Prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich information
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cantons of Schwyz, St. Gallen and Zürich in Switzerland
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Seedamm and reconstruction of the medieval lake bridge at Rapperswil, Lake Zurich to the left, Obersee to the right, Hurden in the foreground; the area of three pile dwellings and the Neolithic lake crossing.
Location
Cantons of Schwyz, St. Gallen and Zürich in Switzerland
Part of
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Includes
Hurden Rosshorn
Hurden Seefeld
Feldbach
Technikum
Winkel
Storen-Wildsberg
Rorenhaab
Vorder Au
Robenhausen
Alpenquai
Kleiner Hafner
Criteria
Cultural: (iv), (v)
Reference
1363
Inscription
2011 (35th Session)
Website
www.palafittes.org
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Prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich are pile dwelling sites located around Lake Zurich in the cantons of Schwyz, St. Gallen and Zürich.
The article focuses on the 9 Lake Zurich sites that are among the 111 sites included in the UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps established in 2011. 56 of the 111 UNESCO World Heritage pile dwelling sites are located in Switzerland and 9 thereof are located on the Lake Zurich seashore. The article also includes one UNESCO World Heritage site at the nearby Greifensee and one UNESCO World Heritage site at the Pfäffikersee.
The 11 sites described here are only a selection, just like the 111 UNESCO World Heritage sites are only a selection of more than 900 known sites of prehistoric pile dwellings in the Alpine region.
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