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27-555: Zürisee may refer to: The Swiss German/Alemannic name for Lake Zurich in Switzerland Obersee (Zürichsee) , the smaller part of Lake Zurich Radio Zürisee , airing from Rapperswil Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland Zürisee (ship, 1999) , a car ferry that operates on Lake Zurich in Switzerland Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft ,

54-426: Is a rare and spectacular event. The lake was frozen in the following Common Era / Anno Domini years (1963 was the last time): Lake Zurich's water is very clean and reaches, during summer, temperatures well beyond 20 °C (68 °F). Swimming in the public baths and beaches is very popular. The lake's water is purified and fed into Zurich's water system; it is potable. Jona (river) The Jona rises on

81-599: Is also crossed by the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden , a wooden pedestrian bridge. The eastern section of the lake is known as the Obersee ( lit.   ' Upper Lake ' ). West of the Seedamm lie the small islands of Lützelau and Ufenau , where in 1523 Ulrich von Hutten took refuge and died. Other islands include Grosser Hafner , Saffa Island and Schönenwerd (near Richterswil ). A popular tourist destination

108-587: Is also listed as a Class object in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance . In Kempraten ( Rapperswil-Jona municipality), there was a Roman vicus named Centum Prata . Another settlement was Turicum in Zurich. The main transportation nodes around the lake are Zurich and — given the presence of the Seedamm causeway — Pfäffikon and Rapperswil . Besides Quaibrücke in Zurich and

135-729: Is crossed by the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line (operated by the Voralpen-Express and St. Gallen S-Bahn lines S4 , S6 and S17 ) before it finally flows out into Obersee , the upper section of Lake Zurich ( Zürichsee ), forming a small river delta at Stampf lido near Busskirch . The length of the Jona measures nearly 20 kilometres (12.4 mi), rising at 950 metres (3,117 ft) a.s.l. and flowing in Obersee at 406 metres (1,332 ft) a.s.l. The river belongs to

162-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lake Zurich Lake Zurich ( German : Zürichsee ; Alemannic German : Zürisee ) is a lake in Switzerland , extending southeast of the city of Zurich . Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of

189-671: Is the Au peninsula at the village of Au between Wädenswil and Horgen . The lake shores are well cultivated and fertile. They include nature reserves , such as Frauenwinkel or Bätzimatt . The bay of Rapperswil and reed in Nuolen are wintering areas for birds and popular sites for bird watching . To the east, separated by Zürichberg - Adlisberg , Forch , and Pfannenstiel , are two smaller lakes, Greifensee ( lit.   ' Lake Greifen ' ) and Pfäffikersee ( lit.   ' Lake Pfäffikon ' ). There are several minor lakes and ponds in

216-640: Is the Tödi at 3,614 metres above sea level. Besides the River Linth, other tributaries are the Jona , Schmerikoner Aa , Steinenbach and Wägitaler Aa , which all flow out into Obersee , along with several creeks. The Seedamm , an artificial causeway and bridge, crosses the narrowest point of the lake at the level of the Hurden Peninsula , carrying a railway line and road from Rapperswil to Pfäffikon . The waterway

243-570: Is the River Linth , which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps . The Linth originally flew directly into Lake Zurich, but was later diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen ( Walensee ) from where its waters are now carried to the east end of Lake Zurich (near Schmerikon ) by means of the straightened Linth canal (completed in 1816). Until the early 16th century, there

270-483: The Limmat → Aar → Rhine system. Its drainage basin measures 65 square kilometres (25.1 sq mi). The river's name was first mentioned in 834 AD, the former municipality Jona was named much later. It is assumed that the name originates as either Celtic Jauna (the cold one) – the Jona is still largely determined by forest area – or, as Indo-European yamam , meaning stream . Latest interpretations say that

297-668: The Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line (operated by Zürich S-Bahn lines S5 and S15 ). In the Jona Forest, the river follows the cantonal border between St. Gallen and Zurich. It underneaths the Oberland Autobahn ( A53 highway ), at the same time also reaching the canton of St. Gallen and the Rapperswil-Jona municipality. After flowing in a nearly straight line through the former village center of Jona , it

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324-588: The cantons of Schwyz , St. Gallen and Zurich , are among the 56 Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps in Switzerland. These nine sites on the Lake Zurich lakeshore are Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn , Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld , Rapperswil-Jona/Hombrechtikon–Feldbach , Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum , Erlenbach–Winkel , Meilen–Rorenhaab , Wädenswil–Vorder Au , Zurich–Enge Alpenquai , and Kleiner Hafner . Because

351-581: The Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway (between Pfäffikon and Rapperswil ). In the latter case, the upstream part of the lake is called Obersee ( lit.   ' Upper Lake ' ), whilst the lower part is sometimes also referred to as the Lower Lake ( unterer Zürichsee ), respectively. Lake Zurich is a glacial lake that was formed by the Rhine-Linth glacier  [ de ] . Its main tributary

378-419: The Jona turns to the west, dividing the municipalities of Dürnten and Rüti , then passing the village of Tann and Rüti in the so-called Tannertobel ( lit.   ' Tann Ravine ' ). Once again, it changes its direction, flowing now southward again, slightly meandering through Rüti and the so-called Joner Wald ( lit.   ' Jona Forest ' ), where it is followed (and eventually crossed) by

405-500: The Lake Zurich ship operator Zürichsee-Zeitung , a newspaper Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zürisee . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zürisee&oldid=697590023 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

432-670: The Seedamm, there are no bridges across the lake. In addition, the towns of Meilen and Horgen are connected by a car ferry . Bus routes on the western shore are operated by Zimmerberg Bus . On the eastern side, the VZO provides bus services along the lake shore and to the Zürcher Oberland . VZO also operates the urban bus routes in Rapperswil and Jona . At the northern end of the lake, in Zurich, public transport consists of trams , trolleybuses and busses of VBZ . Left bank : The towns on

459-713: The Voralpen Express. This short line connects Rapperswil with Pfäffikon SZ via Hurden . The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft – lit.   ' the Lake Zurich Navigation Company ' – provides with its 17-passenger ships touristic services on Lake Zurich. There are a number of passenger ferry services, notably the Horgen–Meilen ferry , an auto ferry between Horgen and Meilen . The freezing of Lake Zurich, called Seegfrörni in Swiss German ,

486-531: The canton of Zurich, and Rapperswil-Jona . The latter includes the medieval town of Rapperswil , whose castle is home to the Polish museum , and the coastal villages of Kempraten , Busskirch and Bollingen . The municipalities of Rapperswil-Jona and Schmerikon , which is close to the east end of the lake, are both in the canton of St. Gallen . A little further east is the larger town of Uznach . Nine Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee , which are located in

513-546: The eastern slope of Bachtel mountain near Gibswil in the canton of Zurich . Gibswil marks the drainage divide between the rivers Jona and Töss . Flowing eastward through a small valley and passing an impressive waterfall, the river changes its direction towards south by a ravine, which is crossed by a viaduct of the Tösstalbahn (operated by the S26 service of Zürich S-Bahn ). From there, it continues southward until Wald , where

540-603: The lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres (13 ft) to 7 metres (23 ft) under the water level of 406 metres (1,332 ft). Two other sites are not far away: Greifensee–Storen/Wildsberg at the Greifensee and Wetzikon–Robenhausen at the Pfäffikersee. As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, each of these 11 prehistoric pile dwellings

567-693: The lake. At Wädenswil , the line connects to the Wädenswil–Einsiedeln railway to Einsiedeln , served by the S13 . Right bank : Towns on the eastern shore of the lower lake (also known as the Goldcoast , or Goldküste ) are connected by the Lake Zurich right bank railway line between Zürich HB and Rapperswil . This line is served by S-Bahn services S6 , S7 , S16 and S20 of Zurich S-Bahn. The Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line along

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594-488: The northern shore of Obersee is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S4 , S6 and S17 , and the Voralpen Express . This line connects Rapperswil with Schmerikon on the eastern end of the lake via Blumenau . Bollingen is a ghost station since 2004. Seedamm : The Rapperswil–Pfäffikon railway line across the Seedamm and Hurden Peninsula is served by Zurich S-Bahn services S5 and S40 and

621-444: The south shore) are Kilchberg , Rüschlikon , Thalwil , Oberrieden , Horgen , Au , Wädenswil and Richterswil in the canton of Zurich , and Freienbach , Pfäffikon , Hurden, Altendorf , Lachen , Nuolen and Tuggen in the canton of Schwyz . On the opposite shore, which gradually becomes the northern shore towards east, are Zollikon , Küsnacht , Erlenbach , Herrliberg , Feldmeilen , Meilen , Stäfa , and Feldbach in

648-508: The vicinity, such as Egelsee , Lützelsee or Türlersee . Zimmerberg , Etzel and Buechberg mountains lie to the west and south of the lake, respectively. Further to the east, the Speer , Chüemettler and Federispitz can be seen from the southern part of the lake. Administratively, Lake Zurich is split between the cantons of Zurich ( Horgen District ), St. Gallen ( See-Gaster ) and Schwyz ( Höfe and March districts). The lower lake, to

675-459: The west of the Seedamm, is largely in the canton of Zurich, whilst the upper lake is shared between the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz. The following rivers or streams flow into lower part of Lake Zurich. From the Limmat clockwise, they are: Zurich , at the north-western end of the lake, is the largest city on Lake Zurich. The least populous is Hurden . On the west shore (which gradually becomes

702-517: The western and southern shores of Lake Zurich are linked by the Lake Zurich left bank railway line, which connects Zürich HB with Ziegelbrücke . This line is served by the S2 , S8 , S24 and S25 of the Zurich S-Bahn and InterRegio (IR) trains. It is also used by EuroCity (EC), Intercity Express (ICE), Intercity (IC) and Railjet (RJX) trains but they do not call at stations along

729-570: Was another lake upstream of Obersee , Lake Tuggen ( Tuggenersee ) near Tuggen . The waters of Lake Zurich flow out of the lake at its north-west end (at the level of the Quaibrücke ), passing through the city of Zurich; however, the outflow is then called the Limmat . The Limmat is a tributary of the Aare , which itself is a tributary of the High Rhine . The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin

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