Lorze

Lorze in train

The Canton train and its waters

The Lorze is the main river of the Canton train in Switzerland. It originates from the Ägeri and flows first in a northerly, then in a westerly direction through the Lorzentobel, a deep gorge with the Lorzentobelbrücke, the Höllgrotten past to Baar. At the exit of the ravine, the river turns south and flows west of train in the Lake Zug. In the Villette Park in Cham the river exits the lake and flows in a northerly direction until it empties in Maschwanden into the river.

During the construction of the highway A4a Lorze, which lay on the planned motorway section was moved between Blickensdorf and the Lake Zug. At a length of 3.8 kilometers, a new riverbed was excavated and placed the estuary closer to the city train. Thus, the mixing of Lake Zug was improved because the inflow and outflow are now further apart. Furthermore, the higher transport volume of the New Lorze since then prevents floods, which caused earlier in the Lorzenebene for big damage. The 180'000 cubic meter of excavation, which, consisting of fine sand, were not suitable for road construction, were used to build the Lorzeninsel in Zug, which serves to this day as a bird sanctuary. The project completed in 1976 cost 30 million francs.

Especially in Baar hydropower Lorze for the burgeoning textile industry has been exploited in the 19th century.