Kilchberg

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Kilchberg

Total population

8,077

Elevation474 m

Coordinates47.32°, 8.55°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kilchberg is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Kilchberg is the site of a regional cemetery.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hans Knecht

Swiss racing cyclist (1913-1986)

A

Albert Bachmann

Swiss military officer (1929-2011)

R

Reto Götschi

Swiss bobsledder

W

Wilhelm Scheuchzer

Swiss artist (1803–1866)

H

Heinrich Weiss

Swiss printer (1920–2020)

Johann Jakob Hottinger

Swiss author

J

Judith Giovannelli-Blocher

Swiss writer (1932–2024)

Joris Ouwerkerk

A

Albert Locher

Swiss politician (1849-1914)

Urs Aeberhand

Swiss bobsledder

D

Daniel Schweizer

Swiss conductor

E

Eugen Corrodi von Elfenau

(1897-1980)

A

Adam Näf

(1495-1571)

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Hans Rudolf Fuhrer

Swiss military historian and author

E

Edy Baumann

cyclist (1914-1993)

S

Shani Tarashaj

Swiss association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zurich

• Rüschlikon
  1.1 mi away · pop. 5,664
• Adliswil
  1.2 mi away · pop. 15,822
• Zollikon
  1.7 mi away · pop. 12,744
• Thalwil
  2.1 mi away · pop. 17,729
• Langnau
  2.4 mi away · pop. 7,449
• Erlenbach ZH
  2.5 mi away · pop. 5,542
• Stallikon
  2.6 mi away · pop. 3,438
• Oberrieden
  3.4 mi away · pop. 5,027
• Wettswil
  3.6 mi away · pop. 5,105
• Zurich
  3.6 mi away · pop. 443,037
• Zumikon
  3.7 mi away · pop. 5,168
• Bonstetten
  3.7 mi away · pop. 5,260

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kilchberg

Die Familie Mann in Kilchberg

Thomas Sprecher · 2000

Kilchberger Bilder

Alice Wegmann · 1975

Chronik der Gemeinde Kilchberg

Cilla Oertli-Cajacob · 1998

Ohne Gestern ist morgen kein Heute

Tobias Ballweg · 2017

Die Kilchberger Drucke als Spiegel einer inneren Biografie

2001

Katholisch-Kilchberg Auf Dem Weg Durch Die Zeit

Robert Walpen · 2017

Die archäologische Untersuchung in der ehemaligen Porzellanmanufaktur Kilchberg-Schooren

Annamaria Matter · 2012

Geschichte der Kirche auf Kilchberg am Zürichsee

Hans Willi · 1944

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Seen 2026-10-09

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-10-09

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-10-09

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-10-08

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-08

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-08

Western Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo buteo

Seen 2026-10-08

European Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Seen 2026-10-07

Climacocystis borealis

Climacocystis borealis

Seen 2026-10-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).