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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] |
Freienbach
Freienbach is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. History Freienbach is first mentioned in 972 as ''Friginbach''. Geography Freienbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 31% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on Lake Zurich and stretches from the lake (elevation ) to the Etzel (mountain), Etzel mountain (elevation ). It consists of the villages of Freienbach, Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Pfäffikon (not to be confused with Pfäffikon ZH, Pfäffikon in the Canton of Zürich, canton of Zurich), Wilen, Bäch, Hurden (located on the Seedamm) and the two islands of Lützelau and Ufenau (Ufnau). Demographics Freienbach has a population (as of ) of . , 23.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
