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Location of Feldmeilen  | |
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| Coordinates:47°16.67′N8°37′E / 47.27783°N 8.617°E /47.27783; 8.617 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zürich |
| District | Meilen |
| Municipality | Meilen |
| Elevation | 412 m (1,352 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8706 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-ZH |
| Surrounded by | Herrliberg,Meilen |
| Website | www |
Feldmeilen is a village (Wacht) within themunicipality ofMeilen in theCanton of Zürich inSwitzerland.
Feldmeilen is located in thedistrict of Meilen in thePfannenstiel region on the northwestern shore of theZürichsee (Lake Zürich) betweenZürich-Seefeld andRapperswil. It is around 10 km from Zürich.
Feldmeilen belongs politically to the municipality ofMeilen and is its largest village. Schools onPrimarschule level are situated in the village; higher school levels are located in Meilen. Parts of theSwarovski International Holding are situated in the village as well as the Raggi-Verlag, a publishing house.
Herrliberg-Feldmeilen railway station is shared with the neighbouring municipality ofHerrliberg. Herrliberg-Feldmeilen is a stop of theS-Bahn Zürich on the lineS6, and it is a terminal station of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lineS16.
In the summer there are regular boats to Zürich as well as along the lake toRapperswil, run by theZürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG).
Two mansions are situated in Feldmeilen: «Grüene Hof» built in 1682/84, and «Mariafeld» built in 1722/25, among those guests wereGottfried Keller,Franz Liszt,Conrad Ferdinand Meyer andRichard Wagner.[1]
In Feldmeilen-Vorderfeld aBronze Agestilt house settlement was located. In Feldmeilen-Bünishofen a small castle of theSt. Gallen Abbey is mentioned.
Located onZürichsee lakeshore,Meilen–Rorenhaab is part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage SitePrehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps,[2] and the settlement is also listed in theSwiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as aClass A object of national importance.[3]
