Rüti

Rüti, which comes from the Old High German word riod, meaning "clearing", is a popular name for towns in the German speaking part of Switzerland. It can refer to the following:


 * Rüti, Glarus in Glarus
 * Rüti, Zürich in Zürich
 * Rüti Reformed Church, an Evangelical Reformed church in the Swiss municipality of Rüti in the Canton of Zürich
 * Rüti Monastery, a former Premonstratensian monastery, founded in 1206 and suppressed in 1525 on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich, situated in the municipality of Rüti in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
 * Rüti bei Büren in Berne
 * Rüti bei Lyssach in Berne
 * Rüti bei Riggisberg in Berne
 * the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Hägglingen in Aargau
 * the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Waldkirch SG in St. Gallen
 * the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Affeltrangen in Thurgau
 * the former municipality of Rüti im Prättigau (St. Antönien Rüti), now part of St. Antönien, Grisons

The names of the following places have the same origin:
 * the municipality Rüte in Appenzell Innerrhoden
 * the municipality Rüthi in St. Gallen
 * the municipality Rüttenen in Solothurn
 * the mountain Rütli
 * place names with -rud (Norwegian), -ryd (Swedish) and -rød (Danish)