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Irgenhausen Castle
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] |
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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] |
Kempten ZH
Kempten is a locality of the Municipalities of the canton of Zürich, municipality of Wetzikon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Zurich, Zurich in Switzerland. Geography Kempten is located in the Hinwil (district), district of Hinwil in the Zürcher Oberland nearby the southeastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon). Demographics Kempten belongs politically to the municipality of Wetzikon. Transportation Kempten railway station (Switzerland), Kempten railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3 (ZVV), S3. The train station was built in 1903. The bus line operator Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) provides its services for the regions of the ''Oberland'' and the upper northeastern Lake Zurich shore. Points of interest In Kempten (lat. ''Cambodunum'') the remains of a Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman villa rustica and the so-called ''Malermuseum'' are situated. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irgenhausen Castrum 1907 IMG 3391
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] |
Villa Rustica
Villa rustica () was the term used by the ancient Romans to denote a farmhouse or villa set in the countryside and with an agricultural section, which applies to the vast majority of Roman villas. In some cases they were at the centre of a large agricultural estate, sometimes called a ''latifundium''. The adjective ''rustica'' was used only to distinguish it from a much rarer sub-urban resort villa, or ''otium villa'' built for purely leisure and luxury, and typically located in the Bay of Naples. The ''villa rustica'' would thus serve both as a residence of the landowner and his family (and servants) and also as a farm management centre. It would often comprise separate buildings to accommodate farm labourers and sheds and barns for animals and crops. The villa rustica's design differed, but usually it consisted of two parts; the ''pars urbana'' (main house), and the ''pars rustica'' (farm area). List of villae rusticae Austria * , Altheim, Austria Bosnia-Herzegovina * Mog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Mittelholzer
Walter Mittelholzer (2 April 1894 – 9 May 1937) was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He was active as a pilot, photographer, travel writer, as well as of the first aviation entrepreneurs. Life Born on 2 April 1894 in St. Gallen as the son of a baker, Mittelholzer earned his private pilot's license in 1917. In 1918 he completed his instruction as a military pilot. On 5 November 1919 he co-founded an air-photo and passenger flight business, ''Comte, Mittelholzer, and Co.'' In 1920 this firm merged with the financially stronger Ad Astra Aero. Mittelholzer was the director and head pilot of Ad Astra Aero which later became Swissair. He made the first north–south flight across Africa. It took him 77 days. Mittelholzer started in Zürich on 7 December 1926, flying via Alexandria and landing in Cape Town on 21 February 1927. Earlier, he had been the first to do serious aerial reconnaissance of Spitsbergen, in a Junkers monoplane, in 1923. On 08 January 1930 he became the first person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiquarische Gesellschaft In Zürich
The ''Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zürich'' (Antiquarian Society of Zürich), often shortened to ''Antiquarische'' or ''AGZ'', is an association concerned with the study and preservation of the history of the canton of Zürich. The society has its headquarters next to the public records of Zürich. History The society was founded in 1832 by Ferdinand Keller (antiquity scholar), Ferdinand Keller as a scholarly society of the Urban area, urban middle class. Despite being merely a private association, it was granted a near monopoly on the findings of archaeological excavations by both the city and canton. Since 1837 the AGZ has published its reports annually. In 1887 Jakob Messikommer (1828–1917) who discovered and researched the prehistoric settlement Wetzikon–Robenhausen at Robenhausen established a regional section. 1862, the society initiated the Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Objective Quote: ''Die Antiquarische Gesellschaft versteht sich als Brücke zwischen der Geschicht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Messikommer
Jakob Messikommer (18 August 1828 – 23 August 1917) was a Swiss archaeologist who among others discovered and researched the UNESCO serial site Wetzikon–Robenhausen. Bibliography Personal life Born in the hamlet of ''Stegen'' in Wetzikon as the son of Barbara née Wismer and the farmer Hans-Jakob, Jakob Messikommer attended ''Sekundarschule'' (pre-college level) in Wetzikon in 1843/44. As his father died in 1843, Messikommer had to manage the family's farm. Messikommer had the civil rights of the neighboring municipality of Seegräben. Encyclopædia Britannica mentions about his youth: ''Messikomer dug peat for his mother’s kitchen fire, he dreamed of finding remains of the Helvetii, the Celtic inhabitants of Swiss lands whom Julius Caesar described''. At the age of 22, he met the poet Jakob Stutz, and wrote his first poem published a year later in "Allmann", the predecessor of the present regional newspaper ''Zürcher Oberländer''. In 1854 Messikommer published ''Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castrum
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ..., the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and plural forms could refer in Latin to either a building or plot of land, used as a fortified military base.. Included is a discussion about the typologies of Roman fortifications. In English language, English usage, ''castrum'' commonly translates to "Roman fort", "Roman camp" and "Roman fortress". However, scholastic convention tends to translate ''castrum'' as "fort", "camp", "marching camp" or "fortress". Romans used the term ''castrum'' for different sizes of camps – including large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschenz
Eschenz is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History The prehistoric shore village on ''Werd Island'' and in the ''Seeäckern'' area (northeast of Eschenz) are rich archeological sites that have contributed substantially to our understanding of the history of settlements in the narrow area around Lake Constance. The two sites remained settled throughout the prehistoric epoch and into the early historical era. In 1858, the settlement site was discovered on the main island. The excavation in 1882-83 by Schenk was followed by a second expedition in 1931-36 by Karl Keller Tarnuzzer. There was a smaller excavation in 1962 around the St. Otmars Chapel. The first settlement of the island was made shortly after BC 4000th (Early Pfyn culture) and was part of a migration into subalpine wetlands during the beginning of the late Neolithic era. A second settlement phase (late Pfyn culture) began after long break during the middle of the 4th m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberwinterthur
Oberwinterthur is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 2. The district comprises the quarters Talacker, Guggenbühl, Zinzikon, Reutlingen, Stadel, Grüze, Hegmatten and Hegi. Oberwinterthur was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922, and the location of the Roman ''Vicus Vitudurum''. Transport Oberwinterthur railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S8, S29 and S30 S30 may refer to: Automobiles * Aeolus S30, a Chinese sedan * Jinbei S30, a Chinese SUV * Nissan S30, a Japanese sport car * Toyota Crown (S30), a Japanese sedan Aviation * Blériot-SPAD S.30, a French sport aircraft * Lebanon State Air .... References Winterthur Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich {{Zurich-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Obersee (Zürichsee)
The Obersee ("upper lake") is the smaller of the two parts of ''Zürichsee'' (Lake Zürich) in the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz in Switzerland. Geography ''Zürichsee'' is the common name for the ''lower'' (''Untersee'') northwestern section of , while the smaller southeastern ''upper'' (''Obersee'') lake area measures , separated by the Seedamm causeway, a Molasse formation connecting Rapperswil with the Hurden peninsula. Before 1951 the annual water level fluctuated more than , but since then the water level is strictly regulated and therefore between summer and winter differs an average of . The average lake level is now at 406 metres above sea level, while ''Obersee'' and ''Untersee'' differ by only . The ''Seedamm'' between Rapperswil and Hurden was used since about 5,000 years as a historical lake crossing. Since the 1870s a partially artificial road causeway and two bridges were added, to cross the most narrow and flatbedded area of the lake, carrying a railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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