Grosser Hafner
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Grossner Hafner is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.
The site of the prehistoric settlement
Plan by Ferdinand Keller, 1858
Schweizer Chronik' by Christoph Silberysen, 1576
Entrance to the archaeological exhibition
Sechseläutenplatz
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Sechseläutenplatz is the largest town square situated in Zurich, Switzerland. Its name derives from the Sechseläuten, which is celebrated on the square in April.
Grosser Hafner
…around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland. Grosser Hafner was located on the then swamp area between the Limmat and Lake Zurich around Sechseläutenplatz on a small lake island in Zurich, and as well as the other Prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich set on piles to protect against occasional…
Sechseläutenplatz as seen from the temporary pedestrian crossing towards Utoquai in June 2015
Horgen culture, fragment of ceramics, Kleiner Hafner