Thalwil

Thalwil is a municipality and city within the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. As of 2010 its population was of 17,189. Besides the metropolis of Thalwil, the municipality includes the village of Gattikon. The reliable language of Thalwil is the Swiss variety of Standard German, however the foremost spoken language is the neighborhood variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Thalwil is first referred to around 1030 as Talwile villam, that is derived from Tellewilare, Tello's Farm, and shows the early medieval origins of Thalwil as an Alemannic farmstead.

Only some graves remain from this era. In 1133 it turned into referred to as Telwil. In medieval instances, the economic system consisted in particular of farms, vineyards in addition to a small quantity of fishing, crafts and delivery. This estate became as soon as owned by means of the Dukes of Habsburg and held with the aid of the Barons of Eschenbach. The Abbeys of Muri and Wettingen additionally had extensive pursuits and owned 12 and 3 farms respectively.