Uerikon

Uerikon

Boat of the SAR (Seerettungsdienst) Meilen-Uerikon

Uerikon (also spelled Ürikon) is a village near Rapperswil, Switzerland.

Geography

Uerikon is located on the north bank of the Zürichsee (Lake Zürich) in the Pfannenstiel region and is part of the political municipality of Stäfa. In the local dialect it is called Ürike.

History and points of interest

There is an old mansion (Ritterhuus) built in 1531 that bases on a tiny castle of 1492 serving as place of the former local administration of the Einsiedeln Abbey. It is located at the lake shore.^[1]

Transportation

Uerikon railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S7.

Notes

↑ Website Ritterhaus Uerikon-Stäfa

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uerikon.

Official website of the municipality of Stäfa (German)
Otsverein Uerikon (German)

Lake Zurich (Zürichsee)

Switzerland Canton of Zürich Horgen Meilen Zürich Canton of St. Gallen See-Gaster Canton of Schwyz Höfe March

Settlements	Altendorf Au Bäch Bollingen Erlenbach Feldbach Feldmeilen Freienbach Herrliberg Horgen Hurden Jona Kehlhof Kempraten Kilchberg Küsnacht Lachen Männedorf Meilen Nuolen Oberrieden Pfäffikon Rapperswil Richterswil Rüschlikon Schmerikon Stäfa Thalwil Uerikon Uetikon am See Wädenswil Zollikon Zürich Centum Prata Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee Turicum

Islands	Au Peninsula Grosser Hafner Lützelau Saffa Ufenau

Rivers	Jona Limmat Linth

Valleys	Küsnachter Tobel Limmattal Sihltal

Mountains	Adlisberg Buechberg Etzel Pfannenstiel Üetliberg Zimmerberg Zürichberg

Landmarks	Albis Felsenegg Frauenwinkel Rapperswil–Hurden bridge Lindenhof (Rapperswil) Obersee Quaianlagen (Zürich) Rapperswil Castle Seedamm

Transportation	Lake Zurich left-bank railway line including S2 (ZVV), S8 (ZVV), S13 (ZVV), S24 (ZVV), S25 (ZVV), S40 (ZVV) S-Bahn Zürich lines Lake Zurich right-bank railway line including S6 (ZVV), S7 (ZVV), S16 (ZVV) S-Bahn Zürich lines LAF aerial tramway Quaibrücke Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland Zimmerberg bus line Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen–Meilen Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG)

People	Gerold Späth House of Rapperswil Lydia Escher Obersee Nachrichten Radio Zürisee Zürichsee-Zeitung

Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°45′E / 47.233°N 8.750°E / 47.233; 8.750

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