Küsnacht

Küsnacht is a municipality of about 14,800 inhabitants in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is first mentioned in 1188 as de Cussenacho, and the earliest findings of settlement date back to the Stone Age, with others from the Bronze Age. In Roman times a mansion called fundus Cossiniacus stood on the commons, probably the origin of the name, which was recorded in the 7th century as Chussenacho. The coat of arms shows a golden cushion on a red background. In the Middle Ages the land was governed by the House of Regensberg, who lived in the castle of Wulp in Küsnacht, and after 1531 by Zürich. Like most municipalities along Lake Zürich it became a suburb of the city with the railway link of 1896. The psychiatrist Carl Jung had his clinic here, which attracted patients from all over the world, and Thomas Mann lived in Küsnacht.