Seeclub Küsnacht is a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 rowing club located on the eastern side of Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....

 in the municipalitity of Küsnacht

Küsnacht

Küsnacht is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.-History:Küsnacht is first mentioned in 1188 as de Cussenacho....

. The club was founded in 1934 by Max Wettstein.

This rowing club probably has the oldest boathouse in the world, former wine pressing house (in German: Trotte ), mentioned first in 1290. Supporting beams of the building are oak and the oldest was cut down in the summer of 1320. Two other supports are from fall/winter 1335/36 and most other remaining beams are from spring 1336.

Membership is open to all, and currently numbers around 200 persons using about 42 rowing boats.

Seeclub Küsnacht has won several Swiss championships, participates regularly at world championships (Junior and Senior level) and strongly supports competitive rowing.