Forch
Sign in to saveForch is a village and a mountain pass (el. ) located in the municipalities of Küsnacht and Maur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. thumb|upright|The village of Forch and A52 (Switzerland)|Forchautobahn (highway), Maur and [[Glatt Valley to the right]] thumb|upright|Forch, Forchbahn train station and Wehrmännerdenkmal to the right thumb|upright|Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft|ZSG motor ship "Forch", [[Zimmerberg in the background]]
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- Elevation
- 679
- Image
- Forch und Pfannenstiel.jpg
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- Forch
- postal code
- 8127
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Forch is a village and a mountain pass (el. ) located in the municipalities of Küsnacht and Maur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. thumb|upright|The village of Forch and A52 (Switzerland)|Forchautobahn (highway), Maur and [[Glatt Valley to the right]] thumb|upright|Forch, Forchbahn train station and Wehrmännerdenkmal to the right thumb|upright|Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft|ZSG motor ship "Forch", [[Zimmerberg in the background]]
== Geography == Forch is located approximately in the southeast of Zürich, nearby Zumikon and Maur. It includes the hamlets Aesch and Scheuren (villages of the municipality Maur), and Kaltenstein in the east of the pass, Wangen and Neue Forch, which are villages of the municipality of Küsnacht. The forested hill called Guldenen on Pfannenstiel belongs to the Forch area, Hinter Guldenen to the municipality of Maur and Vorder Guldenen is part of the municipality of Egg.
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