Kempten, Switzerland

Kempten
Former municipality of Switzerland
Kempten
Location of Kempten
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Kempten
Kempten (Canton of Zurich)
Coordinates: 47°19.91′N 8°49.05′E / 47.33183°N 8.81750°E / 47.33183; 8.81750Coordinates: 47°19.91′N 8°49.05′E / 47.33183°N 8.81750°E / 47.33183; 8.81750
Country Switzerland
Canton Zurich
District Hinwil
Municipality Wetzikon
Elevation 569 m (1,867 ft)
Population
  Total 0
Postal code 8623
Surrounded by Auslikon, Irgenhausen, Wetzikon
Website www.wetzikon.ch
Kempten and Bachtel Tower (to the right) as seen from Seegräben (June 2009)
Malermuseum
Kempten train station

Kempten is a village (de:Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Wetzikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Geography

Kempten is located in the district of Hinwil in the Zürcher Oberland nearby the southeastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

Demographics

Kempten belongs politically to the municipality of Wetzikon.

Transportation

Kempten railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3. The train station was built in 1903. The bus line operator Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) provides its services for the regions of the Oberland and the upper northeastern Lake Zurich shore.

Points of interest

In Kempten (lat. Cambodunum) the remains of a Roman villa rustica and the so-called Malermuseum are situated.[1]

References


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