page_title: Kilchberg, Zürich
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kilchberg, Zürich / History
caption_attribution_description: Kilchberg ZH vor 1920, Aufnahme von Walter Mittelholzer (1894 - 1937)
context_page_description: Kilchberg is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Kilchberg is the site of a regional cemetery.
context_section_description: Kilchberg is first mentioned in 1248 as Hilchberch.  In 1250 it was mentioned as Kilchperch.  It grew out of the mediaeval village of Bendlikon (first mentioned in 1250 as Benklinkon) where Kilchberg was just a section of the village. Its coat of arms is Azure a Quatrefoil Argent seeded Or.
caption: Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1920)
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