Grosser Hafner

It was neighbored by the settlements Zürich–Enge Alpenquai and Kleiner Hafner on a then island in the effluence of the Limmat, within an area of about 0.2 square kilometres (49.42 acres) in the city of Zürich.

Internationally known is the area since 2009, as in the beginning of the construction of the underground parking facility at Sechseläutenplatz the remains of Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee,[1][2] in the immediate vicinity of the wetland soil settlement Kleiner Hafner in the lower basin of Lake Zurich, were found.

The building was erected in 122 AD, and consisted of oak piles driven deep into the lake bottom.

In the diving operations from 1998 to 2001 almost 100 kilograms of tile fragments are ensured, and up to 40 coins and several pottery shards, as well as rectangular post hole.

[3] Once a former island or peninsula at the estuary of Lake Zurich lakeshore and the Limmat, the settlement Kleiner Hafner represents all periods of pile dwelling.