Kantonsschule Uster

Uster (High Alemannic: Uschter) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich. The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zurich Transport Network. With over 36,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest town in the canton and is one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Along with Wetzikon, it forms one of the two centres of the Zurich Oberland. Uster is located next to a lake, called Greifensee. The official language of Uster is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The town of Uster received the Wakker Prize in 2001.

Uster is a railway station in Switzerland, situated in the city of Uster. The station is located on the Wallisellen to Uster and Rapperswil railway line.

The Japanese School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule in Zürich, Japanese: チューリッヒ日本人学校 Chūrihhi Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, situated in the Zurich metropolitan area. It has a day school division and it has a weekend complementary school that meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is the sole non-boarding Japanese day school in Switzerland, and it serves kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school (equivalent to Zurich cantonal Sekundarstufe I). Japanese School in Zurich's primary education program (elementary) is approved as Primarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. However, not the Kindergarten.The Japanese School in Zurich's lower secondary education program (junior-secondary) is approved as Sekundarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich.On 20 October 1975, the Japanese Language School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule Zürich), the predecessor institution, opened with 15 students. On 23 April 1988, the permanent day school Japanese School in Zurich opened with 57 students, of which 50 were elementary school students and 7 were junior high school students.Students take Japanese and English courses, and they also take German two times every week.

The Aabach (also Aa, or Ustermer Aa for disambiguation with the Mönchaltorfer Aa) is a minor river in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. At a length of 11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi), it flows from Pfäffikersee to the Greifensee. Its valley is known as Aatal ("Aa Valley"), eponymous of the settlement Aathal.

Greifensee is a lake in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Uster District is one of the twelve districts of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Its capital is the city of Uster. The German-speaking district has a population of 135,234 (as of 31 December 2020).

Greifensee–Storen–Wildsberg is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.

Nänikon-Greifensee is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is situated between the villages of Nänikon, in the municipality of Uster, and the town of Greifensee. The station is on the Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line.

Greifensee is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Reformierte Kirche Greifensee (native German name, literally: Greifensee Reformed Church or commonly Gallus-Kapelle Im Städtli), is a church and a listed heritage building in the municipality of Greifensee, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

Mönchaltorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Greifensee Castle (German: Schloss Greifensee) is a castle in the municipality of Greifensee and the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It was probably built by the House of Rapperswil and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.