Herrliberg is a municipality near Zürich, Switzerland. It is located on the north bank of the lake of Zürich and has a population of about 5,700 (in 2003). In the local dialect it is called Herrlibärg.
The area is 897 hectares. The distance from the main square to Zürich's main station is only kilometres. The locality is placed on five tiers.
There are findings dating back to the bronze age.
In the 8th century a village called Tächliswil was established. A hamlet called Wezzo (today Wetzwil) was donated to the monastery of St. Gallen in 797. There is also a number of other hamlets, including Breitwil, Kittenmühle and Intwil.
Wine growing was important for centuries. In the Middle Ages, most of the land belonged to the churches of Zürich (Grossmünster and Fraumünster), but in 1412 Herrliberg is established as the place of a reeve. This made Herrliberg associated with Zürich. Since 1815 the municipality is part if the district of Meilen.
The chapel in Wetzwil predates 1370. In 1687 the local parish church was built, this after the first school was established in 1639.
In 1886, the peak of wine growing, Herrliberg counted 174 wine growers, cultivating 127 hectares of wine.
In 1634 there were 516 inhabitants in Herrliberg. In 1900 about 1000 inhabitants were counted, but by 1940 this grew to 2000. In 1960 there were 3200 inhabitants.
With the opening of the railway link to Zürich in 1896 Herrliberg started to develop as part of the suburbs of Zürich.
There are three churches in Herrliberg. The protestant churches can be found in Wetzwil and Tal. The catholic church St. Marien is remarkable as it is was built recently. The architecture is distinctive.
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