Irgenhausen

For other uses, see Irgenhausen Castrum.

Irgenhausen is a village (Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Irgenhausen
Former municipality
Irgenhausen as seen from Auslikon (April 2010)
Location of Irgenhausen
Irgenhausen Irgenhausen
Coordinates: 47°21.58′N 8°47.6′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Pfäffikon
Municipality	Pfäffikon
Elevation	556 m (1,824 ft)
Population  (December 2007)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8330
ISO 3166 code	CH-ZH
Surrounded by	Auslikon, Kempten, Wetzikon
Website	www.pfaeffikon.ch

Irgenhausen as seen from Seegräben (June 2009)

Irgenhausen Castrum as seen from the northwest

Geography

Irgenhausen is located in the district of Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland on the eastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

Demographics

Irgenhausen belongs politically to the municipality of Pfäffikon.

History

Aerial view (1946)

In Roman era, along Pfäffikersee there was a Roman road from the vicus Centum Prata (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via Vitudurum (Oberwinterthur) to Tasgetium (Eschenz) to the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the Irgenhausen Castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown, thus Irgenhausen was mentioned in 811 AD as Camputuna sive Irincheshusa. Maybe the castrum's name was Cambodunum, the name of the neighboring village of Kempten.

Points of interest

The Roman Irgenhausen Castrumis located in Irgenhausen on the shore of Pfäffikersee.

Notable people

• Jakob Heusser (1862–1941), Swiss industrialist

External links

• Official website of the municipality of Pfäffikon (ZH) (in German)
• Irgenhausen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.