Lake Zurich - North shore Driving Tour

From Rapperswill the route along the northeast shore of Lake Zurich runs along the north shore of the Obersee into the canton of St Gallen, to the industrial district of Jona in the fertile area at the mouth of the river Jona.

At the east end of Lake Zurich lies the village of Schmerikon (415 m/1,362ft). At the east end of the lake in the Linth plain we reach the neat little town of Uznach (414 m/1,358ft), with the Kreuzkirche (1494-1505) and a cemetery chapel of 1679. Quite near the town stands the modern Benedictine missionary house of St Otmarsberg. From the road junction at Kaltbrun, to the southeast, it is possible to continue either north via Ricken to Wattwil or south via Näfels to Glarus.

In the Jona district are the former Cistercian nunnery of Wurmsbach (16th-17th C.), now occupied by a girls' boarding school, and the 15th C. church of St Dionys, with wall-paintings of the same date.