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Meilen District
District in Switzerland

Meilen District

Meilen District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

It lies to the south of the canton in the Pfannenstiel region, forming much of the northern shore of Lake Zurich. The district capital is the town of Meilen.

How locals move

Getting around Meilen District the local way

  • Go nextA bit further away, but also worth a day trip: Appenzell — As close to the stereotypical image of Switzerland with wooden farm houses and traditional clothes as it gets.

From Wikivoyage: Zurich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Daniel Kraft (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.