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Richterswil

municipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q68227

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland[6]
Country
Switzerland[4]
Official website
www.richterswil.ch[19]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.208°, 8.706°
Area
+7.54, +7.53[40][41]
Contains settlement
Richterswil / Burghalde, Richterswil / Chrummbächli, Richterswil / Langacher, Richterswil / Zweischürli, Richterswil / Richterswil, Richterswil / Bachtel, Richterswil / Leemann, Richterswil / Dorfkern[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25]
Elevation above sea level
+408, +588[38][39]
Heritage designation
Swiss townscape worthy of protection[34]
Licence plate code
ZH[16]
List of monuments
list of cultural properties in Richterswil[36]
Local dialing code
044, 043[17][18]
Located in or next to body of water
Lake Zurich[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Horgen District[3]
Member of
SGV-ACS[2]
Native label
Richterswil[37]
Official language
German[7]
Official name
Richterswil[35]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
P14586
79028
Population
15k (12k–15k, n=5)[20][21][22][23][24]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 11,799 · 13,407 · 13,454 · 13,504 · 14,545 GeoNames 13,632 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
8805[15]
Shares border with
Freienbach, Stäfa, Wädenswil, Männedorf, Schönenberg, Wollerau, Hütten[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Richterswil en Richterswil ZH ar ريكترسفيل de Richti de Richterswyl fa ریکتهٔ ویل fa ریکته ویل he רייכטרסוויל ja リヒタースヴィル ko 리히터스빌 ru Рихтерсвиль uk Ріхтерсвіль zh 里希特斯維爾 zh-hans 里希特斯维尔
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
136163303
Library of Congress authority ID
n89123030
GND ID
4104033-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Richterswil - Horgen - Au - Albis-Felsenegg-Uetliberg - Zürich - Lägern - Zürichsee - Pfannenstiel - Feusisberg - Etzel 2010-10-21 15-51-22.JPG ↗
External data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch
FactGrid item ID
Eleutherodactylus orcutti
Freebase ID
/m/0gtt6c
GADM ID
CHE.26.7.8_1
GeoNames ID
7286894
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 7286894 GND (DNB) 2659050 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1064328
HDS ID
000101
Museum-digital place ID
15756
Show all 22 identifiers +10
MusicBrainz area ID
06e4444d-d1cf-464f-a229-3a11309e7e98
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1682194
Quora topic ID
Richterswil
SPAP ID
p/3361ea63-b70d-4ffa-bf30-ae25705a3c11
Swiss Enterprise Identification Number
CHE-114.880.503
Swiss municipality code
138
Topic's main category
Category:Richterswil
UN/LOCODE
CHRIC
Who's on First ID
101876053
Yale LUX ID
place/e04b6b6f-10d0-479c-9244-d5add1b17830

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 7
Wädenswil, Stäfa, Freienbach, Männedorf, Wollerau, Hütten, Schönenberg
← Shares border with 7
Wädenswil, Stäfa, Freienbach, Männedorf, Wollerau, Hütten, Schönenberg
Contained subdivisions 6
Samstagern, Richterswil railway station, Burghalden railway station, Grüenfeld railway station, Samstagern railway station, Schönenwerd (Insel)
People born here 6
Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze, Alex Kuprecht, André Blattmann, Ruedi Wild, Marina Keller, Kyle Taylor
← Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 3
Hans Streuli, Johann Jakob Scherer, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Country 1
Switzerland
FactGrid item ID 1
Eleutherodactylus orcutti
Instance of 1
municipality of Switzerland
Located in or next to body of water 1
Lake Zurich
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Horgen District
Official language 1
German
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People who died here 1
Walter Lehmann
Topic's main category 1
Category:Richterswil
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Richterswil
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Horgen District
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Summary

Richterswil is a Municipality of Switzerland[1].

Related Entities

Switzerland WikiProject Govdirectory

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [2] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [34] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [41] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+11799'}, {'amount': '+13407'}, {'amount': '+13454'} +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es'
    Sitelink count → 41
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 14,545, mass upload ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/e2ea98ac2e9|details]])"
  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 79028
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 79028, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  4. 19w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Lake Zurich
    Topic's main category → Category:Richterswil
    Official language → German
    Member of → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Richterswil Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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