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23-472: Richterswil is first mentioned in 1265 as Richtliswile . During the 17th Century, a series of peasant revolts broke out across Switzerland. One of these revolts, the 1645/46 Wädenswiler Steueraufstand ( Wädenswil tax revolt), occurred around Lake Zürich and involved the village of Richterswil. The Richterswiler Weibel Rudolf Goldschmid was one of the leaders of the revolt who was executed in Zürich following

46-496: A heated debate. Until the late 1870s, most cantonal reformed churches stopped prescribing any particular creed. In 1920 the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches ( Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund , Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse , Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera - SEK-FEPS), with 24 member churches - 22 cantonal churches and 2 free churches (Free Church of Geneva and

69-597: Is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical - Methodist Church of Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with its own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of Switzerland,

92-526: Is also located in Richterswil. Richterswil has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 13,670. As of 2007, 17.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49% male and 51% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (89.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.9%) and English being third ( 1.8%). In

115-746: Is located on the A3 motorway . The municipality is served by four railway stations. Richterswil station is on the main Lake Zürich left-bank line and is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn services S2 and S8 ; it is a 33-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . Burghalden station , Grüenfeld station and Samstagern station are all on the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln line , and are stops of the S13 service. The Zimmerberg bus line ( Zimmerbergbus ), provided by

138-771: The Second Helvetic Confession . The German Reformed ideological center was Zurich, while the French-speaking Reformed movement bastion was Geneva. A feature of the Swiss Reformed churches in the Zwinglian tradition is their historically very close links to the cantons, which is only loosening gradually in the present. . In cities where the Reformed faith became leading theology, several confessions were written, some of them: In

161-933: The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), connects the Zimmerberg region and parts of the Sihl valley . First War of Villmergen Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 552341409 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:46:35 GMT Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland ( PCS ), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019,

184-613: The War of the Second Coalition (1799), it was forced to house French troops. Following the unsuccessful uprising in 1804 ( Bockenkrieg ) against Zürich, Richterswil was punished severely. From 1803 to 1831 it was part of the District of Wädenswil, but since 1831 has belonged to the District of Horgen. Since 1831, Samstagern has been part of the municipality Richterswil. In 1869 the majority of citizens of Richterswil voted against

207-426: The secondary sector and there are 109 businesses in this sector. 1684 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 315 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 48.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 51.3% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 3,966 Catholics and 4,524 Protestants in Richterswil. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From

230-633: The 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.4%), the FDP (15%) and the CSP (10.6%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.6%. In Richterswil about 80.8% of

253-499: The Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland), was formed to serve as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represent the church in international relations. The ordination of women is allowed in all member churches. As with most mainline European denominations, the Protestant Church in Switzerland has many member churches that permit prayer services or blessings for same-sex civil unions. As early as 1999,

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276-540: The Reformation continued. The French-speaking cities Neuchâtel , Geneva and Lausanne changed to the Reformation ten years later under William Farel and John Calvin coming from France. The Zwingli and Calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of Bullinger and Calvin they came to a common agreement in the Consensus Tigurinus (Zürich Consent), and 1566 in

299-664: The Reformed Church in Aargau has also allowed for prayer services to celebrate same-sex couples. To date, seven other Swiss Reformed churches, including Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, Ticino, Thurgau, Vaud, and Zürich, have allowed the blessing of same-sex unions for same-sex civil unions. In August 2019 with the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich the first church of

322-512: The Reformed churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had allowed church celebration services for same-sex couples. The Reformed Church in Aargau has also permitted prayer services of thanksgiving to celebrate a same-sex civil union. The Reformed Church of Vaud, in 2013, also permitted prayer services as a way for same-sex couples to celebrate their civil union. Other member churches that allow either prayer services or blessings for same-sex union are

345-663: The Swiss Reformed Church allowed the blessing of same-sex marriages and the Swiss Reformed Church allowed blessing of same-sex marriages for their member churches. Organizationally, the Reformed Churches in Switzerland remain separate, cantonal units. The German churches are more in the Zwinglian tradition; the French more in the Calvinist tradition. They are governed synodically and their relation to

368-496: The census, 45% were some type of Protestant, with 41.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.2% belonging to other Protestant churches. 34.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 2.9% were Muslim, 4.5% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.2% did not give a religion, and 12.2% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population of the town is as follows: The municipality

391-527: The churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Schaffhausen, Tessin, Thurgau, and Zürich. Like many European Protestant denominations, several of the Swiss Reformed churches have openly welcomed gay and lesbian members to celebrate their civil unions within a church context. As early as 1999, the Reformed Churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had permitted prayer and celebration services for same-sex couples to recognize their civil unions. Since then,

414-415: The failure of the revolt. During the first Villmergen war (1656) Richterswil was invaded by an army from Schwyz . During the second Villmergen war, the newly built fortifications above the city, prevented another invasion. Under the French established Helvetic Republic Richterswil was part of the District of Horgen, and had a higher tax rate than surrounding villages. As part of this higher tax, during

437-622: The member churches are restricted to a certain territory. The president of the PCS is Rita Famos . The Reformation spread primarily into the cities of Switzerland, which was then composed of loosely connected cantons . Breakthroughs began in the 1520s in Zurich under Zwingli , in Bern in 1528 under Berchtold Haller , and in Basel in 1529 under Johannes Oecolampadius. After the death of Zwingli in 1531,

460-570: The mid-19th century, opposition to liberal theology and interventions by the state led to secessions in several cantonal churches. One of these secessionist churches still exists today, the Evangelical Free Church of Geneva , founded in 1849, while two others reunited with the Swiss Reformed Church in 1943 and 1966. An important issue to liberal theologians was the Apostles' Creed . They questioned its binding character. This caused

483-433: The new democratic cantonal constitution. Richterswil has an area of 7.6 km (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 36.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 26.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up

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506-421: The population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). There are 4452 households in Richterswil. Richterswil has an unemployment rate of 2.41%. As of 2005, there were 90 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses involved in this sector. 1,178 people are employed in

529-432: The rest (10.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.5% of the area. As of 2007 34.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The northern shore of Hüttnersee is located in the municipality. It is located on the left shore of Lake Zürich . It includes the sections known as Dorf and Berg (which is part of Samstagern village). The Sternenweiher reservoir

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