Meilen
Sign in to saveMeilen is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Meilen
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- city
- Swiss town.image_photo
- MeilenFoto.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Meilen COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Meilen Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Zürich
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-ZH
- Swiss town.district
- Meilen
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8706
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0156
- Swiss town.area
- 11.93
- Swiss town.elevation
- 420
- Swiss town.website
- www.meilen.ch
- Swiss town.places
- Bergmeilen, Dorfmeilen, Feldmeilen, Obermeilen
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Egg, Herrliberg, Horgen, Oberrieden, Uetikon am See, Wädenswil
- Swiss town.twintowns
- Ebes (Hungary), Policka (Czech Republic)
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Meilen is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
== History == thumb|Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) Archaeological finds in Meilen date back more than 4,000 years. In January 1854 the level of lake Zürich was particularly low and the locals took the chance to reclaim some land. During this undertaking prehistoric objects from the Pfyn, Horgen and early Bronze Age cultures were unearthed providing clear evidence of early settlement.