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Pfannenstiel (Swiss German: Pfannenstil meaning pan handle) is commonly used for the mountain and the region of a longish mountain area.It is located in the district of Meilen, some 15 km (9.3 mi) in the southeast of the city of Zürich, bordered by Greifensee and Zürcher Oberland in the northeast, Lake Zürich in the southwest and the area around the municipality of Hombrechtikon in the east.
Hinwil, Wetzikon, Pfäffikersee, Greifensee and Pfannstiel in the background as seen from Bachtel mountain. The Zürcher Oberland ("Zürich highlands") in Switzerland, is the hilly south-eastern part of the canton of Zürich, bordering on the Toggenburg, including the districts of Uster, Hinwil, Pfäffikon as well as the Töss Valley as far as the district of Winterthur.
The Kantonschule Zürcher Oberland (KZO), [8] or the "Kanti" as the gymnasium level learning institution is known in Swiss German, is based in Wetzikon due to its central location in the Zürich Oberland, as well as the Zürcher Oberländer newspaper and the annual ZOM trade fair. [9]
In 1866, the first Catholic Mass in the Zürcher Oberland was celebrated after the Reformation; in Tann ZH (politically part of the municipality Dürnten), the Catholic parish church was built in 1963. The village saw economic improvement only when industrialization took place during the 19th century. Rüti was connected to the cantonal road ...
1211: Geneva (generic post code for all P.O. Box addresses in Geneva; the address is followed by a number indicating the exact post office in which the box is located, e.g. 1211 Geneva 7: 1 Mont-Blanc, 10 United Nations, 11 Rue du Stand, 12 Champel, 13 Les Charmilles, 14 State Hospital, 16 Grand-Pré, 17 Malagnou, 18 St-Jean, 19 Petit-Saconnex ...
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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 ...
This area, once exploited by Zurich Brickworks (Zürcher Ziegeleien) until 1998, holds the distinction of being one of the nationally significant amphibian spawning grounds. [18] Designated as a cantonal nature reserve in 2021, this 15-hectare site has been under the stewardship of BirdLife Aargau and the Eriwis Nature Workshop since 2015, with ...