Feldbach is a village near

Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. It is located on the north bank of the

lake of Zurich Lake Zurich (, ; ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and ...

and is part of the political municipality of

Hombrechtikon Hombrechtikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Hombrechtikon is first mentioned in 1200 as ''Humbrechtigkon''. In 1217 it was mentioned as ''Hunbrechticon''. Geography Hombrech ...

. In the local dialect it is called ''Fäldbach''.

Geography

Situated on ''

Zürichsee Lake Zurich (, ; ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and ...

'' lake shore, Feldbach is neighboured by

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 on ...

, nearby the ''

Seedamm The Rapperswil Seedamm is the artificial causeway at the narrowest area of Lake Zurich between Hurden, Hurden (SZ) and Rapperswil (SG). The structure contains two bridge segments and is approximately long. The Seedamm carries a road () and ...

'', an isthmus between the ''Zürichsee'' and the ''Obersee'' lake area.

Cultural Heritage

The Prehistoric pile dwelling site Feldbach is located about 3km away from the prehistoric lake crossings that are documented by finds at the Hurden Rosshorn site.

Notable people

Thomas Frischknecht Thomas Frischknecht (born 17 February 1970 in Feldbach, Switzerland) is a former Swiss mountain bike and cyclo-cross racer, often called Europe's ''Elder Statesman'' of mountain biking, because of his extraordinarily long career at the top leve ...

, Swiss cyclist

Transportation

Feldbach railway station is a stop of the

S-Bahn Zürich The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Canton of Aargau, Aargau, Canton of Gla ...

on the line S7.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in the canton of Zürich Populated places on Lake Zurich Hombrechtikon de:Feldbach pnb:فلڈباخ