Sihlbrugg is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and important transportation node between the

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of Zug (ZG) and Zürich (ZH) in

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Geography

Sihlbrugg is located in the

Sihl Valley Sihl Valley ( German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the Horgen (district), district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl ...

, at a point where the Sihl river is bridged by the road between

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and

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. The village lies between the

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chain and the

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region serving as watershed between the Sihl and Lorze rivers. The village is located in the south of the so-called ''Sihlzopf'' and in the east of the Hirzel Pass. Sihlbrugg is shared by the municipalities of Baar (ZG), Hausen am Albis (ZH), Hirzel (ZH) and Neuheim (ZG). Administratively the village belongs to Baar in the canton of Zug, and is known as ''Sihlbrugg Dorf'' to distinguish it from the nearby hamlet ''Sihlbrugg Station'', which belongs completely to the municipality of

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in the canton of Zürich.

Economy

The commercial and industrial area is majority-owned by the municipality of Baar. In addition, gas stations, hotels and catering facilities are located in Sihlbrugg; there are only a few apartment buildings situated in the village.

Transportation

For centuries, the village was a small

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with a bridge crossing the

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river nearby the

Lorze The Lorze is the main river of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. It flows from Ägerisee through Lake Zug into the Reuss. See also * List of rivers of Switzerland The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Incl ...

river. Sihlbrugg is a nodal point of the

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and

Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn The ''Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn AG'' () – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a public transport company and network in the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of canton of Zurich, Zurich. The network comprises the Uetliberg railway line, ...

(SZU) railways. ''Sihlbrugg Dorf'' (Sihlwald) is the

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of the

S-Bahn Zürich The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Canton of Aargau, Aargau, Canton of Gla ...

on the line S4 (SZU). It is also important as terminal of the A4 motorway between the canton of Zug and the canton of Zürich, and as node of five regional streets in the

Sihltal Sihl Valley (German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl Valley, i.e. the ar ...

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

Langnau am Albis Langnau am Albis is a Municipalities of Switzerland, village in the district of Horgen (district), Horgen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Langnau am Albis is first mentioned between 1101 ...

(Hirzel Pass) and to the canton of Zug.

References

External links

Official website of the municipality of Baar
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