Horgen

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Horgen Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°36′E / 47.267°N 8.600°ECoordinates: 47°16′N 8°36′E / 47.267°N 8.600°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Horgen
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident; Theo Leuthold SVP; (as of 2014)
Area
• Total	21.07 km2 (8.14 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	20,164
• Density	957.00/km2 (2,478.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8810, 8812, 8813; 8815 Horgenberg; 8135 Sihlwald/Sihlbrugg
Localities	Hirzel, Dorf, Arn, Horgenberg, Käpfnach, Oberdorf, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Tannenbach, Waldegg and Horgen
Surrounded by	Wädenswil, Hirzel, Hausen am Albis, Langnau am Albis, Oberrieden, Thalwil
Website	www.horgen.ch ; SFSO statistics

Horgen is a city in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is capital of the district of Horgen.

It is one of the larger towns along the south bank of the Lake Zurich.

On 1 January 2018, the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the municipality of Horgen.

Villages

Dorf, Arn, Horgenberg, Käpfnach, Oberdorf, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Tannenbach, Waldegg and Horgen

It is also the type-site of Switzerland's middle Neolithic archaeological culture. The settlement there, the so-called Horgner Kultur (Horgen culture), produced examples of a type of crude pottery with parallels to the Seine-Oise-Marne culture of northern France.

Lake Zürich : Restaurant at Horgen harbour, Ferry ship «Horgen» and en:Zimmerberg in the background.
Aerial view from 800 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
The bus and railway stations at Horgen
Ferry ships «Meilen», «Schwan» and «Zürisee» at Horgen

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Municipality in Switzerland
Coat of arms
Location of Horgen Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°36′E / 47.267°N 8.600°E / 47.267; 8.600Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°36′E / 47.267°N 8.600°E / 47.267; 8.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Horgen
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Theo Leuthold SVP (as of 2014)
Area
• Total	21.07 km² (8.14 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	20,164
• Density	957.00/km² (2,478.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8810, 8812, 8813 8815 Horgenberg 8135 Sihlwald/Sihlbrugg
Localities	Hirzel, Dorf, Arn, Horgenberg, Käpfnach, Oberdorf, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Tannenbach, Waldegg and Horgen
Surrounded by	Wädenswil, Hirzel, Hausen am Albis, Langnau am Albis, Oberrieden, Thalwil
Website	www.horgen.ch SFSO statistics