Irgenhausen

Former municipality of Switzerland in Zurich

Former municipality in Zurich, Switzerland

Location of Irgenhausen

47°21.58′N 8°47.6′E / 47.35967°N 8.7933°E / 47.35967; 8.7933CountrySwitzerlandCantonZurichDistrictPfäffikonMunicipality PfäffikonElevation

556 m (1,824 ft)Population

(December 2007)

• Total0Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)Postal code(s)

8330

ISO 3166 codeCH-ZHSurrounded byAuslikon, Kempten, WetzikonWebsitewww.pfaeffikon.ch

Irgenhausen is a village (Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Geography

Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

Demographics

Irgenhausen belongs politically to the municipality of Pfäffikon.

History

In Roman era, along Pfäffikersee there was a Roman road from the vicus Centum Prata (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via Vitudurum (Oberwinterthur) to Tasgetium (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as Camputuna sive Irincheshusa. Maybe the castrum's name was Cambodunum, the name of the neighboring village of Kempten.

Points of interest

The Roman Irgenhausen Castrumis located in Irgenhausen on the shore of Pfäffikersee.^[1]

Notable people

Jakob Heusser (1862–1941), Swiss industrialist

References

^ Official website of the canton of Zürich: Das römische Kastell in Irgenhausen (in German)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Irgenhausen.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kastell Irgenhausen.

Official website of the municipality of Pfäffikon (ZH) (in German)
Irgenhausen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.