Editing Lake Zurich (section)

==Coastal settlements==
[[Zurich]], at the north-western end of the lake, is the largest city on Lake Zurich. The least populous is [[Hurden]].

On the west shore (which gradually becomes the south shore) are [[Kilchberg, Zurich|Kilchberg]], [[Rüschlikon]], [[Thalwil]], [[Oberrieden]], [[Horgen]], [[Au ZH|Au]], [[Wädenswil]] and [[Richterswil]] in the [[canton of Zurich]], and [[Freienbach]], [[Pfäffikon, Schwyz|Pfäffikon]], Hurden, [[Altendorf, Schwyz|Altendorf]], [[Lachen, Switzerland|Lachen]], [[Nuolen]] and [[Tuggen]] in the [[canton of Schwyz]].

On the opposite shore, which gradually becomes the northern shore towards east, are [[Zollikon]], [[Küsnacht]], [[Erlenbach, Switzerland|Erlenbach]], [[Herrliberg]], [[Feldmeilen]], [[Meilen]], [[Stäfa]], and [[Feldbach, Switzerland|Feldbach]] in the canton of Zurich, and [[Rapperswil-Jona]]. The latter includes the medieval town of [[Rapperswil (St. Gall)|Rapperswil]], whose castle is home to the [[Polish Museum, Rapperswil|Polish museum]], and the coastal villages of [[Kempraten]], [[Busskirch]] and [[Bollingen]]. The municipalities of Rapperswil-Jona and [[Schmerikon]], which is close to the east end of the lake, are both in the [[canton of St. Gallen]]. A little further east is the larger town of [[Uznach]].

[[File:Lake Zürich from Grossmünster.jpg|center|700px|thumb|Lake Zurich from Grossmünster with Quaibrücke and the Limmat River in the foreground]]

===Prehistoric pile dwellings and historic settlements===
Nine [[Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee]], which are located in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] of [[Canton of Schwyz|Schwyz]], [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] and [[Canton of Zurich|Zurich]], are among the 56 [[Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps]] in Switzerland.<ref name="palafittes-übersicht">{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland|publisher=Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org)|access-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="palafittes-heritage">{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/world-heritage/index.html|title=World Heritage|publisher=palafittes.org|access-date=2014-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209212026/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/world-heritage/index.html|archive-date=2014-12-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>

These nine sites on the Lake Zurich lakeshore are [[Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn]], [[Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld]], [[Rapperswil-Jona/Hombrechtikon–Feldbach]], [[Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum]], [[Erlenbach–Winkel]], [[Meilen–Rorenhaab]], [[Wädenswil–Vorder Au]], [[Zurich–Enge Alpenquai]], and [[Kleiner Hafner]]. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around {{convert|4|m|ft|0}} to {{convert|7|m|ft|0}} under the water level of {{convert|406|m|ft|0}}. Two other sites are not far away: [[Greifensee–Storen/Wildsberg]] at the Greifensee and [[Wetzikon–Robenhausen]] at the Pfäffikersee.

As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, each of these 11 prehistoric pile dwellings is also listed as a ''Class object'' in the [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance]].<ref name="kgs">{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |title=A-Objekte KGS-Inventar |publisher=Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz |date=2009 |access-date=2014-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |archive-date=2010-06-28}}</ref>

In [[Kempraten]] ([[Rapperswil-Jona]] municipality), there was a [[Gallo-Roman culture|Roman]] [[vicus]] named [[Centum Prata]]. Another settlement was [[Turicum]] in Zurich.