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The '''Hurden ship canal''' ({{lang-de|Schiffahrtskanal von Hurden}}) is a {{convert|500|m|adj=on}} long [[canal]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[canton of Schwyz]]. It connects the lower section of [[Lake Zürich]] with the upper section, sometimes called the ''Obersee''. The canal permits shipping services on the lake to pass between the two halves of the lake without passing through the shallows, and under the low bridges, of the [[Seedamm]]. The canal was opened in 1943, and cuts through the base of the peninsular containing the [[Hurden|village of Hurden]], thus placing the village on an artificial island.<ref name=hurdhist>{{cite web | url = http://www.uch.ch/pfaeffikon/pf_hurd/pages/pf_f000.htm | trans_title = The history of Hurden | language = German | title = Die Geschichte von Hurden | work = http://www.uch.ch/ | accessdate = 18 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=navrules>{{cite web | url = http://www.gesetzessammlung.sg.ch/frontend/versions/1657?locale=de | trans_title = Inter-cantonal agreement regarding navigation on Lake Zurich and Lake Walen | language = German | title = Interkantonale Vereinbarung über die Schiffahrt auf dem Zürichsee und dem Walensee | date = 6 October 1980 | accessdate = 18 August 2014}}</ref> |
The '''Hurden ship canal''' ({{lang-de|Schiffahrtskanal von Hurden}}) is a {{convert|500|m|adj=on}} long [[canal]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[canton of Schwyz]]. It connects the lower section of [[Lake Zürich]] with the upper section, sometimes called the ''Obersee''. The canal permits shipping services on the lake to pass between the two halves of the lake without passing through the shallows, and under the low bridges, of the [[Seedamm]]. The canal was opened in 1943, and cuts through the base of the peninsular containing the [[Hurden|village of Hurden]], thus placing the village on an artificial island.<ref name=hurdhist>{{cite web | url = http://www.uch.ch/pfaeffikon/pf_hurd/pages/pf_f000.htm | trans_title = The history of Hurden | language = German | title = Die Geschichte von Hurden | work = http://www.uch.ch/ | accessdate = 18 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=navrules>{{cite web | url = http://www.gesetzessammlung.sg.ch/frontend/versions/1657?locale=de | trans_title = Inter-cantonal agreement regarding navigation on Lake Zurich and Lake Walen | language = German | title = Interkantonale Vereinbarung über die Schiffahrt auf dem Zürichsee und dem Walensee | date = 6 October 1980 | accessdate = 18 August 2014}}</ref> |
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The Hurden ship canal (Template:Lang-de) is a 500-metre (1,600 ft) long canal in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. It connects the lower section of Lake Zürich with the upper section, sometimes called the Obersee. The canal permits shipping services on the lake to pass between the two halves of the lake without passing through the shallows, and under the low bridges, of the Seedamm. The canal was opened in 1943, and cuts through the base of the peninsular containing the village of Hurden, thus placing the village on an artificial island.[1][2]
The canal is spanned by the Sternenbrücke, which carries both road and railway, with the railway being used by the S5 and S40 lines of the S-Bahn Zürich and by the Südostbahn Voralpen Express. This bridge was renewed between March and November 2010 to allow 40 ton trucks to cross the Seedamm.[1][3]
The canal is used by the paddle steamers and motor ships of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft on their services from the city of Zürich to the Obersee. The channel is only wide enough to pass a single ship at a time, and vessels proceeding up the lake must give way to vessels proceeding downstream.[2]
To the west of the Sternenbrücke, the canal passes through the Frauenwinkel nature reserve, with its important bog landscape.
References
- ^ a b "Die Geschichte von Hurden". http://www.uch.ch/ (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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External links
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