Feldbach: Seestrasse
Feldbach is best known in Switzerland for its former Cistercian convent beside Lake Zurich. The settlement stands on the lake’s eastern shore in the municipality of Hombrechtikon, where Seestrasse follows a built-up strip between the water and the gently rising Zürcher Oberland. Founded in 1253, the convent was among the medieval religious houses that shaped this stretch of the Zurich lakeshore. Feldbach retains a small-scale character, with detached homes, cultivated plots and mature trees on the shore-side plain, while the opposite bank rises into hills. Its lakeside setting places it between the larger centres of Rapperswil-Jona and Zurich.
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Feldbach sits on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich in Switzerland’s canton of Zurich, where the lake narrows toward the Rapperswil causeway and the cultivated slopes of the Zürich Oberland rise inland. The lakeside locality belongs to the municipality of Hombrechtikon and lies on the route between Zurich and the Obersee, the lake’s upper basin. Its best-known historic site is the former Cistercian convent of Feldbach, founded in 1253, a reminder of the area’s medieval religious life. Lake Zurich has long connected settlements around its banks, and Feldbach’s rail links place it within the wider Zurich metropolitan area. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Feldbach’s lakeshore relates to the Zürich Oberland and Lake Zurich.
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Built around a crossing on the Limmat River, Zurich grew into Switzerland’s largest city and one of Europe’s important financial centres. The city lies where the Limmat leaves Lake Zurich, with the wooded Uetliberg ridge rising to the west and the airport district extending northward. Its compact old town preserves lanes and guild houses on both banks of the river, while the Romanesque Grossmünster and the Fraumünster, renowned for stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall, mark the historic centre. Zurich’s museums, universities and lakeside promenades give the city a role that reaches well beyond banking. Explore additional webcams nearby to see how Zurich connects with Lake Zurich, the Limmat Valley and the Swiss Plateau.
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Switzerland stretches from the Jura Mountains in the northwest to the Alps in the south, encompassing a central plateau of cities, farms and lakes. The Rhine rises in the Swiss Alps, while Lake Geneva forms part of the country’s southwestern border. Zürich, Geneva and Basel are major urban centres, yet mountain railways and passes remain central to how many regions are experienced. Four national languages—German, French, Italian and Romansh—reflect Switzerland’s distinct cantonal identities. The Matterhorn above Zermatt is among Europe’s most recognisable peaks, and the 1291 Federal Charter is closely associated with the country’s founding tradition. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Switzerland.
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