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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name      = Adliswil
| municipality_type = town
| image_photo       = Fallätsche Adliswil and Sihl valley 20200818.jpg
| imagepath_flag    = CHE Adliswil Flag.svg
| imagepath_coa     = Adliswil-blazon.svg
| pixel_coa         =
| canton            = Zurich
| iso-code-region   = CH-ZH
| district          = [[Horgen (district)|Horgen]]
|coordinates       = {{coord|47|19|N|8|32|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code       = 8134
| municipality_code = 0131
| area              = 7.79
| elevation         = 451 |elevation_description= Bahnhofplatz/ Bahnhofbrücke
| population        = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-ZH|0131}} |populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-ZH}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-ZH}}
| website           = www.adliswil.ch
| mayor             = Farid Zeroual |mayor_asof=2018 |mayor_party=CVP
| mayor_title       = Stadtpräsident |list_of_mayors =
| parliament_name   = Grosser Gemeinderat |parliament_number_of_members = 36
| executive_name    = Stadtrat |executive_number_of_members = 7
| places            =
| demonym           = {{langx|de|Adliswiler(in)}}
| neighboring_municipalities = [[Kilchberg, Zurich|Kilchberg]], [[Langnau am Albis]], [[Rüschlikon]], [[Stallikon]], [[Zurich]]
| twintowns         =
}}
[[File:Adliswil mit Üetliberg.JPG|thumb|right|Adliswil with the Üetliberg ridge behind]]
[[File:Adliswil Sihl Felsenegg 20200205.jpg|thumb|right|Adliswil, Sihl and Felsenegg]]
'''Adliswil''' is a [[List of towns in Switzerland|town]] and a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Horgen (district)|Horgen]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Zurich (canton)|Zürich]] in Switzerland.

The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) [[Swiss Standard German|German]], but the main spoken language is the local variant of the [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]] [[Swiss German (linguistics)|Swiss German]] dialect.

==History==
[[File:ETH-BIB-Adliswil v. N. W. aus 600 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-006635.tif|thumb|Aerial view from 600&nbsp;m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1931)]]
Adliswil is first mentioned in 1050 as ''Adelenswile''. In the second half of the 12th Century it was mentioned as ''Adololdiswile'' and in 1248 as ''Adeloswile''.<ref name=HDS/>

Under the [[Helvetic Republic]], the [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of Buchenegg was transferred to the municipality of [[Stallikon]]. In 1893 the town sections of Oberleimbach and Sood were added to Adliswil.

==Geography==
Adliswil has an area of {{convert|7.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. The rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|1996|alt=In 1996}} housing and buildings made up 32.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (10.4%).<ref name=StatZurich/> Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.7% of the area. {{as of|2007}} 38.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.<ref name=StatZurich/>

It is located in the region of [[Zimmerberg]], within the valley of the river [[Sihl]] to the south of the city of [[Zürich]], next to the localities of [[Kilchberg, Zurich|Kilchberg]], [[Rüschlikon]], [[Langnau am Albis]] and on the other hand Stallikon pertaining this to the district of [[Affoltern am Albis|Affoltern]].

==Demographics==
Adliswil has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-ZH}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-ZH|0131}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-ZH}} {{as of|2021}} a total of 38.5% were foreign nationals; the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (80.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.9%) and English being third ( 2.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 36.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (21.4%), the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (13.4%) and the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (9.9%).

The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In Adliswil about 75.5% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). There are 7,573 households in Adliswil.<ref name=StatZurich/>

Adliswil has an unemployment rate of 2.72%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 57 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 832 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 118 businesses in this sector. 4,049 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 543 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 07-Aug-2009</ref> {{as of|2007}} 55.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 44.4% were employed part-time.<ref name=StatZurich>[http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/daten/gemeindeportraet.html Statistics Zurich] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 August 2009</ref>

The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|94|Adliswil}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year
! population
|-
| 1401
|  18 households{{ref|house|a}}
|-
| 1634
|  315 {{ref|individual|b}}
|-
| 1836
|  941
|-
| 1900
|  4,714
|-
| 1941
|  5,105
|-
| 1950
|  6,240
|-
| 2000
|  15,822
|-
|}
{{refbegin}}
:{{note|house|a}} 18 households in the villages of Adliswil, Oberleimbach and Rufers.
:{{note|individual|b}} of the 315 inhabitants, 156 lived in individual, scattered homes, not in the village.
{{refend}}

== Religion ==
[[File:Adliswil IMG 3209.jpg|thumb|Church in Adliswil, from the [[Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg]]]]
{{as of|2008}} there were 5,275 [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]] and 4,999 [[Protestant Reformation|Protestants]] in Adliswil. In the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 38.6% were some type of Protestant, with 36.2% belonging to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]] and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 35.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 5% were Muslim, 7.8% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.8% did not give a religion, and 13.2% were atheist or agnostic.<ref name=StatZurich/> The [[Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple]] is situated in the [[Sihl Valley]] .

== Education ==

===Public schools===

The public schools (primary and lower secondary school) are supervised by the commune's school board. The board consists of nine elected members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adliswil.ch/de/schule/willkommenbildung/schulbehoerde/ |title=Schulbehörde |publisher=Stadt Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227063056/http://www.adliswil.ch/de/schule/willkommenbildung/schulbehoerde/ |archive-date=2015-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Public schools in Adliswil<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adliswil.ch/de/schule/willkommenbildung/ |title=Willkommen bei der Schule Adliswil |publisher=Stadt Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520131350/http://www.adliswil.ch/de/schule/willkommenbildung/ |archive-date=2015-05-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Name !! Type !! Campus (Schulhaus) !! No. classes !! No. of teachers !! No. of pupils
|-
| '''Hofern'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schule-adliswil.ch/hofern/schule-hofern/kurzportrait/ |title=Willkommen auf unserer Homepage |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || Sekundar A<br>Sekundar B/C || Hofern<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/jrkzjy4zd.en.html |title=Schulhaus Hofern |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || 4<br>5 || 9 Klassenl., 13 Fachl., 2 Logopäden || ca. 170
|-
| '''Zentrum Kronenwiese'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schule-adliswil.ch/zentrum-kronenwiese/schule-zentrum-kronenwiese/kurzportrait/ |title=Zentrum Kronenwiese: Kurzportrait |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || Sekundar A<br>Sekundar B/C<br>Aufnahmeklasse || Kronenwiese<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/wiznjdind.en.html |title=Schulhaus Kronenwiese |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || 15<br>1 || 10 Klassenl., 10 Fachl., 1 Schulsozialarbeiter, 1 Schul. Heilpädagoge || ca. 170
|-
| '''Sonnenberg / Wilacker'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schule-adliswil.ch/sonnenberg-wilacker/schule-sonnenberg-wilacker/kurzportrait/ |title=Die Schule Sonnenberg/Wilacker |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || Primar 1–6<br>Primar 1–3<br>Kindergarten<br>Kindergarten<br>Kindergarten || ''Sonnenberg''<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/je1mgzhyt.en.html |title=Schulhaus Sonnenberg |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Wilacker<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/tiwmtywmz.en.html |title=Schulhaus Wilacker |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Sihlau<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/ja5nwi5yz.en.html |title=Kindergarten Sihlau 1&2 |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Sonnenrain<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/dvimtkzmm.en.html |title=Kindergarten Sonnenrain|map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Wanneten<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/mu5ntbknz.en.html |title=Kindergarten Wanneten 1&2|map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> ||9<br>4<br>2<br><br>2 || 40 || 200<br>90<br>50<br><br>50
|-
| '''Kopfholz'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schule-adliswil.ch/kopfholz/schule-kopfholz/kurzportrait/ |title=Unser Schulhaus wurde 1971 erbaut. |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || Unterstufe<br>Mittelstufe || Kopfholz<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/guxogjiot.en.html |title=Schulhaus Kopfholz |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || 10 Mjgkl.<br>10 Mjgkl.<br> || ? || ?
|-
| '''Werd / Dietlimoos'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schule-adliswil.ch/werd/schule-werd/kurzportrait/ |title=Willkommen in der Schule Werd! |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || Kindergarten<br>Kindergarten<br>Kindergarten<br>Primar 1–2<br>Primar 1-6 || Hofacker<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/trmotu0yw.en.html |title=Kindergarten Hofacker |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Isengrund<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/tk5nzyxmd.en.html |title=Kindergarten Isengrund |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Dietlimoos<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/wjlyty3yj.en.html |title=Kindergarten Dietlimoos |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><br>Dietlimoos<br>Werd<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/te5yzbkzt.en.html |title=Schulhäuser Werd |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || 2<br>2<br>2<br>2<br>11 || 2<br>3<br>2<br>2<br>16 || ?
|-
| '''Zopf'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schule-adliswil.ch/zopf/schule-zopf/kurzportrait/ |title=Die Schule Zopf |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || Primar<br>Kindergarten || Zopf<ref>{{cite map |url=http://map.classic.search.ch/d/gjhmte4y2.en.html |title=Schulhäuser Zopf |map=Search.ch |map-url=http://map.search.ch |publisher=Tamedia AG |location=Zurich, Switzerland |cartography=search.ch, TomTom, swisstopo, osm |access-date=2015-04-23}}</ref> || (zweijährige Mehrjahresklassen) || 30 Lehrer, 1 Schulsozialarbeiter || 160<br>80
|-
| '''Musikschule Adliswil-Langnau'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adliswil.ch/de/schule/musikschule/ |title=Musikschule Adliswil-Langnau |publisher=Schule Adliswil |language=de |access-date=2015-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227063902/http://www.adliswil.ch/de/schule/musikschule/ |archive-date=2015-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || music school || || || 50 music teachers ||
|}

===Private, publicly subsidised schools===

===Other private schools===
The [[Zurich International School]] (ZIS), an international school with an international curriculum, has its upper school (senior high school) campus in Adliswil.<ref name=AIS>"[http://www.zis.ch/page.cfm?p=2444#ecc Maps and Directions]." [[Zurich International School]]. Retrieved on April 22, 2015.</ref> As a private school which has instruction primarily in a foreign language (English), ZIS is approved up to compulsory school age by the canton.<ref>[https://www.zh.ch/de/bildung/informationen-fuer-schulen/informationen-privatschulen.html Bildungsdirektion Private School information]</ref> The whole ZIS program, for students aged 3 to 18, is accredited by the Commission on International Education<ref>[https://cie.neasc.org/institution/zurich-international-school NEASC entry for ZIS]</ref> and the International Baccalaureate Organisation accredits the IB Diploma at ZIS.<ref>[https://www.ibo.org/ International Baccalaureate Organisation]</ref>

== Transportation ==
Adliswil is the only town in the canton of Zürich to pride itself on having a cable car ([[Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg|Felseneggbahn]]), which connects the town to [[Felsenegg]] on the edge of the town. [[Adliswil railway station]] is a stop on the [[S-Bahn Zürich]]'s [[S4 (ZVV)|S4]] line, which is a 15-minute ride from [[Zürich Hauptbahnhof]]. There is an intermediate station at [[Sood-Oberleimbach railway station|Sood-Oberleimbach]] which is also located in the municipality of Adliswil. The [[Zimmerberg bus line]] (''Zimmerbergbus''), provided by the [[Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn]] (SZU), connects the [[Zimmerberg]] region and parts of the [[Sihl]] valley. The ZVV bus lines 184 and 185 provide a connection to Zurich (Wollishofen), and the ZVV night bus services provide a connection to Zürich city centre.

== Notable people ==
* [[Rudolf Günthardt]] (born 1936 in Adliswil), a Swiss equestrian, silver medallist at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Rolf Fringer]] (born 1957 in Adliswil), an Austrian football manager, also managed the [[Switzerland national football team]]
*[[Mario Fehr]] (born 1958, lives in Adliswil), Swiss politician<ref>[https://www.zh.ch/en/sicherheitsdirektion/regierungsrat-mario-fehr.html#1803947130 "About Mario Fehr,"] zh.ch.</ref>
* [[Bettina Bunge]] (born 1963 in Adliswil), a retired German tennis player
* [[Daniel Quaiser]] (born 1975 in Adliswil), a Swiss designer, musician and baritone singer
* [[Izer Aliu (footballer)|Izer Aliu]] (born 1999 in Adliswil), a Swiss footballer
* [[Bram Moolenaar]] (lived in Adliswil), computer programmer and member of the [[open-source software]] community<ref>{{cite web | url=https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Vim-7.2 | title=License:Vim-7.2 - Free Software Directory }}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.adliswil.ch Official website] {{in lang|de}}
**[http://www.adliswil.ch/de/portrait/willkommen/welcome/ English information]
*{{HDS|94|author=Illi, M}}

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