Hörnli
mountain
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is located on the territory of the community of
Fischenthal, in the
Zürcher Oberland, in the eastern part of
canton of Zürich
The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (Swiss canton, canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. Zurich is the ''de facto'' Capi ...
, in
Switzerland
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. It is high.
North of the Hörnli, the ''Dreiländerstein'', altitude , marks the meeting of the boundaries of the three
Cantons
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of
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
,
St.Gallen and
Thurgau
Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld.
Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...
.
Already in the Middle Ages, the so-called
Schwabenweg, led over the Hörnli, as a part of the
Way of St. James. Since 2008, it is an integrated stretch of the Kreuzlingen branch on the
Via Jacobi, registered on the official Swiss national trekking path nr. 4, signalled as leg
Fischingen–
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 ...
on
Wanderland Schweiz.
Climate
See also
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Way of St. James (route descriptions)
*
Way of St. James
*
St. James
*
Swiss plateau
References
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:de:Hörnli (Berg)
External links
Berggasthaus HörnliDescription of the leg of ViaJacobi at "Wanderland Schweiz"Hörnli Tourenberichte und FotosFotos und Aussicht vom Hörnli
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Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of Zürich
St. Gallen–Thurgau border
St. Gallen–Zürich border
Thurgau–Zürich border