Greifensee

Greifensee is a municipality within the district of Uster in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Settlements in Greifensee date back in 4000 B.C.. In 1975, a Neolithic stilt house village positioned at the northern shore of the Lake Greifen vicinity called Boschen become determined by way of recreational divers. Initially, they observed ceramics, lavishly adorned pots and bowls, and simple, big meals tanks. In scientific dives, the remains of a village with 24 huts had been found out. The exquisite circumstance of the wood relicts lets in dendrochronological relationship to the year 1051 B.C.

Located on Greifensee lakeshore, Greifensee–Storen–Wildsberg is part of the 56 Swiss websites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, and the agreement is likewise indexed within the Swiss stock of cultural property of national and local importance as a Class item. Because the lake has grown in size through the years, the authentic piles at the moment are round 4 metres to 7 metres below the water stage of 406 metres. The canting coat of hands dates to the 15th century, changing the older Landenberg hands of birthday celebration according to move or and sable. It became followed as municipal coat of hands in 1930.