Erlenbach () is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Erlenbach is first mentioned in 981 as Liber Heremi though this identification is questionable. Between 1173-90 it was mentioned as Erlibach. 50% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50% were employed part-time.
there were 1419 Catholics and 2146 Protestants in Erlenbach. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 47% were some type of Protestant, with 45.9% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 1.1% belonging to other Protestant churches. 29.2% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 5.4% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.4% did not give a religion, and 15.7% were atheist or agnostic.
! Year
! Population
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| 1400
| c. 200
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| 1764
| 682
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| 1850
| 978
|-
| 1888
| 944
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| 1900
| 1,207
|-
| 1910
| 1,510
|-
| 1950
| 3,448
|-
| 1970
| 4,523
|-
| 1990
| 4,377
|-
| 2000
| 4,609
|-
|}
Transportation
thumb|[[Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft|ZSG landing gate on Lake Zurich's shore]]
The development of a railway link between Zürich and Rapperswil had a great impact on the village. Bit by bit the village turned from an agricultural village to part of Zürich's agglomeration. There are two stations within the municipality, Erlenbach ZH station and Winkel am Zürichsee station. Both are stops of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S6 and S16. Tourist boat trips, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, also sail from Zürich and Rapperswil.
Cultural heritage
Located on Zürichsee lakeshore, Erlenbach–Winkel is part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, and the settlement is also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class object. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around to under the water level of .