Horgen

Municipality
	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°15′39″N 8°35′51″E / 47.26083°N 8.59750°ECoordinates: 47°15′39″N 8°35′51″E / 47.26083°N 8.59750°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Horgen
Government
• Mayor	Theo Leuthold SVP; (as of 2014)
Area
• Total	30.75 km2 (11.87 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population (December 2012)
• Total	Incorrect Municipal Code 1 0,295
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8810
Localities	Horgenberg, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Hirzel
Surrounded by	Wädenswil, 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 the 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
Reformed Church: transverse oval interior

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Municipality

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°15′39″N 8°35′51″E / 47.26083°N 8.59750°E / 47.26083; 8.59750Coordinates: 47°15′39″N 8°35′51″E / 47.26083°N 8.59750°E / 47.26083; 8.59750
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Horgen
Government
• Mayor	Theo Leuthold SVP (as of 2014)
Area
• Total	30.75 km² (11.87 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population (December 2012)
• Total	Incorrect Municipal Code 1 `0,295`
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8810
Localities	Horgenberg, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Hirzel
Surrounded by	Wädenswil, Hausen am Albis, Langnau am Albis, Oberrieden, Thalwil
Website	www.horgen.ch SFSO statistics