Uster

Uster is a city and the capital of the Uster District inside the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is the 1/3 biggest city inside the canton of Zürich, with nearly 35,000 population, and is one of the twenty largest cities in Switzerland. Uster is located subsequent to a lake, known as Greifensee. The respectable language of Uster is the Swiss form of Standard German, however the major spoken language is the nearby variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The town of Uster acquired the Wakker Prize in 2001.

The village of Riedikon was first mentioned in year 741, at the same time as Uster became first stated in 775, as Ustra villa. The toponym has been explained as reflecting Old High German ustra or uster-aha "voracious" through Boesch. First referred to in 1099, the donation of the St. Andreas Church become given via the House of Rapperswil as a spacious three-naved U.S. Church. The Burg Uster was first mentioned in 1267, as being in the possession of the Freiherr von Bonstetten. On 7 January 1300 Elisabeth von Rapperswil bought the pledge of the reign Greifensee to the knight Hermann II.