Kempten, Switzerland

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Kempten
Former municipality of Switzerland

Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Hinwil
Municipality	Wetzikon
Coordinates	47°19.91′N 8°49.05′E / 47.33183°N 8.81750°E / 47.33183; 8.81750Coordinates: 47°19.91′N 8°49.05′E / 47.33183°N 8.81750°E / 47.33183; 8.81750
Population	0 (December 2007)
- Density	0 /km² (0 /sq mi)
Area	0 km² (0 sq mi)
Elevation	569 m (1,867 ft)
Postal code	8623
Surrounded by	Auslikon, Irgenhausen, Wetzikon
Website	www.wetzikon.ch SFSO statistics
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Kempten and Bachtel Tower (to the right) as seen from Seegräben (June 2009)

Malermuseum

Kempten train station

Kempten is a village (de:Aussenwacht) of the municipality of Wetzikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Geography

Kempten is located in the district of Hinwil in the Zürcher Oberland nearby the southeastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

Kempten belongs politically to the municipality of Wetzikon.

Kempten railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3. The train station was built in 1903. The bus line operator Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) provides its services for the regions of the Oberland and the upper northeastern Lake Zurich shore.

In Kempten (lat. Cambodunum) the remains of a Roman villa rustica and the so-called Malermuseum are situated.^[1]

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