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Horgen
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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
- Part of
- Greater Zurich Area
- Official name
- Horgen
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Zurich
- 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
- Connects with
- Sihltal railway line
Show 14 more facts
- 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
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- 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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