'router-outlet' is not a known element

I have a mvc 5 project with a angular frontend . I wanted to add routing as described in this tutorial https://angular.io/guide/router. So in my _Layout.cshtml I added a

<base href="/">

and created my routing in my app.module. But when I run this I get the following error:

Error: Template parse errors:
    'router-outlet' is not a known element:
    1. If 'router-outlet' is an Angular component, then verify that it is part       of this module.
    2. If 'router-outlet' is a Web Component then add 'CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA'   to the '@NgModule.schemas' of this component to suppress this message. ("
    <a routerLink="/dashboard">dashboard</a>
    </nav>
    [ERROR ->]<router-outlet></router-outlet>
     "): ng:///AppModule/AppComponent.html@5:0

In my app.component the line

<router-outlet></router-outlet>

gives an error telling me that Visual studio cannot resolve the tag 'router-outlet'. Any suggestions how I can fix this error? Am I missing a reference or a import or just overlooking something?

Below are my package.json ,app.component and app.module

package.json:

{
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "name": "app",
    "private": true,
    "scripts": {},
    "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/compiler": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/core": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/forms": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/http": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/router": "^4.2.2",
    "@types/core-js": "^0.9.41",
    "angular-in-memory-web-api": "^0.3.2",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
    "graceful-fs": "^4.0.0",
    "ie-shim": "^0.1.0",
    "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.10",
    "rxjs": "^5.0.1",
    "systemjs": "^0.20.12",
    "zone.js": "^0.8.12"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-clean": "^0.3.2",
    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.1",
    "gulp-tsc": "^1.3.2",
    "gulp-typescript": "^3.1.7",
    "path": "^0.12.7",
    "typescript": "^2.3.3"
    }
}

app.module.ts:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import {DashboardComponent} from "./dashboard/dashboard.component"    

const appRoutes: Routes = [
{
    path: '',
    redirectTo: '/dashboard',
    pathMatch: 'full',
    component: DashboardComponent
},  
{
    path: 'dashboard',
    component: DashboardComponent
}
];
@NgModule({
imports: [
    RouterModule.forRoot(appRoutes),
    BrowserModule,
    FormsModule               
],
exports: [RouterModule],
declarations: [
    AppComponent,  
    DashboardComponent      
],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {

}

app.component.ts:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
selector: 'my-app',
template: `
          <h1>{{title}}</h1>
          <nav>
          <a routerLink="/dashboard">dashboard</a>
          </nav>
          <router-outlet></router-outlet>
          `
})
export class AppComponent {
    title = 'app Loaded';

}

Try with:

@NgModule({
  imports: [
      BrowserModule,
      RouterModule.forRoot(appRoutes),
      FormsModule               
  ],
  declarations: [
      AppComponent,  
      DashboardComponent      
  ],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

There is no need to configure the exports in AppModule, because AppModule wont be imported by other modules in your application.