[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/lake-zurich-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/lake-zurich-wikipedia\/","headline":"Lake Zurich – Wikipedia","name":"Lake Zurich – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 Major lake in Switzerland after-content-x4 Body of water Lake Zurich (Swiss German\/Alemannic: Z\u00fcrisee; German: Z\u00fcrichsee; Romansh: Lai da Turitg)[1]","datePublished":"2018-04-05","dateModified":"2018-04-05","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8f\/Lake_Z%C3%BCrich_from_Grossm%C3%BCnster.jpg\/700px-Lake_Z%C3%BCrich_from_Grossm%C3%BCnster.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8f\/Lake_Z%C3%BCrich_from_Grossm%C3%BCnster.jpg\/700px-Lake_Z%C3%BCrich_from_Grossm%C3%BCnster.jpg","height":"300","width":"700"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/lake-zurich-wikipedia\/","wordCount":2879,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4Major lake in Switzerland       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Body of waterLake Zurich (Swiss German\/Alemannic: Z\u00fcrisee; German: Z\u00fcrichsee; Romansh: Lai da Turitg)[1] is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Z\u00fcrich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Z\u00fcrichsee can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Seedamm at Rapperswil, whilst the part upstream of Rapperswil may be called the Obersee or Upper Lake.Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Geography[edit]History[edit]Population and transportation[edit]Towns on the lake[edit]Water quality[edit]Prehistoric pile dwellings around Z\u00fcrichsee[edit]Tributaries[edit]Gallery[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Geography[edit]Lake Zurich is formed by the river Linth, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps and was diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen from where its waters are carried to the east end of Lake Zurich by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816). The waters of the Lake of Zurich flow out of the lake at its north-west end (Quaibr\u00fccke), passing through the city of Z\u00fcrich; however, the outflow is then called the Limmat.[2] The culminating point of the lake’s drainage basin is the T\u00f6di at 3,614 metres above sea level.[3]No streams of importance flow into the lake besides the Linth.[2] The Seedamm, a partially artificial causeway and bridge, crosses a narrow point of the lake carrying a railway line and road from Rapperswil to Pf\u00e4ffikon. The eastern section of the lake is known as the Obersee (“upper lake”). West of this dam lie the small islands of L\u00fctzelau and Ufenau, where in 1523 Ulrich von Hutten took refuge and died. Both shores are well cultivated and fertile.[2] Another tourist destination is the Au peninsula at the village of Au between W\u00e4denswil and Horgen.To the east \u2013 separated by Z\u00fcrichberg-Adlisberg, Forch and Pfannenstiel \u2013 are two minor lakes: Greifensee (Lake Greifen) and Pf\u00e4ffikersee (Lake Pf\u00e4ffikon). Zimmerberg and the Etzel regions lie to the west.Administratively, Lake Zurich is split between the cantons of Z\u00fcrich, St. Gallen and Schwyz. The lower lake, to the west of the Seedamm, is largely in the canton of Z\u00fcrich, whilst the upper lake is shared between the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4History[edit]The lake was frozen in the following Common Era\/Anno Domini years:1223, 1259, 12621407, 14911514, 1517, 15731600, 1660, 1684, 16951709, 1716, 1718, 1740, 1755, 1763, 17891830, 1880, 1891, 18951929, 1963Population and transportation[edit]The three population and transportation centres are Zurich, Pf\u00e4ffikon SZ and Rapperswil.Besides Quaibr\u00fccke in Zurich and the Seedamm, there are no bridges across the lake.The Z\u00fcrichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft \u2013 the Lake Zurich Navigation Company \u2013 provides with its 17-passenger ships touristic services on Lake Zurich. There are a number of passenger ferry services, noticeably the Horgen\u2013Meilen ferry, an auto ferry between Horgen and Meilen.Towns on the lake[edit]Z\u00fcrich, at the north-western end of the lake, is the largest city on Lake Zurich.On the west shore (which gradually becomes the south shore) are R\u00fcschlikon, Thalwil, Horgen, W\u00e4denswil, Richterswil, Pf\u00e4ffikon, and Lachen.On the opposite shore are K\u00fcsnacht, Meilen, St\u00e4fa, and Rapperswil-Jona with the medieval town of Rapperswil, whose castle is home to the Polish museum. Schmerikon is close to the east end of the lake, and a little further east is the larger town of Uznach.  Lake Zurich from Grossm\u00fcnster with Quaibr\u00fccke and the Limmat River in the foregroundWater quality[edit]Lake Zurich’s water is very clean and reaches, during summer, temperatures well beyond 20\u00a0\u00b0C (68\u00a0\u00b0F). Swimming in the  public baths and beaches is very popular. The lake’s water is purified and fed into Z\u00fcrich’s water system; it is potable.  Prehistoric pile dwellings around Z\u00fcrichsee[edit]The Prehistoric pile dwellings around Z\u00fcrichsee comprises 11 of total 56 Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps in Switzerland, that are located around Z\u00fcrichsee in the cantons of Schwyz, St. Gallen and Z\u00fcrich.[4][5]Located on Z\u00fcrichsee lakeshore, there are Freienbach\u2013Hurden Rosshorn, Freienbach\u2013Hurden Seefeld, Rapperswil-Jona\/Hombrechtikon\u2013Feldbach, Rapperswil-Jona\u2013Technikum, Erlenbach\u2013Winkel, Meilen\u2013Rorenhaab, W\u00e4denswil\u2013Vorder Au, Z\u00fcrich\u2013Enge Alpenquai, Grosser Hafner and Kleiner Hafner. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres (13\u00a0ft) to 7 metres (23\u00a0ft) under the water level of 406 metres (1,332\u00a0ft). Also on the small area of about 40 square kilometres (15\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) around Z\u00fcrichsee are the settlements Greifensee\u2013Storen\/Wildsberg on Greifensee and Wetzikon\u2013Robenhausen on Pf\u00e4ffikersee lakeshore.As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, each of these 11 prehistoric pile dwellings is also listed as a Class object in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance.[6]Tributaries[edit]The following rivers or streams flow into Z\u00fcrichsee.[7] From the Limmat clockwise, they are:  K\u00fcsnachter Dorfbach and K\u00fcsnacht’s Reformed ChurchHornbach (at Z\u00fcrichhorn)D\u00fcggelbach (at Zollikon)Kusenbach (at K\u00fcsnacht)K\u00fcsnachter Dorfbach (at Hornelanpark, K\u00fcsnacht)Heslibach (at Erlenbach)Dorfbach Erlenbach (at Erlenbach)Tobelb\u00e4chli (at Erlenbach)Schipfbach (at Erlenbach)Rossbach (at Herrliberg)Meilener Dorfbach (at Meilen)Beugenbach (at Meilen)Aebletenbach (at L\u00e4ndeli)Uetiker Mulibach (at Meilen)Feldbach (at Horn)Sarenbach (at Freienbach)Krebsbach (at B\u00e4ch)M\u00fclibach (at Richterswil)Z\u00fcrichsee (at W\u00e4denswil)Meilibach (at W\u00e4denswil)Schanzengraben (Z\u00fcrich)Gallery[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]^ “National Map 1:50 000”  (Map). Z\u00fcrichsee (2011\u00a0ed.). 1:50 000. “National Map 1:50’000, 78 sheets and 25 composites”. Bern, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office of Topography, swisstopo. 16 January 2014. \u00a7\u00a0“5011 Z\u00fcrichsee – Zug”. ISBN\u00a0978-3-302-05011-9. Retrieved 2014-12-01.^ a b c \u00a0One or more of the preceding sentences\u00a0incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:\u00a0Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). “Z\u00fcrich, Lake of“.  In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. Vol.\u00a028 (11th\u00a0ed.). Cambridge University Press.^ “National Map 1:25 000”  (Map). T\u00f6di, Lake Zurich’s culmination point (2009\u00a0ed.). 1:25 000. “National Map 1:25’000, 247 sheets and 17 composites”. Bern, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office of Topography, swisstopo. 16 January 2014. \u00a7\u00a0“1193 T\u00f6di”. ISBN\u00a0978-3-302-05011-9. Retrieved 2014-12-01.^ “Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland”. Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-07.^ “World Heritage”. palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-10.^ “A-Objekte KGS-Inventar”. Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt f\u00fcr Bev\u00f6lkerungsschutz. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2014-12-10.^ Bradshaw’s pedestrian route-book for Switzerland, Chamouni, and the Italian lakes, George Bradshaw (1868)External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki12\/lake-zurich-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Lake Zurich – Wikipedia"}}]}]