Horgen
Horgen is a city in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is capital of the district of Horgen.
Location of Horgen
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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 SFSO statistics |
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
History
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.
Gallery
Horgen Media
Aerial view from 800 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
References
Other websites
Media related to Horgen at Wikimedia Commons
- Official city website (in German)
- Horgen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Horgen Culture in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Horgen (Vogtei) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.