Frauenwinkel

Frauenwinkel
Zürichsee and Obersee (upper Zürichsee) divided by the Seedamm area between Rapperswil and Hurden, Frauenwinkel wetland in the foreground
Location	Seedamm, Freienbach, Canton of Schwyz
Nearest city	Rapperswil
Coordinates	47°12′32.25″N 8°47′41.6″E / 47.2089583°N 8.794889°E / 47.2089583; 8.794889Coordinates: 47°12′32.25″N 8°47′41.6″E / 47.2089583°N 8.794889°E / 47.2089583; 8.794889
Area	350 hectares
Established	1927
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Frauenwinkel is a mire landscape in Switzerland, situated at the Seedamm area on Zürichsee lakeshore in the municipality of Freienbach in the Canton of Schwyz.

Frauenwinkel is situated on the Seedamm area in Hurden, a locality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz. It is bordered by the Zürichsee to the west, by the locality of Pfäffikon to the south and by the Hurden canal to the north; to its east the Obersee (upper lake Zürich) at Rapperswil is situated, as well as the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden being another protected area. The reed and marsh belt at Frauenwinkel has a maximal width of about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the west to the east and a length of about 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) from the north to the south. The lake area of about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) towards the Lützelau and Ufenau islands is also part of the Frauenwinkel protected area. At Hurden local agricultural use is allowed. The open landscape of Frauenwinkel is the last great unspoilt section of the shore on Zürichsee. Its shallow water areas are southernly and easternly surrounded by marshes and to the northwest by the islands of Ufenau and Lützelau.

The name Frauenwinkel origins from a donation in 965 AD by the emperor Otto I to the pin Unserer lieben Frau (Our Lady) to the Einsiedeln Abbey which still is the owner of the area.