Käpfnach
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 Switzerland
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 Zurich (ZH)
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| District : | Horgen | |
| Political community : | Horgen | |
| Postal code : | 8810 | |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH HOE | |
| Coordinates : | 689 107 / 234397 | |
| Height : | 414 m above sea level M. | |
| Residents: | 810 (2000) | |
| Website: | www.horgen.ch | |
 Aerial photograph Käpfnach 2010 |
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Käpfnach is a district in the political municipality of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . According to the definition of the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, Käpfnach comprises the strip of land on the lake side of the Seestrasse from Hirsacker to Seegütli, the Grundhalden area and the old village center of Käpfnach with the Klosterweg.
geography
The district of Käpfnach is located in the south-eastern part of the municipality of Horgen. Its landscape is characterized by the shores of Lake Zurich and the first level of the Zimmerberg . The Aabach cuts through Käpfnach and formed a small delta in the lake. On the left of the Aabach the terrain rises towards the Allmend ( 460 m above sea level ), on the right the terrace of the Rietwies extends at an altitude of 440 m above sea level. M. In the landscape that was formerly characterized by agriculture and viticulture, several large residential projects have been realized.
population
In 2000, 810 people lived in Käpfnach. At the same time, 132 buildings with a total of 367 apartments were counted. Since then, the number of inhabitants has risen sharply as a result of construction activity.
history
The earliest traces of human presence are Roman brick fragments under a grave that was discovered in 1877 in Bätpur . The first recorded written evidence is a mention of goods belonging to the Chürlubenz brothers from Käpfnach around 1280. In 1341 the mill on the Aabach was transferred to the Kappel monastery . Its former name Chephin and the word Aa for Bach have been preserved through several phonetic changes in the current place name. There has been evidence of a brickworks located on the lake since the 14th century and was repeatedly put on record in the following times. It was not until 1963 that the last brick buildings disappeared.
Between the 15th and 19th centuries, pilgrims on their journey to Einsiedeln chose the route via the small Käpfnach around the large towns of Wädenswil and Horgen because of the rivalries during the old Zurich War and, from 1523, as a result of the conflicts between the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Switzerland to evade. Only with the construction of the Zurichseebahn on the left bank and the expansion of the road network was the route across the lake increasingly abandoned. Today only the house and street names monastery , monastery path and pilgrim path remind of this time.
Käpfnach was very important due to the mining in the Käpfnach mine . Molasse coal was mined here for over 130 years. Infrastructure buildings and miners' apartments were built around the mine. Käpfnach made an important contribution to the energy supply, especially in the 1850s to 1870s and in the crisis times of the First and Second World Wars . The building materials industry gained a foothold in Käpfnach, from 1851 through the asphalt factory of Alfred Brändli, then through the cement factory as a subsidiary of the mine. Both had to cease operations in the course of the 20th century.
The water power of the Aabach not only operated the mill already mentioned, but also a sawmill from 1608 and later clay rollers in the brickworks. Since 1883, the stream has been dammed by a 14 m high earth dam built by Franz Allemann. In June of the same year, the first electrical lighting was put into operation for the singing festival in the Käpfnach festival hut. Today the stream supplies electricity to around 300 households in a small power station.
Attractions
literature
- Johannes Strickler : History of the community of Horgen along with Hirzel and Oberrieden. Festival ceremony for the centenary of the church consecration. Schläpfer, Horgen 1882.
- Paul Kläui : History of the community of Horgen . Horgen 1952.
- Municipality of Horgen (ed.): Käpfnach . Horgner Jahrhefte, Horgen 2006.
Web links
- Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Private website with information about Käpfnach
- Käpfnach on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ ortsnames.ch. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Nazorio Pavoni: The decline in terraces on Lake Zurich and its relations with the geology of the molasses. In: geogr-helv.net. Retrieved April 9, 2014 .
- ↑ statistik.zh.ch: Siedlungsverzeichnis ( Memento of the original dated May 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 21, 2012
- ^ Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach In: Horgner Jahrheft . Municipality of Horgen (ed.), Horgner yearbook 2006, p. 5.
- ^ Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach In: Horgner Jahrheft . Municipality of Horgen (ed.), Horgner yearbook 2006, p. 6.
- ^ Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach In: Horgner Jahrheft . Municipality of Horgen (ed.), Horgner yearbook 2006, p. 8.
- ^ Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach In: Horgner Jahrheft . Municipality of Horgen (ed.), Horgner yearbook 2006, p. 8.
- ^ Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach In: Horgner Jahrheft . Municipality of Horgen (ed.), Horgner year booklet 2006, pp. 9–11.
- ^ Thomas Fuchs: Franz Allemann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 5, 2001 , Retrieved November 6, 2009 .
- ^ Paul Bächtiger: Käpfnach In: Horgner Jahrheft . Municipality of Horgen (ed.), Horgner year booklet 2006, pp. 12-14.
