Sihl

The Sihl is a river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the , and eventually flows into the in the centre of the city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at Zürich HB.
Wikipedia
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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.

Mountain ridge
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The is a chain of hills in the Canton of Zürich, .

Railway station
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is a railway station in , situated in the town of . 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.

Swimming area
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is a swimming area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horgen and Sihlbrugg.

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the principal town of the district of in the canton of in . The inhabitants are called Horgner. The western village of Horgenberg belongs also to the municipality.

Village
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is a village and important transportation node between the cantons of and Zürich in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in .

Sihl

Latitude
47.24329° or 47° 14′ 36″ north
Longitude
8.57302° or 8° 34′ 23″ east
Elevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)
Open location code
8FVC6HVF+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39271531
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2658596
Wiki­data ID
Q660909
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Satellite Map

Discover Sihl from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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