Horgen

Horgen is a municipality and the capital of the district of the identical name in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It lies at the left, western shore of Lake Zurich and is set 15 km from the canton capital of Zurich. Horgen is a part of the agglomeration of Zurich. The inhabitants call themselves Horgner. To Horgen belong Hirzel, the Horgenberg, the Sihlwald and Sihlbrugg station. The prehistory and early history of Horgen has now not but been studied intensively. In the Käpfnacher coal seam fossils of ferns and mastodon had been preserved. The earliest settlements in the municipality are the lakeside settlements of pile dwellers.

The oldest Neolithic settlement remains were found at trendy deliver dock and assigned to the Pfyner lifestyle. They originated 3900 to 3500 BC. The human beings of Horgener lifestyle named after their discover vicinity Had their place of agreement inside the "Scheller" near the border to Oberrieden. During the excavations 1987 to 1990 dendrochronologically the emergence of the seven separate cultural layers in the "Scheller" inside the years 3100 to 3000 BC Dated. The Horgener settlements were related with modern-day settlements on other Swiss lakes. You can come here and explore this place.