Freienbach

Freienbach is first mentioned in 972 as Friginbach. ==Geography==

in the background Freienbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 31% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on Lake Zurich, including its upper section known as Obersee, and stretches from the lake (elevation ) to the Etzel mountain (elevation ). It consists of the villages of Freienbach, Pfäffikon (not to be confused with Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich), Wilen, Bäch, Hurden (located on the Hurden Peninsula) and the two islands of Lützelau and Ufenau (Ufnau). ==Demographics==

Freienbach has a population (as of ) of . , 23.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The age distribution, , in Freienbach is; 2,963 people or 22.7% of the population is between 0 and 19. 4,174 people or 32.0% are 20 to 39, and 4,432 people or 33.9% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 977 people or 7.5% are 65 to 74. There are 407 people or 3.1% who are 70 to 79 and 102 people or 0.78% of the population who are over 80. there are 5,558 households, of which 1,653 households (or about 29.7%) contain only a single individual. 274 or about 4.9% are large households, with at least five members. == Transport ==

The municipality of Freienbach is traversed by three railway lines (Zurich–Ziegelbrücke, Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau, Rapperswil–Pfäffikon) and served by six railway stations, all of which are located within fare zones 180 and 181 of the ZVV. Of these, the junction station is the most important, being served by both long distance InterRegio (IR) and Zurich S-Bahn trains (S#). The remaining stations are each served by a subset of the S-Bahn trains: • is served by S8 • is served by S8 • is served by S40 • is served by S5 and S40 • is served by S2, S5, S8, S25, S40, IR35 and IR Voralpen Express • is served by S40 Pfäffikon and the island of Ufenau have landing stages served by boat cruises of ZSG. ==Sport==

FC Freienbach is the municipality's football club. ==Heritage sites of national significance==

The prehistoric lakeside settlement at Hurden/Seedamm and Ufnau, the parish church of St. Peter and Paul with Martin's Chapel, the Seedamm Cultural Center of Pfäffikon and Pfäffikon Castle are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The prehistoric settlements at Hurden Rosshorn and Hurden Seefeld are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ==References==