Pfäffikon, Zürich

Pfäffikon is a municipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland and the seat of the district of the same name. It should not be confused with Pfäffikon in the canton of Schwyz on Lake Zürich. The town lies on the Pfäffikersee in the Zürcher Oberland, southeast of the city of Zürich. In Roman times a road ran along the lake from the vicus of Kempraten on the Obersee through Vitudurum to Tasgetium and the Rhine, and the Irgenhausen fort was built to secure that route. Pfäffikon itself is first mentioned in 811 as faffinchova. The municipality covers about 19.5 square kilometres, of which 43.3 percent is used for agriculture and 23.4 percent is forested, and its neighbours include Bauma, Fehraltorf, Hittnau, Russikon, Uster and Wetzikon.