume of . The power plant project started in 1932. A concrete dam and two viaducts over the lake were built before 1937 when the valley was flooded. As a result 107 farms disappeared completely and 1762 persons had to leave their homes. A failure of the dam could lead, according to studies, to an high fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihlsee - Willerzell - Etzel Kulm 2010-10-21 16-50-28
__NOTOC__ The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called ''Lake Sihl'') is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln. The lake was created by damming the river Sihl and flooding a section of the upper Sihl Valley. The lake feeds the ''Etzelwerk'' power station, which is located to the north-east in Altendorf on the upper section of Lake Zürich (the ''Obersee'') and which supplies electricity to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Its concrete dam is high and m long. The lake is the largest artificial lake of Switzerland in terms of surface with a maximum length of and maximum width of . The maximum depth is , and the lake has an approximate volume of . The power plant project started in 1932. A concrete dam and two viaducts over the lake were built before 1937 when the valley was flooded. As a result 107 farms disappeared completely and 1762 persons had to leave their homes. A failure of the dam could lead, according to studies, to an high floo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihlsee Reservoir
__NOTOC__ The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called ''Lake Sihl'') is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln. The lake was created by damming the river Sihl and flooding a section of the upper Sihl Valley. The lake feeds the ''Etzelwerk'' power station, which is located to the north-east in Altendorf on the upper section of Lake Zürich (the ''Obersee'') and which supplies electricity to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Its concrete dam is high and m long. The lake is the largest artificial lake of Switzerland in terms of surface with a maximum length of and maximum width of . The maximum depth is , and the lake has an approximate volume of . The power plant project started in 1932. A concrete dam and two viaducts over the lake were built before 1937 when the valley was flooded. As a result 107 farms disappeared completely and 1762 persons had to leave their homes. A failure of the dam could lead, according to studies, to an high fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adliswil
Adliswil is a town and a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. History Adliswil is first mentioned in 1050 as ''Adelenswile''. In the second half of the 12th Century it was mentioned as ''Adololdiswile'' and in 1248 as ''Adeloswile''. Under the Helvetic Republic, the hamlet of Buchenegg was transferred to the municipality of Stallikon. In 1893 the town sections of Oberleimbach and Sood were added to Adliswil. Geography Adliswil has an area of . Of this area, 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 32.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minster (river)
The Minster is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl river. It has a length of . Since the creation of the artificial Sihlsee reservoir by impounding the Sihl, the Minster now flows into the reservoir rather than directly into the river. The river's headwaters lie near the Ibergeregg pass, on the slopes of the Furggelenstock and Firstspitz mountains. From there it flows in a north-western direction to the villages of Oberiberg and Unteriberg. Between the two villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ..., the river flows under the Jessenenbruecke bridge. Some below this bridge, the Minster receives the waters of the Waag river, whilst a further on, it flows into the southern end of the Sihlsee. References External links * Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, 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 agglomeration, 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. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Einsiedeln () is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century. History Early history There was no permanent settlement in the area prior to the early medieval period, but numerous artefacts left by prehistoric hunters, dated to the Mesolithic to Bronze Age were recovered. The original " hermitage" is associated with St. Meinrad, a Benedictine monk family of the Counts of Hohenzollern. According to legend, Meinrad lived on the slopes of Mt. Etzel from 835 until his death in 861. During the next eighty years Saint Meinrad's hermitage was never without one or more hermits emulating his example. One of the hermits, named Eberhard, previously Provost of Strasburg, erected a monastery and church there, of which he became first abbot. Work on the monastery is said to have begun in 934. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alp (river)
The Alp is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl. It has a length of . The river rises on the northwestern flanks of the Brünnelistock and the northern flanks of the Kleiner and Grosser Mythen mountains near Brunni, and flows in generally northerly direction through the village of Alpthal, the village of Trachslau, the town of Einsiedeln and the village of Biberbrugg Biberbrugg is a village in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Biberbrugg is shared by the municipalities of Einsiedeln in the district of Einsiedeln and Feusisberg in the district of Höfe. History For centuries, the village was a small ha .... At Biberbrugg, the river Biber joins the Alp. Some north of Biberbrugg, at Dreiwässern the Alp flows into the Sihl. The valley between Brunni and Einsiedeln is called Alptal. External links * References Rivers of the canton of Schwyz Sihl Rivers of Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Zürich
The canton of Zürich (german: Kanton Zürich ; rm, Chantun Turitg; french: Canton de Zurich; it, Canton Zurigo) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), 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 constitution. The official language is German. The local Swiss German dialect, called '' Züritüütsch'', is commonly spoken. History Early history The prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee comprise 11 of total 56 prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps in Switzerland, that are located around Lake Zürich in the cantons of Schwyz, St. Gallen and Zürich. Located on the shore of Lake Zürich, there are Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn, Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld, Rapperswil-Jona/Hombrechtikon–Feldbach, Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum, Erlenbach–Winkel, Meilen–Rorenhaab, Wädenswil–Vorder Au, Zürich–Enge Alpenquai, Gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limmat
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 are Dietikon, Wettingen, and Baden. Its main tributaries are the Linth, via Lake Zurich, the Sihl, in Zurich, and the Reppisch, in Dietikon. The hydronym is first attested in the 8th century, as ''Lindimacus''. It is of Gaulish origin, from ''*lindo-'' "lake" (Welsh ''llyn'') and ''*magos'' "plain" (Welsh ''maes''), and was thus presumably in origin the name of the plain formed by the Linth. Power generation Like many Swiss rivers, the Limmat is intensively used for production of hydroelectric power: along its course of , its fall is used by no less than ten hydroelectric power stations. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
