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Uster
Uster (; , ) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich. The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network. With over 36,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest town in the canton and is one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Along with Wetzikon, it forms one of the two centres of the Zürcher Oberland. Uster is located next to a lake, called Greifensee. The official language of Uster is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The town of Uster received the Wakker Prize in 2001. History The village of Riedikon was first mentioned in year 741, while Uster was first mentioned in 775, as ''Ustra villa''. The toponym has been explained as reflecting Old High German ''*ustrâ'' or ''*uster- aha'' "voracious iver by Boesch (1978). First mentioned in 1099, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burg Uster
Uster Castle (Swiss German: Schloss Uster also referred to Burg Uster) is a hill castle which was built probably around 1200 AD by the House of Rapperswil in the Swiss Municipalities of the canton of Zürich, municipality of Uster in the Canton of Zürich. Since 1995 it houses a boarding school. Geography The conspicuous tower of the castle was erected on a roughly high longish moraine hill between ''Oberuster'' and ''Kirchuster'' at an elevation of and comprises an area of about from west to east and from south to north. The castle is located above the Uster Reformed Church, Uster church in ''Kirchuster'', a locality of the Municipalities of the canton of Zürich, municipality of Uster in the Canton of Zürich. On its southwestern slope a vineyard is situated, overlooking the ''Greifensee (lake), Greifensee'' towards the ''Pfannenstiel (Zürich), Pfannenstiel–Forch'' mountain chain. Architecture From the first construction phase, the lower section of the tower, up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
