Kempten, Switzerland

Kempten
Former municipality
Location of Kempten
Kempten Show map of Switzerland Kempten Show map of Canton of Zurich
Coordinates: 47°19.91′N8°49.05′E / 47.33183°N 8.81750°E / 47.33183; 8.81750
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Hinwil
Municipality	Wetzikon
Elevation	569 m (1,867 ft)
Population  (December 2007)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8623
ISO 3166 code	CH-ZH
Surrounded by	Auslikon, Irgenhausen, Wetzikon
Website	www.wetzikon.ch

Aerial view of Oberwetzikon in the direction of Kempten (1961)

Kempten and Bachtel Tower (to the right) as seen from Seegräben (June 2009)

Malermuseum

Kempten train station

Kempten is a locality of the municipality of Wetzikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Geography

Kempten is located in the district of Hinwil in the Zürcher Oberland nearby the southeastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

Demographics

Kempten belongs politically to the municipality of Wetzikon.

Transportation

Kempten railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3. The train station was built in 1903. The bus line operator Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) provides its services for the regions of the Oberland and the upper northeastern Lake Zurich shore.

Points of interest

In Kempten (lat. Cambodunum), ^[1] the remains of a Roman villa rustica were found, which was located close to the Irgenhausen Castrum. In addition, the so-called Malermuseum ^[2] (lit. 'painter museum') is situated in Kempten.

References

1. Hoeck, Florian; Gamper, Rolf (2001). Baudirektion des Kantons Zürich (ed.). "Wetzikon–Kempten, Hinwilerstrasse 11, Römischer Gutshof". Archäologie im Kanton Zürich (in German). 16. Zurich and Egg ZH: FO-Fotorotar AG: 35–36. ISBN   978-3-905681-00-0.
2. Malermuseum Wetzikon (in German)

External links

• Official website of the municipality of Wetzikon (in German)
• Kempten, Switzerland in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .