Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich stretches southeast from the city of Zürich towards the Alps. Its shores have been inhabited since prehistoric times; the Romans maintained settlements at Turicum and Centum Prata, near opposite ends of the lake. At its narrow upper end, the peninsula of Hurden reaches towards Rapperswil. A wooden bridge completed in 1360 crossed this neck of water and carried travellers along a pilgrimage route for centuries.