Pfäffikersee

Pfäffikersee
Location Canton of Zürich
Coordinates 47°21′08″N 08°46′48″E / 47.35222°N 8.78000°E / 47.35222; 8.78000Coordinates: 47°21′08″N 08°46′48″E / 47.35222°N 8.78000°E / 47.35222; 8.78000
Primary inflows Kemptnerbach
Primary outflows Aa
Catchment area 40 km²
Basin countries Switzerland
Max. length 2.5 km
Surface area 3.3 km²
Average depth 18.5 m
Max. depth 36 m
Water volume 59 mio m3
Residence time 2.085 years
Surface elevation 537 m
Settlements Pfäffikon, Irgenhausen, Auslikon, Wetzikon, Seegräben
Map of Pfäffikersee
Pfäffikersee at Pfäffikon, Seegräben in the background
as seen from the Roman castrum Irgenhausen
Bürglen drumlin in Irgenhausen where the Roman Irgenhausen Castrum is situated
Auslikon lido, Wetzikon in the background
Pfäffikersee as seen to the south

Pfäffikersee (or Lake Pfäffikon) is a lake in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, near the town of Pfäffikon. It is 2.5 km long and 1.3 km wide at the middle. The lake was created in the last ice age when a moraine blocked off the ability for the lake to empty north towards Winterthur. There is also a hiking trail around the lake that people often bike and walk on, and the area is considered protected lands, among them the Robenhauser Ried and the prehistoric settlement Wetzikon–Robenhausen, discovered and researched by Jakob Messikommer (1828–1917), which became a serial site of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps. In Roman era, along Pfäffikersee there was a Roman road from the vicus Centum Prata (Kempraten) on OberseeLake Zürich via Vitudurum (Oberwinterthur) to Tasgetium (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built.

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