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Also known as Horgen ZH

Horgen () is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Horgen
Swiss town.image_photo
Horgen - Zimmerberg - Höhronen - ZSG Helvetia 2015-09-09 17-45-43.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Horgen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Horgen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-ZH
Swiss town.district
Horgen
Swiss town.postal_code
8810
Swiss town.municipality_code
0295
Swiss town.area
30.75
Swiss town.elevation
408
Swiss town.website
www.horgen.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Theo Leuthold
Swiss town.mayor_asof
2014
Swiss town.mayor_party
SVP
Swiss town.places
Horgenberg, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Hirzel
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Wädenswil, Hausen am Albis, Langnau am Albis, Oberrieden, Thalwil

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Horgen
Continent
Europe
Official language
German
Population
24549
Area
30.84
Elevation
415
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Sihl
Legislature
town meeting
Capital of
Horgen District
Shares border with
Hirzel
Official website
www.horgen.ch
Image
Horgen - Zimmerberg - Helvetia 2015-09-09 17-38-48.JPG
Dialing code
044
Licence plate code
ZH
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lowest point
Lake Zurich
Commons category
Horgen
postal code
8810
topic's main category
Category:Horgen
category of associated people
Category:People from Horgen
native label
Horgen
time of earliest written record
0952-03-01
twinned administrative body
Santa Maria Val Müstair
phone number
+41-44-728-41-11
inception
3400-00-00
budget
207286500
replaces
Hirzel
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/295
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • Middle Ages
  • Early Modern Era
  • 19th and 20th Centuries
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Transportation
  • Reformed Church
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Horgen () is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

It is one of the larger towns along the south bank of the Lake of Zurich.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horgen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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