Horgen

Horgen
Horgen
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Horgen
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	Coordinates: 47°15′39″N 8°35′51″E / 47.26083°N 8.59750°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Horgen
Government
• Mayor	Theo Leuthold SVP/UDC; (as of 2014)
Area
• Total	30.75 km2 (11.87 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	22,662
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8810
SFOS number	0295
Localities	Horgenberg, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Hirzel
Surrounded by	Wädenswil, Hausen am Albis, Langnau am Albis, Oberrieden, Thalwil
Website	www.horgen.ch ; SFSO statistics

Horgen is a city in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is capital of the district of Horgen.

It is one of the larger towns along the south bank of the Lake Zurich.

On 1 January 2018, the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the municipality of Horgen.

Villages[change | change source]

Dorf, Arn, Horgenberg, Käpfnach, Oberdorf, Sihlbrugg Station, Sihlwald, Tannenbach, Waldegg and Horgen

It is also the type-site of Switzerland's middle Neolithic archaeological culture. The settlement there, the so-called Horgner Kultur (Horgen culture), produced examples of a type of crude pottery with parallels to the Seine-Oise-Marne culture of northern France.