Uster

Uster is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zurich. Its importance has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zurich Transport Network. With over 36,000 inhabitants it is the third largest town in the canton and one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Together with Wetzikon it forms one of the two centres of the Zurcher Oberland, and it lies next to a lake called the Greifensee. The town received the Wakker Prize in 2001. The village of Riedikon was first mentioned in 741 and Uster in 775 as Ustra villa. The donation of the St. Andreas Church was first mentioned in 1099, and the Burg Uster castle was first mentioned in 1267 as belonging to the Freiherr von Bonstetten. The municipality covers 28.5 square kilometres and had 35,337 residents at the end of 2020.