Rüschlikon

Station and village from the church tower

Rüschlikon is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich. Rüschlikon is located about 8 km south of the city of Zurich on the left bank of Lake Zurich.

Coat of arms

Blazon

Geography

Rüschlikon extends from Lake Zurich over the entire room up to the mountain river Sihl. North of the Zimmerberg height is predominantly built-over area of ​​settlement Rüschlikons.

Discussed in Nairobi are located on the southern slope of large green spaces, which are used as a recreational area brisk: in the west of the forest Chopfholz along the Sihl the forest area Sihlhalde. The forests at the height of the Zimmerberg glad with field names Weissberg, Eggrain, Spitelegg and long- fir. Are the Leilöcher ( Lehmlöcher ), a marshy plain between the forest areas Spitelegg and long- fir. The hallways rear and front Längimoos and Rinderweid on the southern part Rüschlikons be farmed extensively.

History

Oldest witnesses to a number of grave mounds from the Iron Age Hallstatt culture ( 800-450 BC) on the moraine of the room mountain. The name is Rüschlikon Alemannic origin and is mentioned in a document to the mid-12th century as " Ruochslinchon " and " Ruoslinchoven ". Thanks to the intact village center and the local museum the history of Rüschlikon remains comprehensible.

Policy

Mayor is Bernhard Elsener (CVP as of 2010).

Institutions

Three think tanks have settled in Rüschlikon:

  • The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI ), one sponsored by the Retail Migros Cooperative facility on the former home of the founder Gottlieb Duttweiler, the " Park in the Green "
  • The IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, which has already produced several Nobel laureates and is one of the oldest think tanks of the computer manufacturer IBM.
  • The Centre for Global Dialogue of the Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re), one of the largest reinsurance companies in the world, in the "Villa Bodmer ".

Attractions

Gallery

Village church Rüschlikon

Thalwil and part of Rüschlikon of Erlenbach from

View from Lake Zurich

Personalities

  • Fritz Honegger, Federal Council of 1977-1982
  • Gottlieb Duttweiler, politicians, entrepreneur and founder of Migros
  • Adele Duttweiler, wife of Gottlieb Duttweiler
  • Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1986
  • Karl Alex Müller and Georg Bednorz Johannes, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1987
  • Ivan Glasenberg, entrepreneurs and managers ( Glencore Xstrata )
  • Marcel Reif, television journalist and sports commentator
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Federal Council (Switzerland) Horgen District Adliswil Hirzel Kilchberg, Zürich Langnau am Albis Oberrieden Richterswil
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