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Bocken Estate

Coordinates: 47°14′35″N 8°36′46″E / 47.242977°N 8.612711°E / 47.242977; 8.612711
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Main building
A building on the estate

Bocken Estate (Template:Lang-de) is a country estate in the municipality of Horgen of the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1]

From 1912 on Alfred Emil Schwarzenbach, a wealthy businessman in the silk industry and his wife Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille, horsewoman and amateur photographer, lived here with their family of five children. One of their daughters, novelist, travel journalist and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach grew up on the estate.

References

  1. ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

47°14′35″N 8°36′46″E / 47.242977°N 8.612711°E / 47.242977; 8.612711