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  2. Zürcher Oberland - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Stilt house - Wikipedia

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    The house posts are also distinctively capped with larger-diameter discs at the top, to prevent vermin and pests from entering the structures by climbing them. Austronesian houses and other structures are usually built in wetlands and alongside bodies of water, but can also be built in the highlands or even directly on shallow water. [7] [6] [8 ...

  4. Germany–Switzerland border - Wikipedia

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    Historic Rhine bridge between Diessenhofen (left) and Gailingen (right), completed in 1816 Customs facilities between Konstanz (Germany) and Kreuzlingen (Switzerland). The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to 362 kilometres (225 mi), [1] mostly following Lake Constance and the High Rhine (Hochrhein), with territories to the north mostly belonging to Germany ...

  5. Zurich Metropolitan Area - Wikipedia

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    Its sponsor is the Stiftung Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing, a public-private partnership that was established in November 1998. Since that time, its membership has grown to include the cantons of Glarus , Grisons , Schaffhausen , Schwyz , Solothurn , Ticino , Uri , Zug and Zürich , the cities of Zürich and Winterthur , several ...

  6. PSP Swiss Property - Wikipedia

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    PSP Swiss Property was founded by the insurance company Zurich Insurance Group in 1999 and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange in an initial public offering (IPO) in March 2000. Ever since, the company has focused exclusively, as a pure play real estate company, on commercial properties in Switzerland.

  7. Districts of Zurich - Wikipedia

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    The municipality of Zurich is divided into twelve districts (known as Kreis in German), numbered 1 to 12, each one of which may contain anywhere between 1 and 4 neighborhoods. There are a total of 34 neighborhoods.

  8. West Hesse Highlands - Wikipedia

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    The Kellerwald in the West Hesse Highlands, with the Hohes Lohr (656.7 m, l), Jeust (585.0 m, m) and Wüstegarten (675.3 m, r); in front are the Gilserberg Heights View from the Amöneburg of the southeastern Amöneburg Basin, the Vogelsberg foothills (right: the 405 and 407 m high Mardorfer Kuppe) and the "actual" Vogelsberg (left rear)

  9. Hesse Highlands - Wikipedia

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    The Hesse Highlands (German: Hessisches Bergland), Hessian Highlands or Hessian Highlands and Lowlands (Hessisches Berg- und Senkenland), are a largely densely forested low mountain area in the German state of Hesse that lies between the Rhenish Massif and the western edge of the Thuringian Basin.