Zollikon

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Zollikon

Total population

12,744

Elevation473 m

Land area7.84 km²

Coordinates47.34°, 8.58°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Zollikon is a municipality in Meilen District in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zurich, the municipality also includes Zollikerberg, at a higher elevation on the road from Zürich to Forch.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hans Knecht

Swiss racing cyclist (1913-1986)

Oskar Pfister

Swiss educator and Reformed pastor (1873-1956)

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Albert Bachmann

Swiss military officer (1929-2011)

Johann Balthasar Bullinger

Swiss landscape painter (1713-1793)

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Heinrich Weiss

Swiss printer (1920–2020)

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Heiri Leuthold

Swiss geographer (1967-2009)

Hermann Huber

Swiss painter (1888-1967)

Paul Bodmer

Swiss artist (1886-1983)

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Theo Hotz

Swiss architect (1928-2018)

Joris Ouwerkerk

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Albert Locher

Swiss politician (1849-1914)

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Hans Rudolf Fuhrer

Swiss military historian and author

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Edy Baumann

cyclist (1914-1993)

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Max Neuenschwander

Swiss association football player

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Elisabeth Lenhardt

(1909-1974)

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Werner Weber

Swiss painter (1892-1977)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Kilchberg
  1.7 mi away · pop. 8,077
• Rüschlikon
  2.3 mi away · pop. 5,664
• Zumikon
  2.3 mi away · pop. 5,168
• Erlenbach ZH
  2.5 mi away · pop. 5,542
• Zurich
  3 mi away · pop. 443,037
• Adliswil
  3 mi away · pop. 15,822
• Thalwil
  3.1 mi away · pop. 17,729
• Ebmatingen
  3.2 mi away
• Forch
  3.4 mi away
• Herrliberg
  3.7 mi away · pop. 6,289
• Aesch
  3.8 mi away
• Fällanden
  3.8 mi away · pop. 8,340

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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 Zollikon

Brothers in Christ

Fritz Blanke · 1961

Brüder in Christo

Fritz Blanke · 1955

Fürchte dich nicht

Erich Brenk · 1972

Tausend Jahre Zürcher Wurzeln

Christoph Zollinger · 2019

Die Strömungen im modernen Katholizismus und die evangelische Stellungnahme

Schweizerischer Protestantische Volksbund · 1953

Brückenschlag zwischen deutscher und welscher Schweiz

Paul Waldburger · 1983

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-09-21

European Badger

Meles meles

Seen 2026-09-21

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron caementarium

Seen 2026-09-21

Great Green Bush-cricket

Tettigonia viridissima

Seen 2026-09-21

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2026-09-21

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-21

European goldenrod

Solidago virgaurea

Seen 2026-09-20

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-09-20

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Seen 2026-09-20

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

Official Identifiers