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Bocken Estate
Bocken Estate
is a
country estate
in the
municipality of Horgen
of the
Swiss
canton of Zurich
. It is a Swiss
heritage site of national significance
.
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
.