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Kempratnerbucht

Kempraten
Former municipality of Switzerland
Zürichsee - Kempraten - Bachtel IMG 1140.JPG
Kempraten is located in Switzerland
Kempraten
Kempraten
Kempraten is located in Canton of St. Gallen
Kempraten
Kempraten
Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°49′E / 47.233°N 8.817°E / 47.233; 8.817Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°49′E / 47.233°N 8.817°E / 47.233; 8.817
Country Switzerland
Canton St. Gallen
District See-Gaster
Municipality Rapperswil-Jona
Elevation 409 m (1,342 ft)
Postal code 8640
Surrounded by Bubikon (ZH), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Jona, Rapperswil, Rüti (ZH)
Website www.rapperswil-jona.ch

Kempraten-Lenggis is a village (Kirchdorf) within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona, Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The remains of the Gallo-Roman settlement Centum Prata are one of the most important archaeological sites in the canton of St. Gallen; Centrum Prata is located at the so-called Kempratnerbucht, in Rapperswil and Busskirch on Zürichsee lake shore.

Kempraten-Lenggis was a village of the former independent municipality of Jona that in 2006 merged with Rapperswil to the town of Rapperswil-Jona. It is located on the right-hand (northeastern) shore of Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee) northerly of Rapperswil on the so-called Kempratnerbucht, literally "Bay of Kempraten". This natural indentation on the eastern lake shore extends between Feldbach, Hombrechtikon, and Rapperswil on a length of about 3 kilometres (2 mi). Due to its location, the area was already inhabited in pre-Roman times and once was used as a natural harbor. To the east, Kempraten is bordered by the bay respectively the Lindenhof hill in Rapperswil. These area of the village is called Kempraten.

Situated in the east, Lenggis is a longish hill slope where the residential area is growing fast and that is bordered by the neighbouring municipalities of Bubikon and Rüti which as well as Feldbach are situated in the Canton of Zürich.


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