Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld

Hurden Seefeld
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	The site of the prehistoric settlement
Location	Hurden, Freienbach, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
Part of	Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Criteria	Cultural: (iv), (v)
Reference	1363-028
Inscription	2011 (35th Session)
Area	2.4 ha (5.9 acres)
Buffer zone	16.12 ha (39.8 acres)
Website	www.palafittes.org/en/index.html
Coordinates	47°12′43.06″N 8°48′8.22″E / 47.2119611°N 8.8022833°E
	Location of Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld in Canton of Schwyz Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld (Switzerland)

Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Hurden-Seefeld is located at the Frauenwinkel area on Zürichsee lakeshore in Hurden, a locality of the municipality of Freienbach in the Canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Situated at the Seedamm, an isthmus between the Zürichsee and the Obersee lake area, it was in close vicinity to the prehistoric lake crossings, neighboured by three other Prehistoric pile dwelling settlements: Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn, Rapperswil-Jona/Hombrechtikon–Feldbach and Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres (13 ft) to 7 metres (23 ft) under the water level of 406 metres (1,332 ft). The settlement comprises 2.4 hectares (5.93 acres), and the buffer zone including the lake area comprises 16.14 hectares (39.88 acres) in all.

Description

The early Corded ware culture in one of several settlement phases provide dates which are of particular scientific interest in terms of the emergence and dissemination in Switzerland. The layers are extraordinarily well preserved and hold valuable reserves of research material. Extending over 300 metres (984 ft) to 400 metres (1,312 ft) metres, the settlement is also of great interest due to its function and internal organization on this important transport route crossing the lake.^[3]

Protection

As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, the settlement is also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class A object of national importance.^[4] Hence, the area is provided as a historical site under federal protection, within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on the nature and cultural heritage (German: Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz NHG) of 1 July 1966. Unauthorised researching and purposeful gathering of findings represent a criminal offense according to Art. 24.^[5]

Literature

Peter J. Suter, Helmut Schlichtherle et al.: Pfahlbauten – Palafittes – Palafitte. Palafittes, Biel 2009. ISBN 978-3-906140-84-1.
Beat Eberschweiler: Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Verkehrswege über den Zürichsee: Erste Ergebnisse aus den Taucharchäologischen Untersuchungen beim Seedamm. In: Mitteilungen des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Schwyz, Volume 96, Schwyz 2004.^[6]

References

^ "Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland". Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
^ "World Heritage". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
^ "Sites Switzerland: Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld (CH-SZ-02)". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
^ "A-Objekte KGS-Inventar (Kanton Schwyz)" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2015-01-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
^ "Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz (NHG)" (PDF) (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
^ Beat Eberschweiler (2004). "Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Verkehrswege über den Zürichsee: Erste Ergebnisse aus den Taucharchäologischen Untersuchungen beim Seedamm" (in German). ETH Bibliothek. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-08.

External links

The Hurden Seefeld site at palafittes.org

[palafittes-übersicht-1] "Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland". Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-07.

[palafittes-heritage-2] "World Heritage". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-08.

[palafittes-sz02-3] "Sites Switzerland: Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld (CH-SZ-02)". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-08.

[kgs-sz-4] "A-Objekte KGS-Inventar (Kanton Schwyz)" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2015-01-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-09-14.

[NHG-1966-5] "Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz (NHG)" (PDF) (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-08-21.

[Eberschweiler-6] Beat Eberschweiler (2004). "Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Verkehrswege über den Zürichsee: Erste Ergebnisse aus den Taucharchäologischen Untersuchungen beim Seedamm" (in German). ETH Bibliothek. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-08.

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v t e Prehistoric pile dwellings in Switzerland
Espace Mittelland	Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld Rapperswil-Jona/Hombrechtikon–Feldbach Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum Erlenbach–Winkel Greifensee–Storen/Wildsberg Meilen–Rorenhaab Wädenswil–Vorder Au Wetzikon-Robenhausen Wauwilermoos Zürich–Enge Alpenquai Zürich–Grosser Hafner Zürich–Kleiner Hafner	Flag of Switzerland
Nationwide	Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps¹	Flag of Switzerland
¹ Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia