Richterswil

Richterswil is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, on the left shore of Lake Zurich. It is first mentioned in 1265 as Richtliswile. In the seventeenth century it took part in the Wädenswil tax revolt of 1645 and 1646, and the Richterswil official Rudolf Goldschmid, one of the leaders, was executed in Zurich after the revolt failed. The municipality belonged to the District of Wädenswil from 1803 to 1831 and to the District of Horgen since then; Samstagern has been part of it since 1831. It covers about 7.6 square kilometres, includes the Dorf and Berg sections, the northern shore of the Hüttnersee and the Sternenweiher reservoir.