Kilchberg, Zürich


Kilchberg is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Kilchberg is the site of a regional cemetery.

History

Kilchberg is first mentioned in 1248 as Hilchberch. In 1250 it was mentioned as Kilchperch. It grew out of the mediaeval village of Bendlikon where Kilchberg was just a section of the village. Its coat of arms is Azure a Quatrefoil Argent seeded Or.

Geography

Kilchberg has an area of. Of this area, 26.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 71.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. housing and buildings made up 58.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest. 74.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Demographics

Kilchberg has a population of. , 21.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.8% per annum. Most of the population speaks German , with English being second most common and Italian being third.
In the 2007 national election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SPS and the CSP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 17.2% of the population, while adults make up 63% and seniors make up 19.8%. About 84.7% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. There are 3,512 households in Kilchberg.
there were 1928 Catholics and 2786 Protestants in Kilchberg. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the, 44.3% were some type of Protestant, with 42.7% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 1.6% belonging to other Protestant churches. 28.1% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 6.3% belonged to another religion, 3.3% did not give a religion, and 17.3% were atheist or agnostic.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
146743 households
1634286
1671515
1722617
1836958
18501,141
19001,951
19505,474
19707,546
19907,081
20007,197

Industry

Kilchberg is home to the corporate headquarters of the confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli.
Kilchberg has an unemployment rate of 1.64%. , there were 118 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 1479 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 48 businesses in this sector. 1983 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 306 businesses in this sector. 65% of the working population were employed full-time, and 35% were employed part-time. Kilchberg is also the location of the private hospital Krankenhaus Sanitas.

Transport

is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S8 and S24.
Kilchberg is connected to Zürich with bus line 161. Bus line 162 connects Kilchberg Spital with Kilchberg railway station and bus line 163 runs between Kilchberg, Obere Hornhalde and Kilchberg Railway station.
Tourist boat trips, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, also sail from here to Zürich and Rapperswil.

Education

Public schools

The public schools are supervised by the commune's school board. The board consists of nine elected members.
Public school buildings:

Other private schools

The Zürich International School, an American curriculum private international school, has two campuses in Kilchberg: Early Childhood Center and Middle School Kilchberg. The American International School of Zurich was previously located in Kilchberg. The bureau for elementary school of the canton of Zürich does not approve ZIS for its lower and upper secondary education. Therefore, its upper secondary school is not approved by the Swiss Federation, neither.

International relations

Kilchberg, Zürich is twinned with: