|
Forch
Forch is a village and a mountain pass (el. ) located in the municipalities of Küsnacht and Maur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Geography Forch is located approximately in the southeast of Zürich, nearby Zumikon and Maur. It includes the hamlets ''Aesch'' and ''Scheuren'' (villages of the municipality Maur), and ''Kaltenstein'' in the east of the pass, ''Wangen'' and ''Neue Forch'', which are villages of the municipality of Küsnacht. The forested hill called ''Guldenen'' on Pfannenstiel belongs to the Forch area, ''Hinter Guldenen'' to the municipality of Maur and ''Vorder Guldenen'' is part of the municipality of Egg. The mountain pass named ''Forch'' connects Küsnacht on Lake Zürich and Maur on Greifensee respectively in the Glatt Valley. A monument called ''Wehrmännerdenkmal'' commemorating World War I is located nearby ''Neue Forch'' and ''Wassberg'' hill (el. ), which is also a popular recreation area for the people of the city of Zürich. Villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forchbahn
The Forch railway (german: Forchbahn, FB, Frieda ) is a local railway line in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is owned and operated by the Forchbahn AG, and is branded as line S18 of the Zürich S-Bahn. The standard Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) zonal fare tariffs apply to the line. The line opened in 1912 and links the towns of Esslingen and Forch to Rehalp, an outer suburb of the city of Zürich. From Rehalp, trains continue over the Zürich tram system to a terminus at , outside the Zürich Stadelhofen railway station in central Zürich. The line is built to metre gauge ( gauge). Between Esslingen and Rehalp the line has a length of some , with the continuation over the Zürich tram system adding an extra of route. History The Forch railway line opened on November 27, 1912, with the trip taking 67 minutes. As built, the line from the Zürich city boundary to Esslingen was a single track tramway, largely mixed in with road traffic. At Esslingen, the Forch line connecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forch IMG 3901
Forch is a village and a mountain pass (el. ) located in the municipalities of Küsnacht and Maur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Geography Forch is located approximately in the southeast of Zürich, nearby Zumikon and Maur. It includes the hamlets ''Aesch'' and ''Scheuren'' (villages of the municipality Maur), and ''Kaltenstein'' in the east of the pass, ''Wangen'' and ''Neue Forch'', which are villages of the municipality of Küsnacht. The forested hill called ''Guldenen'' on Pfannenstiel belongs to the Forch area, ''Hinter Guldenen'' to the municipality of Maur and ''Vorder Guldenen'' is part of the municipality of Egg. The mountain pass named ''Forch'' connects Küsnacht on Lake Zürich and Maur on Greifensee respectively in the Glatt Valley. A monument called ''Wehrmännerdenkmal'' commemorating World War I is located nearby ''Neue Forch'' and ''Wassberg'' hill (el. ), which is also a popular recreation area for the people of the city of Zürich. Village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forch IMG 3903
Forch is a village and a mountain pass (el. ) located in the municipalities of Küsnacht and Maur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Geography Forch is located approximately in the southeast of Zürich, nearby Zumikon and Maur. It includes the hamlets ''Aesch'' and ''Scheuren'' (villages of the municipality Maur), and ''Kaltenstein'' in the east of the pass, ''Wangen'' and ''Neue Forch'', which are villages of the municipality of Küsnacht. The forested hill called ''Guldenen'' on Pfannenstiel belongs to the Forch area, ''Hinter Guldenen'' to the municipality of Maur and ''Vorder Guldenen'' is part of the municipality of Egg. The mountain pass named ''Forch'' connects Küsnacht on Lake Zürich and Maur on Greifensee respectively in the Glatt Valley. A monument called ''Wehrmännerdenkmal'' commemorating World War I is located nearby ''Neue Forch'' and ''Wassberg'' hill (el. ), which is also a popular recreation area for the people of the city of Zürich. Village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A52 (Switzerland)
The A52 is a main road (german: Autostrasse) (American English: '' Expressway'') connecting Zumikon in the canton of Zürich with Hinwil and Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen. Route It starts out from the intersection with Zumikon and Küsnacht. It passes through Zumikon and Forch before heading for Egg, Esslingen and finally Hinwil. Near Hinwil, there is a huge expressway-class roundabout with three different roads connecting to Rapperswil-Jona, Hinwil and again back to Zumikon and Forch. It finishes in Rüthi and Jona SG. An ''Autostrasse'' is the Swiss equivalent of a major rural British "A" road. Portions of the road are nearly like a motorway or American expressway (without the central reservation) with very short entrance and exit sliproads (ramps), with two lanes going in each direction, making it four in all. Possibly due to this, the road is often surprisingly smooth to travel on. The A52 is also referred to as the Forchstrasse (Forch Road) as it is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Küsnacht ZH
Küsnacht is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. History Küsnacht is first mentioned in 1188 as ''de Cussenacho''. Earliest findings of settlement date back to the stone age. There are also findings from the Bronze Age. During Roman times, a mansion was located on the commons. It was called ''fundus Cossiniacus'' which is probably the origin of the name of Küsnacht. In the 7th century the name was recorded as ''Chussenacho''. The coat of arms shows a golden cushion on a red background. It is probably a derivate of the coat of arms of the aristocrats of Küssnacht am Rigi. In the Middle Ages, the land was governed by the House of Regensberg who lived in the castle of Wulp in Küsnacht. After 1531 Küsnacht was governed by Zurich. Like most other municipalities along Lake Zürich, Küsnacht started to become a suburb of the city of Zürich with the development of the railway link in 1896. The psychiatrist Carl Jung had his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Küsnachter Tobel
Küsnachter Tobel (literally: Küsnacht gorge) is a small river canyon respective gorge on the southwestern slope of the ''Pfannenstiel'' mountain in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Located on the southwestern slope of the ''Pfannenstiel'' mountain chain, and originating nearby the locality Forch respectively historical mountain pass of the same name, the small ''Dorfbach'' stream flows in the ''Zürichsee'' at the municipality of Küsnacht on Zürich lakeshore, forming there a river delta and the peninsula on which Küsnacht was partially built. The stream formed in the past thousands of years an about long, but widely just about to wide canyon. Attractions The main attraction in the up to incised gorge is the wild, primeval landscape. Sometimes rock slides occur there, the last on 24 April 2013 when a boulder crashed on the pathway. Nevertheless, the pathway is very popular for hiking, usually starting in Forch and ending at the landing gate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfannenstiel (Zürich)
Pfannenstiel (el. ) is a wooded mountain respectively a region overlooking the Lake Zürich and Zürcher Oberland in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Pfannenstiel (Swiss German: ''Pfannenstil'' meaning '' pan handle'') is commonly used for the mountain and the region of a longish mountain area. It is located in the district of Meilen, some in the southeast of the city of Zürich, bordered by Greifensee and Zürcher Oberland in the northeast, Lake Zürich in the southwest and the area around the municipality of Hombrechtikon in the east. In the northwest, Pfannenstiel is bordered by the village of Forch and a former mountain pass () leading from Glatt valley to the Lake Zürich shore. Its highest point (''Okenshöhe'') is about 450 metres above the Lake Zürich. From southeast to northwest, Pfannenstiel is part of a chain of peaks respectively mountains: ''Guldenen'' (), ''Wassberg'' (), ''Öschbrig'' (), Adlisberg (), Zürichberg (), Käferberg-Waidberg () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zumikon
Zumikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located in the Pfannenstiel region. History The source of the name ''Zumikon'' originated in the year 946 AD, from a named Zuminga. At the start of the 17th century, the population was just 100, and most of these were farmers. Until 1707, Zumikon was a separate municipality, and the integral part of Waltikon was independent too, along with Gössikon. This lasted until 1804. In the early 20th century, Zumikon remained a farm village claiming only 587 inhabitants in 1900. The Waltikon area was practicall ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esslingen, Switzerland
Esslingen is a village in the municipality of Egg, Switzerland, in the canton of Zürich. It is located in the Pfannenstiel (Zürich), Pfannenstiel region, approximately 15 km southeast of Zürich. In the local dialect it is called ''Esslinge''. The population is 1752 (). Transport Esslingen railway station is the terminus of the Forchbahn, a tram-train service from the Zürich, city of Zürich that is also known as service S18 (ZVV), S18 of the Zürich S-Bahn. The town is also served by buses on route 842 of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland, which links Uster and Oetwil am See. Esslingen is connected by the A52 (Switzerland), Autostrasse A52 to Zumikon and Hinwil. References External links Villages in the canton of Zürich {{Zurich-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürichsee
__NOTOC__ Lake Zurich (Swiss German/Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, 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 called the ''Obersee'' or Upper Lake. Geography Lake Zurich is formed by the Linth river, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps and was diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen from where its waters are carried to the east end of Lake Zurich by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816). The waters of the Lake of Zurich flow out of the lake at its north-west end ( Quaibrücke), passing through the city of Zürich; however, the outflow is then called the Limmat. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Tödi at 3,614 metres above sea level. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Zürich
__NOTOC__ Lake Zurich ( Swiss German/Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, 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 called the ''Obersee'' or Upper Lake. Geography Lake Zurich is formed by the Linth river, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps and was diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen from where its waters are carried to the east end of Lake Zurich by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816). The waters of the Lake of Zurich flow out of the lake at its north-west end ( Quaibrücke), passing through the city of Zürich; however, the outflow is then called the Limmat. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Tödi at 3,614 metres above sea level. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egg, Switzerland
Egg is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Egg is first mentioned in 775 as ''Echa''. Personalities * Hausi A. Muller (born 1955), Professor, Associate Dean Research, University of Victoria * Peter Wuffli (born 1957), Manager * Brigitte Oertli (born 1962), Skier * Uriella (born 1929), Managerin * Billy Meier (born 1936), Egger Abfallbärtli Geography Egg has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The lowest elevation in the municipality is the Greifens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
