page_title: Greifensee, Zürich
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Greifensee, Zürich / Geography
caption_attribution_description: The eastern part of the small Altstadt of Greifensee (ZH), en:Gallus Chapel in the background.
context_page_description: Greifensee is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Greifensee has an area of 2.3 km² (0.89 sq mi).  Of this area, 37.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.6% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 44.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).  In 1996 housing and buildings made up 37.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.5%).  Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0% of the area.  As of 2007 37.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
  It is located on the lake Greifensee, approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) to the east of Zürich in Switzerland.  The town has a historic part complete with a castle and a unique church (Gallus Chapel) which was shaped as a triangle so it could fit into the city walls.
caption: Altstadt and Gallus chapel
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