Durnten

Durnten is a municipality in the district of Hinwil inside the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. In the nearby segment of the Evangelical Alliance, church buildings gathering in Durnten and Tann encompass the Evangelical Reformed Church and the United Methodist Church. In September 1876 the Wald-Ruti-Bahn started out operation. This joined the district Tann with Ruti and forest. In October 1876, with the commissioning of the Tosstalbahn, an instantaneous connection turned into crafted from Tann to Winterthur. The music at Tanner station become electrified in 1944.

With the outlet of the Uerikon Bauma Railway in 1901, the district Durnten changed into connected to the railway community. The station Durnten became between the stations Bubikon and Hinwil. The railway line did no longer pay and became abandoned in 1948. After the discontinuation of the railway operations, the tracks were broken in Durnten. The station building in addition to the railway embankment remained as witnesses of the previous railway returned. Since then Durnten is connected by way of numerous bus lines to the transport community. Oberdurnten lies at the slope of the Bachtel and accordingly east above Durntens. Oberdurnten and the Breitenmatt are separated by some fields and a difference in altitude. From the Breitenmatt you have a great view over the Zurich Oberland to Lake Zurich.