The historical population is given in the following table: Industry Kilchberg is home to the corporate headquarters of the confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli. Kilchberg has an unemployment rate of 1.64%. , there were 118 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 1479 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 48 businesses in this sector. 1983 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 306 businesses in this sector. 65% of the working population were employed full-time, and 35% were employed part-time. Kilchberg is also the location of the private hospital Krankenhaus Sanitas. Transport Kilchberg railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S8 and S24 (4 per hour). Kilchberg is connected to Zürich with bus line 161. Bus line 162 connects Kilchberg Spital with Kilchberg railway station and bus line 163 runs between Kilchberg, Obere Hornhalde and Kilchberg Railway station. Tourist boat trips, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, also sail from here to Zürich and Rapperswil. 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. Public school buildings: Brunnenmoos A-C Alte Landstrasse Gemeindehaus Dorfstrasse Private, publicly subsidised schools Other private schools The Zürich International School (ZIS), an American curriculum private international school, has two campuses in Kilchberg: Early Childhood Center and Middle School Kilchberg. The American International School of Zurich was previously located in Kilchberg. The bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt) of the canton of Zürich does not approve ZIS for its lower and upper secondary education (Sekundarstufe I aka Sekundarschule, and Sekundarstufe II aka Mittelschule). Therefore, its upper secondary school is not approved by the Swiss Federation, neither. International relations Kilchberg, Zürich is twinned with: Kilchberg district of Tübingen, Germany (since 1956) Notable people German author Thomas Mann made his home in Kilchberg when he returned to Europe after World War II, and is buried there. Swiss author Conrad Ferdinand Meyer was born in Zürich (October 11, 1825) and died in Kilchberg (November 28, 1898). In his honour, there is a C. F. Meyer museum in Kilchberg. Swiss-German chocolatier David Sprüngli-Schwartz and his son were born in Zürich but owned factories and died in Kilchberg. Their chocolate company, Lindt & Sprüngli, is more commonly known as Lindt. References External links Official website Statistics Municipalities of the canton of Zürich