Pfäffikersee

47°21′08″N 08°46′48″E / 47.35222°N 8.78000°E / 47.35222; 8.78000Primary inflowsKemptnerbachPrimary outflowsAaCatchment area40 km² (15 sq mi)Basin countriesSwitzerlandMax. length2.5 km (1.6 mi)Surface area3.3 km² (1.3 sq mi)Average depth18.5 m (61 ft)Max. depth36 m (118 ft)Water volume0.059 km³ (0.014 cu mi)Residence time2.4 yearsSurface elevation537 m (1,762 ft)SettlementsPfäffikon, Irgenhausen, Auslikon, Wetzikon, Seegräben

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 Obersee–Lake 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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  Pfäffikersee at Pfäffikon, Seegräben in the background
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  as seen from the Roman castrum Irgenhausen
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  Bürglen drumlin in Irgenhausen where the Roman Irgenhausen Castrum is situated
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  Auslikon lido, Wetzikon in the background
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  Pfäffikersee as seen to the south

See also

• List of lakes of Switzerland

External links

• Media related to Pfäffikersee at Wikimedia Commons
• Waterlevels of Pfäffikersee at Pfäffikon