page_title: Rüschlikon
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Rüschlikon / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Rüschlikon as seen from ZSG ship MS Helvetia on Zürichsee in Switzerland
context_page_description: Rüschlikon is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located on the west shore of Lake Zürich.
context_section_description: Rüschlikon has an area of 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi).  Of this area, 20.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.3% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 55.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).  In 1996 housing and buildings made up 41.5% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (13.3%).  Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area.  As of 2007 44.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
  Rüschlikon is bordered on the north by Kilchberg, on the east by Lake Zürich, on the south by Thalwil, and on the west by Adliswil and Langnau am Albis.  A steep slope rises from lake Zürich towards the Zimmerberg and, at its peak, the hill called Chopf, then slopes down towards the river Sihl.  Although mostly a dormitory town for Zürich, Rüschlikon has a very small but characteristic town center, parks by the lake and considerable wooded areas and farms, mostly in the hills.  The farms include cattle, horses, sheep, and a few exotic animals, as well as areas under cultivation.
caption: Rüschlikon and its church as seen from Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ship MS Helvetia
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