Kilchberg

From Zurich road 3 follows the southwest shore of the lake past a long string of old villages and modern villas surrounded by gardens, with many beaches. In 6km/4mi it reaches Kilchberg (427 m/1,401ft) on the hillside to the right of the road. This was the home of the Swiss writer Conrad Ferdinard Meyer (1825-1898) from 1875 onwards, and the German novelist Thomas Mann (1875-1955) and his wife (d. 1980) spent the last years of their lives here. Their graves are in the churchyard on the south side of the little church.