Rüti Abbey
The chapel on the former medieval wooden bridge between Rapperswil and Hurden was first mentioned in 1485 AD as a wooden prayer house respectively pilgrim's chapel. The "Jakobsweg" (Way of St. James) leads through the region of Lake Zürich: From Wattwil over the Ricken Pass to Schmerikon on to Lachen and Buechberg along the left bank of the upper lake to St. Meinrad Pass, or from Schmerikon along "Obersee", passing Bollingen, Wurmsbach and Jona-Busskirch to Rapperswil and then crossing the wooden bridge towards Hurden. Another route leads over the Hörnli mountain through the Töss Valley, passing the former Rüti Abbey via Kempraten and Rapperswil and the wooden bridge to the St. Meinrad Pass towards the Einsiedeln Abbey.