Irgenhausen

Irgenhausen
Former municipality of Switzerland
Irgenhausen as seen from Auslikon (April 2010)
Irgenhausen
Location of Irgenhausen
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Irgenhausen
Irgenhausen (Canton of Zurich)
Coordinates: 47°21.58′N 8°47.6′E / 47.35967°N 8.7933°E / 47.35967; 8.7933Coordinates: 47°21.58′N 8°47.6′E / 47.35967°N 8.7933°E / 47.35967; 8.7933
Country Switzerland
Canton Zurich
District Pfäffikon
Municipality Pfäffikon
Elevation 556 m (1,824 ft)
Population
 • Total 0
Postal code 8330
Surrounded by Auslikon, Kempten, Wetzikon
Website www.pfaeffikon.ch
Irgenhausen as seen from Seegräben (June 2009)
Irgenhausen Castrum as seen from the northwest

Irgenhausen is a village (Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Geography

Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

Demographics

Irgenhausen belongs politically to the municipality of Pfäffikon.

History

In Roman era, along Pfäffikersee there was a Roman road from the vicus Centum Prata (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via Vitudurum (Oberwinterthur) to Tasgetium (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as Camputuna sive Irincheshusa. Maybe the castrum's name was Cambodunum, the name of the neighboring village of Kempten.

Points of interest

The Roman Irgenhausen Castrumis located in Irgenhausen on the shore of Pfäffikersee.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Official website of the canton of Zürich: Das römische Kastell in Irgenhausen (in German)


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