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Irgenhausen
Irgenhausen is a village ( Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Geography Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon). Demographics Irgenhausen belongs politically to the municipality of Pfäffikon. History In Roman era, along ''Pfäffikersee'' there was a Roman road from the vicus ''Centum Prata'' (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via ''Vitudurum'' (Oberwinterthur) to ''Tasgetium'' (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as ''Camputuna sive Irincheshusa''. Maybe the castrum's name was ''Cambodunum'', the name of the neighboring village of Kempten. Points of interest The Roman Irgenhausen Castrumis located in Irgenhausen on the shore of Pfäffikersee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irgenhausen Castrum
Irgenhausen Castrum is a Roman fort at Irgenhausen, situated on Pfäffikersee lake shore in Switzerland. It was a square fort, measuring in square, with four corner towers and three additional towers. The remains of a stone wall in the interior were probably a spa. Geography The castrum is situated on the ''Bürglen'' hill in Irgenhausen, a village of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. ''Bürglen'' (Swiss German: "small castle") is a high drumlin, from the eastern shore of Pfäffikersee, situated between Pfäffikon and Kempten, the site of another Roman settlement nearby. History In the Roman era, along Pfäffikersee there was a Roman road from Centum Prata (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via Vitudurum (Oberwinterthur) to Tasgetium (Eschenz) on the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown; Irgenhausen was mentioned in AD 811 as ''Camputuna sive Irincheshus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irgenhausen Castrum (NW) IMG 3377
Irgenhausen is a village ( Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Geography Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon). Demographics Irgenhausen belongs politically to the municipality of Pfäffikon. History In Roman era, along ''Pfäffikersee'' there was a Roman road from the vicus ''Centum Prata'' (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via ''Vitudurum'' (Oberwinterthur) to ''Tasgetium'' (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as ''Camputuna sive Irincheshusa''. Maybe the castrum's name was ''Cambodunum'', the name of the neighboring village of Kempten. Points of interest The Roman Irgenhausen Castrumis located in Irgenhausen on the shore of Pfäffikersee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irgenhausen - Irgenhausen Castrum IMG 5379
Irgenhausen is a village ( Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Geography Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon). Demographics Irgenhausen belongs politically to the municipality of Pfäffikon. History In Roman era, along ''Pfäffikersee'' there was a Roman road from the vicus ''Centum Prata'' (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via ''Vitudurum'' (Oberwinterthur) to ''Tasgetium'' (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as ''Camputuna sive Irincheshusa''. Maybe the castrum's name was ''Cambodunum'', the name of the neighboring village of Kempten. Points of interest The Roman Irgenhausen Castrumis located in Irgenhausen on the shore of Pfäffikersee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfäffikon, Zürich
Pfäffikon is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Zürich, Zürich in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of the same name. It is not to be confused with Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Pfäffikon SZ on Lake Zurich but in the canton of Schwyz. History In Roman era, along ''Pfäffikersee'' there was built a Roman road from the ''vicus Centum Prata'' (Kempraten) on Obersee (Zürichsee), Obersee–Lake Zürich via ''Vitudurum'' (Winterthur#History, Oberwinterthur) to ''Tasgetium'' (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as ''Camputuna sive Irincheshusa''. Maybe the castrum's name was ''Cambodunum'', the name of the neighbouring village of Kempten ZH, Kempten (Wetzikon). Pfäffikon is first mentioned in 811 as ''faffinchova''. In 965 it was mentioned as ''haffinchova''. Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfäffikersee
Pfäffikersee (or ''Lake Pfäffikon'') is a lake in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, near the town of Pfäffikon. It is 2.5 km long and 1.3 km wide at the middle. The lake was created in the last ice age when a moraine blocked off the ability for the lake to empty north towards Winterthur. There is also a hiking trail around the lake that people often bike and walk on, and the area is considered protected lands, among them the ''Robenhauser Ried'' and the prehistoric settlement Wetzikon–Robenhausen, discovered and researched by Jakob Messikommer (1828–1917), which became a serial site of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ''Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps''. In Roman era, along ''Pfäffikersee'' there was a Roman road from the ''vicus Centum Prata'' (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via ''Vitudurum'' (Oberwinterthur) to ''Tasgetium'' (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. File:Pfäffikon - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland In The Roman Era
The territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire for a period of about six centuries, beginning with the step-by-step conquest of the area by Roman armies from the 2nd century BC and ending with the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. The mostly Celtic tribes of the area were subjugated by successive Roman campaigns aimed at control of the strategic routes from Italy across the Alps to the Rhine and into Gaul, most importantly by Julius Caesar's defeat of the largest tribal group, the Helvetii, in the Gallic Wars in 58 BC. Under the ''Pax Romana'', the area was smoothly integrated into the prospering Empire, and its population assimilated into the wider Gallo-Roman culture by the 2nd century AD, as the Romans enlisted the native aristocracy to engage in local government, built a network of roads connecting their newly established colonial cities and divided up the area among the Roman provinces. Roman civilization began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Heusser
Jakob Heusser-Staub (3 March 1862 – 23 August 1941 as Jakob Heusser) was a Swiss industrialist and philanthropist. Born and raised in the village of Irgenhausen, Heusser-Staub made Uster his home. With the support of his wife, Berta, he founded the ''Heusser-Staub'' foundation. Early life and education Born in the hamlet of Irgenhausen in the municipality of Wetzikon, he was the son of Luise née Schellenberg and Caspar. He attended ''Sekundarschule'' (pre-college level) in Wetzikon and was a citizen of Pfäffikon. From 1877 to 1879, he attended the Industrial School in Zürich. Afterwards he received practical and commercial training at his father's business. His father, Caspar Heusser (1836–1910), was a cotton manufacturer who sold his products in Kempten and the surrounding area. His professional success enabled him to purchase the ''Spinnerei Stauber'' in Kempten (with 1,200 spindles) in 1869 and to introduce mechanical weaving with 36 machines. In 1883 he bought a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempraten
Kempraten-Lenggis is a village (''Kirchdorf'') within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona, ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The remains of the Gallo-Roman settlement ''Centum Prata'' are one of the most important archaeological sites in the canton of St. Gallen; ''Centrum Prata'' is located at the so-called Kempratnerbucht, in Rapperswil and Busskirch on Zürichsee lake shore. Geography Kempraten-Lenggis was a village of the former independent municipality of Jona that in 2006 merged with Rapperswil to the town of Rapperswil-Jona. It is located on the right-hand (northeastern) shore of Lake Zurich (German: ''Zürichsee'') northerly of Rapperswil on the so-called ''Kempratnerbucht'', literally "Bay of Kempraten". This natural indentation on the eastern lake shore extends between Feldbach, Hombrechtikon, and Rapperswil on a length of about . Due to its location, the area was already inhabited in pre-Roman times and once was us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seegräben - Pfäffikersee - Irgenhausen IMG 3641
Seegräben is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Seegräben itself, the municipality also includes the settlements of '' Aathal'', ''Aathal-Seegräben'', ''Aretshalden'', ''Sack'', ''Ottenhausen'', and ''Wagenburg''. Geography Seegräben has an area of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 10.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 10.4% of the area. 12.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The ''Robenhauser Ried'' wetland is a nature reserve of national importance and is situated between Seegräben, Kempten and Irgenhausen covering an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auslikon
Auslikon is a village ('' :de:Aussenwacht'') of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Geography Auslikon is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon). Points of interest In Auslikon there is a popular lido and a camping site, within the nature reserve on the Pfäffikersee Pfäffikersee (or ''Lake Pfäffikon'') is a lake in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, near the town of Pfäffikon. It is 2.5 km long and 1.3 km wide at the middle. The lake was created in the last ice age when a moraine blocked off the ... lake shore. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitudurum
Vitudurum (sometimes Vitodorum) is the name of a Roman ''vicus'', those remains are located in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the municipality of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The majority of the remains of commercial, residential, religious and public buildings are situated in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the municipality of Winterthur, around the St. Arbogast church, at Unterer Bühl, Kastellweg and Bätmur Flur. Location Vitudurum was established nearby productive resources and a prehistorican route from Lake Geneva to Lake Constance (''Arbor Felix, Brigantium'') in the late first century BC or early first century AD. It was located at the probably route leading to the north ( Ad Fines, Tasgetium), presumably also towards Turicum, and towards the Irgenhausen Castrum and Centum Prata (Kempraten), and on the water transport route Obersee–Linth–Walensee on the Gotthard Pass route towards the Roman heartland in Italy. History The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetzikon
Wetzikon is a small town in the Zurich Highlands (Zürcher Oberland) area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich. Geography The municipality Wetzikon has an area of . Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.1%) is non-productive (streams, lakes and non-productive vegetation). housing and buildings made up 20% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3.3% of the area. 30.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. It is located near Lake Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland, between Uster and Rapperswil-Jona. The ''Robenhauser Ried'' wetland is a nature reserve of national importance and is situated between Seegräben, Kempten and Irgenhausen covering an area of about . Demographics Wetzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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