Sihlbrugg is avillage and important transportation node between thecantons ofZug (ZG) andZürich (ZH) inSwitzerland.
Sihlbrugg is located in theSihl Valley, at a point where theSihl river is bridged by the road betweenZug andWädenswil. The village lies between theAlbis chain and theZimmerberg region serving as watershed between the Sihl and Lorze rivers. The village is located in the south of the so-calledSihlzopf and in the east of theHirzel Pass.
Sihlbrugg is shared by the municipalities ofBaar (ZG),Hausen am Albis (ZH),Hirzel (ZH) andNeuheim (ZG). Administratively the village belongs to Baar in the canton of Zug, and is known asSihlbrugg Dorf to distinguish it from the nearby hamletSihlbrugg Station, which belongs completely to the municipality ofHorgen in the canton of Zürich.
The commercial and industrial area is majority-owned by the municipality of Baar. In addition, gas stations, hotels and catering facilities are located in Sihlbrugg; there are only a few apartment buildings situated in the village.
For centuries, the village was a smallhamlet with a bridge crossing theSihl river nearby theLorze river. Sihlbrugg is a nodal point of theSBB-CFF-FFS andSihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) railways.Sihlbrugg Dorf (Sihlwald) is theterminal station of theS-Bahn Zürich on the lineS4 (SZU). It is also important as terminal of theA4 motorway between the canton of Zug and the canton of Zürich, and as node of five regional streets in theSihltal toZürich,Langnau am Albis,Wädenswil (Hirzel Pass) and to the canton of Zug.
47°13′03″N8°34′37″E / 47.2176°N 8.5770°E /47.2176; 8.5770
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