Herrliberg

Herrliberg
Coat of arms
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Location of Herrliberg
Coordinates: 47°17′N 8°37′E / 47.283°N 8.617°E / 47.283; 8.617Coordinates: 47°17′N 8°37′E / 47.283°N 8.617°E / 47.283; 8.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Meilen
Area
• Total	8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Elevation	464 m (1,522 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	6,289
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Postal code	8704
SFOS number	0152
Surrounded by	Egg, Erlenbach, Küsnacht, Maur, Meilen, Oberrieden, Thalwil
Website	www.herrliberg.ch SFSO statistics

Herrliberg is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

There are findings dating back to the Bronze age.

In the 8th century, a village called Tächliswil was established. A hamlet called Wezzo (today Wetzwil) was donated to the St. Gallen Abbey in 797. There are also a number of other hamlets, including Breitwil, Kittenmühle and Intwil.

Herrliberg is first mentioned in 1153-55 as Hardiperc. In 1273 it was mentioned as Herdiperch and in the mid-15th Century as Härliberg.

Wine growing was important for centuries. In the Middle Ages, most of the land belonged to the churches of Zürich (Grossmünster and Fraumünster), but in 1412 Herrliberg was established as the place of a reeve. This made Herrliberg associated with Zürich. Since 1815, the municipality is part of the district of Meilen.

The chapel in Wetzwil predates 1370. The first school was opened in 1639. Thereafter, in 1687, the local parish church was built.

In 1886, the peak of wine growing, Herrliberg counted 174 wine growers, tending 1.3 km² (0.50 sq mi) of vineyards.

With the opening of the railway link to Zürich in 1896, Herrliberg started to develop as part of the suburbs of Zürich.

Herrliberg has an area of 9 km² (3.5 sq mi). Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 15.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 18.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.