Au Peninsula
The Au Peninsula is located on the Swiss Zürichsee lake shore in the municipality of Au, Canton of Zürich.Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 14 residents
- Description: Swiss peninsula
- Also known as: “Au peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Au ZH railway station and Schloss Au.
Au ZH railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Au ZH railway station is a railway station in Switzerland, situated in the village of Au in the municipality of Wädenswil in the canton of Zurich, near the Au Peninsula.
Schloss Au
Castle
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Schloss Au, literally "Château Au", is a country estate located in Au, a locality of the municipality of Wädenswil in Switzerland. The spacious estate is situated on the Au Peninsula on Zürichsee lake shore in the Canton of Zurich.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Au and Meilen.
Au
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Au is a village in the municipality Wädenswil in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. First mentioned in the year 1130 as "Naglikon" and in 1316 as "Owe", Au belongs politically to the urban area of the south-eastern city of Wädenswil on Lake Zürich.
Meilen
Town
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meilen is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Wädenswil
Town
Photo: Voyager, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wädenswil is a municipality located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The population, as of 2013, was about 21,000. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg were merged into the municipality of Wädenswil. Wädenswil is situated 3 km southeast of Au Peninsula.
Au Peninsula
- Categories: peninsula and locality
- Location: Wädenswil, Horgen District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.24918° or 47° 14′ 57″ northLongitude
8.64744° or 8° 38′ 51″ eastPopulation
14Elevation
446 metres (1,463 feet)Open location code
8FVC6JXW+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 963781621OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
6293107Wikidata ID
Q354663
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Satellite Map
Discover Au Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Au Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Au yarımadası”
- Dutch: “Au-schiereiland”
- French: “péninsule Au”
- French: “Péninsule Au”
- German: “Halbinsel Au”
- Korean: “아우 반도”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Au-halvøya”
- Russian: “Ау”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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