Feldmeilen is a village ( Wacht) within the municipality of Meilen in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Geography
Feldmeilen is located in the district of Meilen in the Pfannenstiel region on the northwestern shore of the Zürichsee (Lake Zürich) between Zürich-Seefeld and
Rapperswil. It is around 10 km from Zürich.
Demographics, education and economics
Feldmeilen belongs politically to the municipality of
Meilen and is its largest village. Schools on
Primarschule level are situated in the village; higher school levels are located in Meilen. Parts of the
Swarovski International Holding are situated in the village as well as the Raggi-Verlag, a publishing house.
Transportation
Herrliberg-Feldmeilen railway station is shared with the neighbouring municipality of
Herrliberg. Herrliberg-Feldmeilen is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S6, and it is a terminal station of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S16.
In the summer there are regular boats to Zürich as well as along the lake to Rapperswil, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG).
Points of interest
Two mansions are situated in Feldmeilen: «Grüene Hof» built in 1682/84, and «Mariafeld» built in 1722/25, among those guests were
Gottfried Keller,
Franz Liszt, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and
Richard Wagner.
[ Official website of the municipality of Meilen: Sehenswürdigkeiten ]
History
In Feldmeilen-Vorderfeld a
Bronze Age stilt house settlement was located. In Feldmeilen-Bünishofen a small castle of the St. Gallen Abbey is mentioned.
Heritage site of national significance
Located on
Zürichsee lakeshore, Meilen–Rorenhaab is part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps,
and 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.
Notable people
External links
