47.233°N 8.600°E / 47.233; 8.600 Horgen District is a district of Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The district is located in the Zimmerberg and Sihl...
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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...
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Carl Nägeli (category People from Horgen District)
Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (26 or 27 March 1817 – 10 May 1891) was a Swiss botanist. He studied cell division and pollination but became known as the man...
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split between the cantons of Zürich (Horgen District), St. Gallen (See-Gaster) and Schwyz (Höfe and March districts). The lower lake, to the west of the...
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municipality of Horgen. The swan symbolizes the town's location at Lake Zurich and Horgen's political status as administrative capital of Horgen District. The District...
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in Winterthur is also associated to the party, and a section in the Horgen District was created in 2013. The party for a time extended beyond the canton...
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Johanna Spyri (category People from Horgen District)
Johanna Louise Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːri]; née Heusser [ˈhɔʏsər]; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories...
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Bettina Bunge (category People from Horgen District)
Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German...
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Hans Hohloch (category People from Horgen District)
Hans Hohloch (23 November 1900 – 13 February 1976) was a German architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928...
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the Horgen District in Switzerland, operated by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) and its local partner firms: AHW Busbetriebe AG in Horgen, Busbetriebe...
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Hermann Obrist (category People from Horgen District)
Hermann Obrist (23 May 1862 at Kilchberg (near Zürich), Switzerland – 26 February 1927, Munich, Germany) was a Swiss sculptor of the Jugendstil and Art...
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Livia Zaugg (category People from Horgen District)
Livia Zaugg (born 29 January 1996, in Kilchberg, Zürich) is a Swiss volleyball player. She is a member of the Women's National Team. She participated at...
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Johann Jakob Scherer (category People from Horgen District)
Johann Jakob Scherer (10 November 1825 – 23 December 1878) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 July 1872 and died...
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Alois Emanuel Biedermann (category People from Horgen District)
Alois Emanuel Biedermann (2 March 1819, in Münchhof near Bendlikon – 25 January 1885, in Zürich) was a Swiss Protestant theologian. He was a prominent...
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Ludwig Tobler (category People from Horgen District)
Johann Ludwig Tobler (1 June 1827 – 19 August 1895) was a Swiss philologist and folklorist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was an older brother...
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Daniel Quaiser (category People from Horgen District)
Daniel Quaiser (born 7 June 1975 in Adliswil, Switzerland) is a Swiss designer, musician and singer (baritone). Quaiser was given his first voice, oboe...
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Johann Balthasar Bullinger (category People from Horgen District)
Johann Balthasar Bullinger (30 November 1713, Langnau am Albis – 31 March 1793, Zürich) was a Swiss landscape painter. Bullinger was born in Langnau am...
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James Schwarzenbach (category People from Horgen District)
James Eduard Schwarzenbach (5 August 1911 – 27 October 1994) was a right-wing Swiss politician and publicist. In the 1970s he was head of the short-lived...
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Adolf Tobler (category People from Horgen District)
Adolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and philologist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was the brother of linguist...
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Thalwil is a municipality and town in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The municipality includes two parts: Thalwil and Gattikon...
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yielded special pottery from the transitional period between the Pfyn and Horgen cultures. The Corded Ware settlement phase contained a bell beaker, which...
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Kilchberg (High Alemannic: Chilchbèèrg) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Kilchberg is the site of a...
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Meilen is connected to Horgen across the lake by ferry. In the local dialect it is called Meile. The town is divided into four districts (Wachten), namely...
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Stöckli. Kuprecht was born in the town of Richterswil, which is in the Horgen District of the canton of Zürich. He spent most of his early career in the insurance...
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The chain forms, among others, the border between the Affoltern and Horgen districts. The best known point is Uetliberg at 870 m, overlooking the city of...
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Langnau am Albis is a village in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Langnau am Albis is first mentioned between 1101 and 1150...
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Rüschlikon is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located on the west shore of Lake Zürich. Its coat...
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Dielsdorf Dietikon with capital Dietikon Hinwil with capital Hinwil Horgen with capital Horgen Meilen with capital Meilen Pfäffikon with capital Pfäffikon Uster...
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Kyburg and Illnau-Effretikon → Illnau-Effretikon 2018: Hirzel and Horgen → Horgen 2018: Elgg and Hofstetten → Elgg 2019: Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim...
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Richterswil (Swiss German: Richtischwiil ) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Richterswil is first mentioned...
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