Hurden

Hurden is a village in the municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. First mentioned in 1217, the name "de Hurden" was used for the peninsula and for the fish traps made of woven work, called "Hürden" or "Hurden", which were used by the locals. thumb|upright|Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden as seen from Hurden, Rapperswil to the left, Jona to the right thumb|upright|Hurden and Obersee (Zürichsee)|Obersee (upper Lake Zürich) as seen from Holzbrücke in [[Rapperswil]] thumb|upright|Kapelle zu Ehren der heiligsten Dreieinigkeit (Holy Trinity chapel) in Hurden thumb|upright|Hurden, Seedamm and [[Rapperswil on an aerial photography by Walter Mittelholzer (1929)]]

== Geography == The village of Hurden is located on a peninsula protruding from the southern shore of Lake Zürich at its narrowest point. The peninsula has its origin in the retreat of the Linth glacier at the end of the last glacial period when Lake Zürich was formed. This retreat left a moraine across the valley now occupied by Lake Zürich. The higher southern section of this moraine extends above the lake's water level and forms the peninsula, whilst the lower northern section forms a shallow section in the otherwise deep lake. Together these separate Lake Zürich into two parts, the larger lower lake to the north-west, and the smaller upper lake (Obersee) to the east.