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33-468: Richterswil is first mentioned in 1265 as Richtliswile . During the 17th Century, a series of peasant revolts broke out across Switzerland. One of these revolts, the 1645/46 Wädenswiler Steueraufstand ( Wädenswil tax revolt), occurred around Lake Zürich and involved the village of Richterswil. The Richterswiler Weibel Rudolf Goldschmid was one of the leaders of the revolt who was executed in Zürich following

66-536: A day before the declaration of war, Zürcher battalions marched to Rheinau to plunder the town and Rheinau Abbey . On 7 January, Hans Rudolf Werdmüller led the Zürcher main army to the strategic city of Rapperswil and placed it under siege. Small units took Frauenfeld , Kaiserstuhl , Klingnau and Zurzach , while others entrenched themselves at Oberwil and Kappel am Albis . The Schaffhausers lined up between Wädenswil and Hütten . Bern mobilised on 8 January and

99-707: A plan to reorganise the Confederacy. However, the Federal Project of 1655 was rejected by the cantons of Central Switzerland, who viewed it as a threat to their dominance established by the 1531 Second Landfrieden , as a result of the Second War of Kappel . The Central Swiss instead decided to strengthen the Catholic Golden League founded in 1586. In September 1655, tensions escalated when Protestants living in Arth ,

132-648: A sacred duty to take up arms against the "religious tyrants" of Schwyz. Despite warnings from Bern and Zürich, four Protestants who remained in Schwyz were executed, while three others were delivered to the Inquisition in Milan . Bern then promised military support for Zürich in case negotiations failed. On an extraordinary Federal Diet in December, Zürich demanded that those responsible be punished, that formal apologies be made and

165-557: A village in the Catholic canton of Schwyz, fled to Zürich and were granted asylum. Schwyz protested that the " Nicodemites " of Arth had received assistance from Zürcher pastors for months, and accused Zürich of encouraging Protestants who remained in Arth to emigrate. On its part, Zürich cricized Schwyz for refusing to negotiate, and threatened to take military action. The Antistes of Zürich, Johann Jakob Ulrich, declared that Swiss Protestants had

198-605: Is a motorway in northeast Switzerland , running diagonally from France toward the southeast border, and passing by Zürich on the way. The total length of the A3 motorway spans roughly 180 kilometres (110 mi), but parts of the road share sections of the A1 and A2 motorways. The A3 belongs to the Swiss motorway network. It starts at the border in Basel , where it connects to French motorway A35 . From

231-520: Is also located in Richterswil. Richterswil has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 13,670. As of 2007, 17.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49% male and 51% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (89.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.9%) and English being third ( 1.8%). In

264-722: Is located on the A3 motorway . The municipality is served by four railway stations. Richterswil station is on the main Lake Zürich left-bank line and is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn services S2 and S8 ; it is a 33-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . Burghalden station , Grüenfeld station and Samstagern station are all on the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln line , and are stops of the S13 service. The Zimmerberg bus line ( Zimmerbergbus ), provided by

297-475: Is the highway section at Lake Walen. Between Weesen and Murg in 1964, the N3 center was opened as a main road and led by the six tunnels: Ofenegg (370 metres or 1,210 feet), Weisswand (1,100 metres or 3,600 feet), Standenhorn (460 metres or 1,510 feet), Glattwand (160 metres or 520 feet), Mühlehorn (300 metres or 980 feet), and Stutz (180 metres or 590 feet). The highway section has been extended since 1986 with

330-808: The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), connects the Zimmerberg region and parts of the Sihl valley . First War of Villmergen Catholic victory The First War of Villmergen was a Swiss religious war which lasted from 5 January until 7 March 1656, at the time of the Old Swiss Confederacy . On one side were the Protestant cantons of Zürich and Bern , on the other the Catholic cantons of Central Switzerland . The Protestants tried to break

363-597: The War of the Second Coalition (1799), it was forced to house French troops. Following the unsuccessful uprising in 1804 ( Bockenkrieg ) against Zürich, Richterswil was punished severely. From 1803 to 1831 it was part of the District of Wädenswil, but since 1831 has belonged to the District of Horgen. Since 1831, Samstagern has been part of the municipality Richterswil. In 1869 the majority of citizens of Richterswil voted against

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396-426: The secondary sector and there are 109 businesses in this sector. 1684 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 315 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 48.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 51.3% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 3,966 Catholics and 4,524 Protestants in Richterswil. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From

429-621: The 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.4%), the FDP (15%) and the CSP (10.6%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.6%. In Richterswil about 80.8% of

462-725: The Wiese Motorway Fork, the route is shared with the A2. At Augst , the motorway splits, with the A2 branching off and the A3 continuing past Rheinfelden and Frick . After the Bözberg tunnel is the Birrfeld Motorway Fork, near Birmenstorf. Here, the A1 and A3 share the same route as far as Motorway Interchange Limmattal, where the A3 goes towards Urdorf and the Uetliberg Tunnel which

495-487: The census, 45% were some type of Protestant, with 41.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.2% belonging to other Protestant churches. 34.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 2.9% were Muslim, 4.5% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.2% did not give a religion, and 12.2% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population of the town is as follows: The municipality

528-503: The conflict and restored the pre-war balance of power. During the Swiss peasant war of 1653 , when the governments of the Protestant and Catholic cantons jointly moved against the insurgent peasants, the confessional differences that had existed for over a century were merely temporarily pushed towards the background. In 1654, Mayor of Zürich Johann Heinrich Waser received the task of working out

561-618: The dissolution of the Golden League. When these demands were ignored, Zürich and Bern declared war on 6 January 1656. The Catholic cantons in Central Switzerland promised Schwyz their support. On the Protestant side, only Bern gave its full-scale help, while Schaffhausen only provided troops for defence. Basel , Fribourg , Solothurn , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Glarus , the Three Leagues and St. Gallen remained neutral. Even

594-618: The early evening. Despite their numerical and weapon-technical inferiority, the Catholics were able to repel them, to which the lack of coordination among the Bernese contributed a large part. The battle prevented the Protestants from occupying the Freie Ämter which separated Bern and Zürich. After a final assault on Rapperswil on 3 February failed, the governments of Bern and Zürich opened peace talks. In

627-464: The failure of the revolt. During the first Villmergen war (1656) Richterswil was invaded by an army from Schwyz . During the second Villmergen war, the newly built fortifications above the city, prevented another invasion. Under the French established Helvetic Republic Richterswil was part of the District of Horgen, and had a higher tax rate than surrounding villages. As part of this higher tax, during

660-399: The following months until the summer of 2010, dismantling will continue of the "temporary" transit routes to district roads (West Street and Sihlfeldstrasse) and urban main roads (Seebahnstrasse und Schimmelstrasse)). In addition to various structural measures that are placed on the axis of incidence via Wollishofen and Albisrieden, additional traffic lights are used to regulate traffic flow in

693-409: The following weeks, several smaller skirmishes and attacks on the populace happened. Peace negotiations were mediated by the cantons of Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel, and Schaffhausen, as well as by foreign diplomats, most notably the French ambassador Jean de La Barde. In the resulting Third Landfrieden on 7 March, both parties agreed to cease hostilities, grant amnesty for misconduct committed during

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726-433: The new democratic cantonal constitution. Richterswil has an area of 7.6 km (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 36.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 26.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up

759-472: The opening of the Kerenzerberg Tunnel (5.76 kilometres or 3.58 miles), which handles the road to Murg / Sargans. The old six tunnels and the road on the shores of Lake Walen were converted to unidirectional operation and now form the carriageway to Weesen / Zürich. Since May 4, 2009, with the opening of the highway section between the port Birmensdorf and Zürich, the branch South - the last section of

792-686: The political hegemony of the Catholics, that had been in existence ever since the Second Kappel Landfrieden of 1531. The casus belli was the expulsion and execution of Protestants from the Schwyz commune of Arth . The Zürcher unsuccessfully besieged the Central Swiss-allied city of Rapperswil and thereby drove their forces together. The Bernese were defeated and repelled in the First Battle of Villmergen. The Third Landfrieden ended

825-421: The population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). There are 4452 households in Richterswil. Richterswil has an unemployment rate of 2.41%. As of 2005, there were 90 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses involved in this sector. 1,178 people are employed in

858-432: The rest (10.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.5% of the area. As of 2007 34.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The northern shore of Hüttnersee is located in the municipality. It is located on the left shore of Lake Zürich . It includes the sections known as Dorf and Berg (which is part of Samstagern village). The Sternenweiher reservoir

891-446: The so-called "Western Bypass" - the A3 motorway is continuous between Basel and Sargans . With the opening to traffic of the new section on May 4, two existing sections of highway have been renumbered. The leader in the city of Zürich Autobahnast Limmattal - Hardturm (always officially recorded as N1) is now known as A1 (Switzerland) or A1H (Shuttle Hardturm) rather than A3. The leading out of town Autobahnast Wiedikon - Zürich south,

924-514: The so-called Sihlhochstrasse is referred to as the new A3W (feeder Wiedikon). Also initiated, with the opening of the Western Bypass, the first stage of the flanking measures pass the residential areas along the former "West tangent" in the city of Zürich. The existing road trains, which were used for urban transit highway connection endpoints and Wiedikon Hardturm, were temporarily contracted on May 2, each for one traffic lane in each direction. In

957-440: The war and to return to the status quo ante bellum . Moreover, all troops were withdrawn, prisoners-of-war released and the erected redoubts distmantled. Every canton obtained the right to maintain the status quo concerning religion. Controversial issues such as damage compensations were transferred to an arbitral tribunal , but bad blood within the commission caused many cases to remain unresolved. The actual direct cause of

990-528: The war, the Protestant refugees from Arth, was disregarded. The Third Landfrieden confirmed the balance of power that had been established by the 1531 Second Landfrieden , with the political dominance of the Catholic cantons within the Confederacy. Catholics would retain their hegemony until the Toggenburg War of 1712, also known as the Second War of Villmergen. A3 motorway (Switzerland) The A3

1023-499: Was appointed commander-in-chief of the army. All troops from Lucerne and Zug that were not already summoned to guard the borders, gathered in Muri and united at Boswil with battalions from the Freie Ämter . On 24 January 1656, at the decisive Battle of Villmergen, Lucernese and Zuger troops led by Pfyffer launched a surprise attack on Erlach's Bernese army that had arrived at Villmergen in

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1056-419: Was initially on its own. About two thirds of its soldiers were needed to guard the borders with its Catholic neighbours. The remaining soldiers moved towards Aarau under the command of Sigmund von Erlach . They intended to join forces with the Zürcher there, however, those were still engaged in the unfavourably developing siege of Rapperswil. On the Catholic side, Christoph Pfyffer von Altishofen of Lucerne

1089-632: Was opened on May 4, 2009. After Zürich the motorway weaves through the hills of the south-east bank of Lake Zürich . It continues along the Walensee (Walen Lake), and on to Mels where it ends at a junction with the A13. The A3 represents (together with a section of the A1) the most important connection between Basel and Zürich, and (together with a section of the A13) the most important connection Zürich–Chur. A special feature

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