Uster

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Uster Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 47°21′N 8°43′E / 47.350°N 8.717°ECoordinates: 47°21′N 8°43′E / 47.350°N 8.717°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Uster
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat ; with 7 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list); Martin Bornhauser SPS; (as of February 2014)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat ; with 36 members
Area
• Total	28.56 km2 (11.03 sq mi)
Elevation	464 m (1,522 ft)
Population (December 2012)
• Total	32,710
• Density	1,145.3/km2 (2,966.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8610
Localities	Kirchuster, Freudwil, Nänikon, Niederuster, Nossikon, Oberuster, Riedikon, Sulzbach, Wermatswil, Werrikon, Winikon-Gschwader
Surrounded by	Fehraltorf, Gossau, Greifensee, Maur, Mönchaltorf, Pfäffikon, Seegräben, Volketswil
Twin towns	Prenzlau (Germany)
Website	www.uster.ch ; SFSO statistics

Uster is a city and capital of the district of Uster in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

It is the third-largest city in the canton of Zurich. About 35,000 people live there. It is one of the twenty largest cities in Switzerland. It is next to lake Greifensee.

The city of Uster received the Wakker Prize in 2001.

History

In 1099, the House of Rapperswil gave the city St. Andreas Church.

Villages

Kirchuster, Freudwil, Nänikon, Niederuster, Nossikon, Oberuster, Riedikon, Sulzbach, Wermatswil, Werrikon, Winikon-Gschwader and Uster

Gallery

Uster
Reformed Church of Uster
Riedikon
Uster Castle
Nänikon
Restaurant Krone Nossikon

Uster Media

Ustertag on 22 November 1830, the castle and the church in the background
Niederuster, located at the Greifensee
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Uster panorama with Uster castle
The roundhouse in Uster train station, Switzerland
Japanese School in Zurich
German Women Bundesliga soccer game: FF USV Jena vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 2014-10-11, at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Jena.

References

Other websites

Media related to Uster at Wikimedia Commons

Official website of the city of Uster (in German)
Map of Uster Archived 2009-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
Uster in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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Municipality in Switzerland

Coat of arms
Location of Uster Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 47°21′N 8°43′E / 47.350°N 8.717°E / 47.350; 8.717Coordinates: 47°21′N 8°43′E / 47.350°N 8.717°E / 47.350; 8.717
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Uster
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 7 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Martin Bornhauser SPS (as of February 2014)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat with 36 members
Area
• Total	28.56 km² (11.03 sq mi)
Elevation	464 m (1,522 ft)
Population (December 2012)
• Total	32,710
• Density	1,145.3/km² (2,966.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8610
Localities	Kirchuster, Freudwil, Nänikon, Niederuster, Nossikon, Oberuster, Riedikon, Sulzbach, Wermatswil, Werrikon, Winikon-Gschwader
Surrounded by	Fehraltorf, Gossau, Greifensee, Maur, Mönchaltorf, Pfäffikon, Seegräben, Volketswil
Twin towns	Prenzlau (Germany)
Website	www.uster.ch SFSO statistics