Forch

View from Forch monument on the Küsnachter side and the panhandle

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The Forch is a village and a crossing of the area between Lake Zurich and Greifensee Pfannenstiel ridge in the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland. The pass is at 682 m above sea level. M. Wassberg between the north and the actual panhandle to the south.

It was originally referred to the road on the pass with Forch a hamlet about an inn and eight other houses - disposal - including a horse-changing station. Today belong to Forch - for example post - mostly all grown together settlement around the pass:

• The former villages of Aesch, Scheurenstraße belong to the eastern section Maur community.
• To west in the municipality Küsnacht the hamlet cold stone and Neue Forch and cheeks are on the Küsnachter mountain, but that is not grown together with the rest of the settlement.
• The forest clearing Guldenen on the panhandle in the south of Forch passport is also counted for Forch - the houses of background Guldenen belong to the community Maur, Front Guldenen to the municipality Egg.

Due to good transport connections to Zurich - Forchbahn since 1912, the Forch - highway A 52 - the Forch developed the largest district of the municipality with 2859 inhabitants Maur ( 2009). Many residents commute to Zurich. Nevertheless, the infrastructure is apart from kindergartens, primary schools, Nursing Home, Post and Klein and hospitality industry remained modest. Most facilities are located in Maur and Küsnacht.

The rural character has retained around the Forch the area. The two hills Wassberg ( 748 m above sea level. M. at Chapf ) in the north and panhandle ( 851 m above sea level. M. ) in the south are popular destinations for walkers. On ascent to Wassberg Forch is the monument.

The Forch is the venue for some sports events like the Forch run ( 21.5 km from Zurich - Fluntern ) and was often on the course of the cycling race Championship of Zurich.

Attraction has the Forch on parapsychologists who want to have measured a tree in Aesch more than 750,000 Bovis units - reportedly the highest value of Switzerland. The effect of this measurement method is disputed by scientists. The tree was felled by 1999 storm Lothar.

The place name is always used by the locals with products. It is derived from the Latin furca, which stands for the pass crossing or a fork.