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Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee; Alemannic German: Zürisee) [1] 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 the Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway (between Pfäffikon and Rapperswil).
The area of Lake Zurich was first settled by European descendants in the 1830s. Three early pioneers were George Ela, after whom the Ela township is named, Seth Paine, who established a number of commercial ventures in the town, and Nathan Kowitt, [5] who accompanied them on their voyage.
Zürich–Enge Alpenquai is located on Lake Zurich lakeshore in Enge, a locality of the municipality of Zürich in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The settlement comprises 2.93 hectares (7.24 acres), and the buffer zone, including the lake area, comprises 17.40 hectares (43.00 acres) in all.
The Obersee ("upper lake") is the smaller of the two parts of Zürichsee (Lake Zurich) in the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz in Switzerland.. The Seedamm area at Rapperswil and the lake bridge towards Hurden in the middle, Zürichsee and the Lützelau and Ufenau islands to the left, Obersee to the right. 1835 painting by an unknown artist as seen from a location on the Meienberg hill between ...
Topographic map of Zurich and surroundings Felsenegg from Lake Zurich Zurich from Waidberg. On its west side, the Limmat valley is flanked by the wooded heights of the Albis chain, which runs along the western border. The Uetliberg is, with 869 m (2,851 ft) above sea level, the highest elevation of the surrounding area.
Area • Total. 11.1 km 2 (4.3 sq mi) Population ... Leimbach Enge: District 2 is a district on the western side of Lake Zürich in the Swiss city of Zürich.
Lake of Zürich. The Swiss Goldcoast (German: Goldküste) is the name given to the lower eastern shore of the Lake Zürich. [1] This prosperous region lies on the north-eastern shore of the lake and thus benefits from the evening sun. The Goldcoast is noted for its low tax rate and high property prices.
Greifensee is located 11 km (6.8 mi) to the east of the city of Zürich, separated by the Pfannenstiel from Lake Zurich. As the second largest lake in the canton of Zürich (Lake Zurich being the largest), it is about 6 km (3.7 mi) long and 1.6 km (0.99 mi) at the widest point, with a maximum depth of 32 m (105 ft).