Richterswil

Summary

Richterswil is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Richterswil ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Richterswil was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Richterswil is located in Horgen District^[4].
• Richterswil is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Richterswil is on the body of water Lake Zurich^[6].
• Richterswil's image is recorded as Richterswil - Horgen - Au - Albis-Felsenegg-Uetliberg - Zürich - Lägern - Zürichsee - Pfannenstiel - Feusisberg - Etzel 2010-10-21 15-51-22.JPG^[7].
• Richterswil's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Richterswil's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[9].
• Richterswil's official language is recorded as German^[10].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Freienbach^[11].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Stäfa^[12].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Wädenswil^[13].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Männedorf^[14].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Schönenberg^[15].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Wollerau^[16].
• Richterswil's shares border with is recorded as Hütten^[17].
• Richterswil's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Richterswil COA.svg^[18].
• Richterswil's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136163303^[19].
• Richterswil's GND ID is recorded as 4104033-8^[20].
• Richterswil's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Richterswil.png^[21].
• Richterswil's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n89123030^[22].
• Richterswil's postal code is recorded as 8805^[23].
• Richterswil's Commons category is recorded as Richterswil^[24].
• Richterswil's licence plate code is recorded as ZH^[25].
• Richterswil's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682194^[26].
• Richterswil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Richterswil is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Richterswil is located in Horgen District^[4]. Richterswil is on the body of water Lake Zurich^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.54'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.53'}^[29]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+408'}^[30] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+588'}^[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11799'}^[32], {'amount': '+13407'}^[33], {'amount': '+13454'}^[34], and {'amount': '+13504'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8] and city of Switzerland^[9]. Richterswil's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[36].

Why It Matters

Richterswil ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] Richterswil has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Richterswil is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]