Uster
Uster is a city near Zurich, Switzerland. Uster lies 350m above sea level, so it is just in the winter snow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 33,100 residents
- Description: city in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Freudwil”, “Nänikon”, “Nossikon”, “Riedikon”, “Sulzbach ZH”, “Uster ZH”, “Wermatswil”, “Werrikon”, “Winikon ZH”, and “Winikon-Gschwader”
- Postal code: 8610
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uster railway station and Uster Castle.
Uster railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Uster is a railway station in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, situated in the city of Uster and within fare zone 131 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. The station is located on the Wallisellen to Uster and Rapperswil railway line.
Uster Castle
Castle
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uster Castle is a hill castle which was built probably around 1200 AD by the House of Rapperswil in the Swiss municipality of Uster in the Canton of Zürich. Since 1995 it houses a boarding school.
Bezirksgebäude Uster
Courthouse
Photo: Ponte1112, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bezirksgebäude Uster is a courthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greifensee and Maur.
Greifensee
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uster is a city near Zurich, Switzerland. Uster lies 350m above sea level, so it is just in the winter snow. Greifensee is situated 3½ km northwest of Uster.
Maur
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maur is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Maur is situated 4 km west of Uster.
Uster
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Uster District, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.3512° or 47° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
8.7179° or 8° 43′ 5″ eastPopulation
33,100Elevation
469 metres (1,539 feet)Open location code
8FVC9P29+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1378906317OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2658216Wikidata ID
Q64032
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Uster” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Uster”
- Arabic: “أوستر”
- Armenian: “Ուսթեր”
- Basque: “Uster”
- Belarusian: “Устэр”
- Bengali: “উস্টার, সুইজারল্যান্ড”
- Bengali: “উস্টার”
- Breton: “Uster”
- Bulgarian: “Устер”
- Catalan: “Uster”
- Cebuano: “Uster”
- Chinese: “Uster”
- Chinese: “乌斯特”
- Chinese: “乌斯特市”
- Chinese: “烏斯特市”
- Chuvash: “Устер”
- Croatian: “Uster”
- Czech: “Uster”
- Danish: “Uster”
- Dutch: “Uster”
- Esperanto: “Freudwil”
- Esperanto: “Nänikon”
- Esperanto: “Niederuster”
- Esperanto: “Uster”
- Esperanto: “Wermatswil”
- Esperanto: “Werrikon”
- Esperanto: “Winikon-Gschwader”
- Finnish: “Uster”
- French: “Freudwil”
- French: “Nänikon”
- French: “Nossikon”
- French: “Riedikon”
- French: “Sulzbach ZH”
- French: “Uster”
- French: “Wermatswil”
- French: “Werrikon”
- French: “Winikon ZH”
- French: “Winikon-Gschwader”
- German: “Freudwil”
- German: “Kirchuster”
- German: “Nänikon”
- German: “Niederuster”
- German: “Nossikon”
- German: “Oberuster”
- German: “Rehbüel-Hegetsberg”
- German: “Riedikon”
- German: “Sulzbach ZH”
- German: “Uster”
- German: “Wermatswil”
- German: “Werrikon”
- German: “Winikon ZH”
- German: “Winikon-Gschwader”
- Hebrew: “אוסטר”
- Hungarian: “Uster”
- Irish: “Uster”
- Italian: “Uster”
- Japanese: “ウスター”
- Kazakh: “Устер”
- Korean: “우스터”
- Kurdish: “Uster”
- Lithuanian: “Usteris”
- Lombard: “Uster”
- Luxembourgish: “Uster”
- Malay: “Uster”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Uster”
- Moksha: “Устэр”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Uster”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uster”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Uster”
- Persian: “اوسته”
- Piemontese: “Uster”
- Polish: “Uster”
- Portuguese: “Uster”
- Romansh: “Uster”
- Russian: “Устер”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uster”
- Serbian: “Устер”
- Slovak: “Uster”
- Slovenian: “Uster”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوسته”
- Spanish: “Uster”
- Swedish: “Uster”
- Swiss German: “Freudwil”
- Swiss German: “Nänikon”
- Swiss German: “Nossikon”
- Swiss German: “Riedikon”
- Swiss German: “Sulzbach ZH”
- Swiss German: “Uschter”
- Swiss German: “Wermatswil”
- Swiss German: “Werrikon”
- Swiss German: “Winikon ZH”
- Swiss German: “Winikon-Gschwader”
- Tatar: “Устер”
- Tosk Albanian: “Uster”
- Turkish: “Uster”
- Ukrainian: “Устер”
- Upper Sorbian: “Uster”
- Urdu: “اوسٹر”
- Urdu: “اوسٹہ”
- Uzbek: “Uster”
- Venetian: “Uster”
- Volapük: “Uster”
- Waray (Philippines): “Uster”
- Welsh: “Uster”
- “Uster”
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