What is Thalwil?
[[File:Blick vom Zürichsee auf Thalwil und Uetliberg (2009).jpg|thumb|250px|View of Thalwil and [[Uetliberg]] from [[Lake Zurich]]]] [[File:Thalwil-blazon.svg|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''Thalwil''' is a [[Municipalities|municipality]] in the district of [[Horgen (district)|Horgen]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Zurich (canton)|Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]]. ==History== Early [[medieval|Middle Ages]] Thalwil was [[Alamanni|Alemannic]] [[farm]]land. Thalwil was originally four ''Wachten'', or [[hamlet]]s: * Ludretikon, the oldest hamlet (mentioned in 915), bordering [[Rüschlikon]] * Oberdorf (Upper Village), the area around the [[church]] * Unterdorf (Lower Village), the area roughly south of the [[railway station]] * Langnau am Albis, (which separated from Thalwil around 1713) In the Middle Ages, most [[income]] was made in farming, [[wine|vineyards]] and a small amount of [[fishing]] on the [[lake]]. Thalwil also has the oldest [[wood]] [[company|corporation]] in the [[Canton of Zurich]], the ''Bannegg-Waldung''. It was first mentioned in 1483. ==Modern day Thalwil== Today, the [[economy]] of Thalwil is mostly some small and medium-sized [[company|businesses]], and a wide range of [[shop]]s. Most of the shops are located around Gotthardstrasse- the town centre. The main source of Thalwil's wealth lies with its 7,000 [[commuting residents|commuters]]. These people live in Thalwil, but work in [[Zürich City|Zurich city]]. Today, Thalwil has left most of its farming past behind in exchange for a town of commuters, with its public [[transportation]] links, low [[tax]] and good quality of life. == Other websites == {{commons category}} *[http://www.thalwil.ch Official website of the Thalwil Gemeinde] {{in lang|de}} *{{HDS|104}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040814081913/http://home.tiscali.ch/thalwilblog/ Blog about life in Thalwil] {{in lang|en}} *[http://www.thalwileranzeiger.ch Thalwiler Anzeiger newspaper] {{in lang|de}} {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities in Horgen]] [[Catego