Sihl
The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at Zürich HB.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: river in Switzerland, tributary of the Limmat
- Also known as: “Sihl River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Albis and Horgen Oberdorf railway station.
Albis
Ridge
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Albis is a chain of hills in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland.
Horgen Oberdorf railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horgen Oberdorf railway station is a railway station in Switzerland, situated in the town of Horgen. The station is located on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway, within fare zone 151 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, and is served by the S24 line of the Zürich S-Bahn.
Horgener Bergweiher
Swimming area
Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horgener Bergweiher is a swimming area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horgen and Sihlbrugg.
Horgen
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horgen is the principal town of the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. The inhabitants are called Horgner. The western village of Horgenberg belongs also to the municipality.
Sihlbrugg
Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sihlbrugg is a village and important transportation node between the cantons of Zug and Zürich in Switzerland.
Hausen am Albis
Village
Photo: Leandros, Public domain.
Hausen am Albis is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Sihl
- Category: body of water
- Location: Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.24329° or 47° 14′ 36″ northLongitude
8.57302° or 8° 34′ 23″ eastElevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)Open location code
8FVC6HVF+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 39271531OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2658596Wikidata ID
Q660909
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Sihl” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Sihl”
- Belarusian: “Зіль”
- Bulgarian: “Сихл”
- Catalan: “Sihl”
- Cebuano: “Sihl”
- Chinese: “錫爾河”
- Chinese: “锡尔河”
- Dutch: “Sihl”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيهل”
- Esperanto: “Sihl-Valo”
- Esperanto: “Sihl”
- Esperanto: “Sihlvalo”
- Finnish: “Sihl”
- French: “Sihl”
- German: “Sihl”
- Irish: “Sihl”
- Italian: “Sihl”
- Japanese: “ズィル川”
- Korean: “질강”
- Macedonian: “Зил”
- Marathi: “झीह्ल नदी”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sihl”
- Polish: “Sihl”
- Romanian: “Râul Sihl”
- Romanian: “Sihl”
- Russian: “Sihl”
- Russian: “Зиль”
- Slovenian: “Sihl”
- Spanish: “Rio Sihl”
- Spanish: “Río Sihl”
- Spanish: “Sihl”
- Swedish: “Sihl”
- Swiss German: “Sihl”
- Tosk Albanian: “Sihl”
- Turkish: “Sihl”
- Ukrainian: “Зіль”
- Venetian: “Fiume Sihl”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sihlbrugg (Station) and Oberhof.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sihl”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.