By Air

Airports nearest to Horgen are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Housen Am Albis Airport (distanced approximately 6.2 km)
Dubendorf Airport (distanced approximately 15 km)
Speck Airport (distanced approximately 19 km)
Buttwill Airport (distanced approximately 21 km)
Zurich Airport (distanced approximately 22 km)

By Train

The municipality of Horgen is served by four railway stations.Of these two are relatively close to each other in the lakeside part of the muncipality, whilst the other two are some distance away from the centre of the town in the Sihl Valley: Horgen station is on the Lake Zurich left bank line and is served by Zurich S-Bahn lines S2 and S8.The station is in the town centre and adjacent to the lake.Horgen Oberdorf station is on the Zurich to Lucerne line and is served by lines S21 and S24.Horgen Oberdorf station is some 0.9 kilometres uphill from Horgan station.Sihlbrugg station is on the same line as Horgen Oberdorf station but is served only intermittently by the S21.Sihlbrugg station is in the Sihl Valley and some 3 kilometres from Horgen station in a straight line, but more than 11 kilometres away by road.Sihlwald station is on the Sihltalbahn and is the terminus of line S2.Sihlwald station is also in the Sihl Valley about 4 kilometres north of Silbrugg station. The Sihtalbahn continues to Sihlbrugg station but this stretch of line no longer carries a regular passenger service.

By Bus

The Zimmerberg bus line (Zimmerbergbus) provided by the Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) connects the Zimmerberg region and parts of the Sihl Valley.

By Ferry

In the summer there are regular boats to Zurich as well as along the lake to Rapperswil run by the Zurichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft.The Horgen–Meilen car ferry connects Horgen and Meilen across the width of Lake Zurich.

Reformed Church of Horgen, Sust in Horgen, Wilderness-Park Zurich, Local Museum Horgen, Villa Waterlily

Reformed Church of Horgen

is an Evangelical Protestant church in the center of Horgen.The current building was inaugurated in 1782, at the same location since the 13th Century predecessors detectable.The first parish to parish areas of Horgen is around 1210 have been documented.It probably consisted of a Romanesque building with a rectangular nave and choir was grossly geostet.The nave was according to the old Zurich war extended suffered severe damage to 1458th The illustrations in the Chronicle of Schodoler Werner and the maps of Jos Murer and Hans Conrad Gyger show the church with squat square tower with a different helmet because it needed to be replaced after a storm damage 1615th The Kollatur was up to the Reformation, when Mrs.Munster in the city of Zurich.In the years 1676/77 had outgrown the church give way to a new building, the building orientation and placement of the tower were retained as the rectangular floor plan.

Sust in Horgen

In the Sust were coming from Zurich via Ledischiff goods on pack animals reloaded.The oldest dates from Saumerordnung Sust and 1452nd 1528 established the city of Zurich with a renewal of a customs Sustordnung site.1558, the warehouse and administration building was built.Since 1957, it founded the then local museum is housed.The mule track leading from the Sust over the Hirzel Hohi the Gotthard Pass into Italy.

Villa Waterlily

In a prominent location on the lake is Villa Waterlily, which the silk industrialist Jacques Huber Kudlich had built 1902-1908.The park and part of the monumental wrought iron fence has been restored to the centennial anniversary of this total work of art of Jugendstil.The Water Lily Villa now houses the offices of the Music School Horgen it's there for concerts and exhibitions.

Wilderness-Park Zurich

The wilderness park Zurich is a unique combi-nation of forest, wilderness and animals in the midst of the Bal-ment area of Zurich and Lucerne train.We provide sensual, wild and contemplative nature experiences.Offers of culture and education round out their own experiences.This diverse experience promotes engagement with nature.We contribute to the long term, careful use of our livelihoods.Research projects provide new insights into the relationship with humans - Nature.These basics are worked out for us with important reference points for sustainable development.Sihlwald-Bus 137 from Horgen to Sihlwald (running March to October) or by train via Zurich main station and SZU trains which run to Sihlwald in an hourly frequency.

Local Museum Horgen

The local museum is located at Bahnhofstrasse 27 in 8810 Horgen.In the 1920s, sought the then teacher and correspondent of the Gazette-Horgne Heinrich Brunner thrilled after a local museum and prompted many Horgnerinnen Horgne and well suited for a small collection in the school house Baumgartli bring.Only the moving Horgne-millennium finally spurred the creation of a local museum.With the consent of the Executive Council was the then-Chronicle Commission was dissolved and the "foundation for the local museum community and the Chronicle of Horgen" was founded.The municipality has allowed the Foundation the venerable and spacious "Sust" on the lake for the establishment of a museum.On Saturday afternoon of the 9th November 1957 it was so far: In the presence of authorities, club representatives, sponsors and volunteer staff, the local museum with a small ceremony officially opened.

May - July

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