Stone wheel

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The stone wheel is a field name near Herrliberg . There is an outdoor swimming pool on Lake Zurich .

The name of the place comes from a lifting device with a treadmill that used to be there , which was used to load heavy stones from the Herrliberg quarries onto Ledi ships.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National map of Switzerland, sheet 1111
  2. ^ Announcements of the Antiquarian Society in Zurich, 1959 (41), 210.
  3. Traffic and Improvement Association Herrliberg on the origin of old field names

Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '28.8 "  N , 8 ° 36' 3.7"  E ; CH1903:  687,926  /  238477