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Weinegg
Weinegg is a quarter in District 8 of Zürich. Geography and demographics Weinegg was formerly a part of Riesbach municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 4,951 distributed on an area of 1.72 km². Enzenbühl and Rehalp cemeteries In 1902 ''Enzenbühl'' was, after the old ''Neumünster'' and ''Rehalp'' cemeteries, the third expansion phase for the growing needs of northeastern Zürich. Arnold Geiser, the city's chief engineer, designed an architecturally simple cemetery with longitudinal and transverse axes, surrounded by high, circular walls. At the highest area of the westward sloping plant, Geiser positioned there the abdication chapel that was built in the Gothic Revival style. In 1934 the cemetery grounds have been expanded to its present size. ''Friedhof Enzenbühl'', a cemetery those area is shared with the municipality of Zollikon, became the final resting place of some known respectively popular people, among them Inig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmorera (film)
''Marmorera'' is a 2007 Swiss film. It tells the fictitious story of the small Alpine village Marmorera, the identity of its inhabitants and a mysterious woman. The mystery film was filmed and produced in Switzerland. Plot (excerpt) Simon Cavegn's grandmother, mother and father were born in Marmorera. Cavegn and his wife ''Paula'' spend their honeymoon at the place of his family's origin. Taking some selfies, the newlyweds notice that a fisherman disappears on the ''Lai da Marmorera'', the reservoir of the Marmorera dam. At the same time, a young woman is lying in the fisherman's boat. Cavegn believes that he has rescued the mysterious woman, but when emergency services arrive, the young woman seems to be dead. During the transfer to the hospital in Savognin, the red-haired woman "awakes", and some mysterious events occur in the following days. The confused young woman without identity and language is taken to the ''Burghölzli'' psychiatric clinic in Zürich where she soon become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inigo Gallo
Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Inigo Gallo had as a child actor appearances on Schauspielhaus Zürich, among other things as ''Walterli'' in Schiller's ''Wilhelm Tell''. From 1948 to 1951 he was educated at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'', and in 1951/52 Gallo got guest engagements at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, and from 1952 to 1958 engagements at the ''Stadttheater St. Gallen''. In 1958 Gallo worked as a freelance director, actor and author, among others at the Stadttheater St. Gallen, ''Stadttheater Basel '' and ''Schauspielhaus'': in 1959 as ''Bunker Willy'' in '' Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper'' and in the musical "Eusi chliini Stadt" at the Theater am Hechtplatz in Zürich. Since then, Gallo worked together with Ruedi Walter in a variety of diale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riesbach
Riesbach is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is District number 8. History The district comprises the quarters Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg. Riesbach was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. Quaianlagen As the old bathhouse had to make place for the construction of so-called '' Seeuferanlage'' quais, the then independent municipality of Riesbach built the two new bathing facilities '' Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen'' (1886) at Zürichhorn and ''Seebad Utoquai'' (1890) at Utoquai. Hafen Riesbach, meaning Riesbach harbour area is situated between Seefeldquai and Blatterwiese. The harbour itself is as the Enge harbour used as a private-owned marina. 2004, the old kiosk at the popular open lido at ''Riesbachstrasse'' was replaced by a polygonal pavilion was designed by the architects Andreas Furrimann and Gabrielle Hächler, and now houses a small restaurant. As well as the Seefeldquai, it is part of the historical Quai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Keiser
César Keiser or Hanspeter Keiser (4 April 1925 – 25 February 2007) was a Swiss cabarettist, comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor, usually starring in Swiss German language cinema, television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland, ''Hanspeter Keiser'' attended the gymnasium (college), and from 1940 to 1950 the teacher seminary and arts college in Basel where he worked as a professor in 1951. During World War II Keiser was drummer in various entertainment and jazz groups, among others, together with Lukas ''Cheese'' Burckhardt in his own orchestra ''César Roy''. In 1944 Keier founded the amateur theater group "Quodlibet Basel", a circle of literary and culturally interested people. In 1946 Keiser was co-founder of "Cabaret Kikeriki" in which Keiser participated as a writer and performer up to its dissolution in 1951. Then he was hired as an actor and writer for Cabaret Fédéral in Zürich, for which he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margrit Rainer
Margrit Rainer born as Margrit Rosa Sandmeier (9 February 1914 – 10 February 1982) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actress starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Early life and education Born and raised in Zürich-Oerlikon, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, to Elise née Boller and Johannes Rudolf, ''Margrit Rosa Sandmeier'' dreamed of a circus career. Her parents forced her to make an apprenticeshipt as a photo lab assistant, but she secretly took acting classes and singing lessons. At the age of 18, she married Fritz Pfister, a Swiss actor, and they emigrated to Ibiza, where they operated a chicken farm. But the marriage broke up and she returned to Switzerland. Rainer worked as a cashier at the Zürich hotel ''Hirschen'' in 1934, the venue of the Cabaret Cornichon. Theater, film and television and children's voice actress After first appearances at the ''Schweizerisches Volkstheater'' in 1938, Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District 8 (Zürich)
Riesbach is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is District number 8. History The district comprises the quarters Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg. Riesbach was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. Quaianlagen As the old bathhouse had to make place for the construction of so-called '' Seeuferanlage'' quais, the then independent municipality of Riesbach built the two new bathing facilities '' Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen'' (1886) at Zürichhorn and ''Seebad Utoquai'' (1890) at Utoquai. Hafen Riesbach, meaning Riesbach harbour area is situated between Seefeldquai and Blatterwiese. The harbour itself is as the Enge harbour used as a private-owned marina. 2004, the old kiosk at the popular open lido at ''Riesbachstrasse'' was replaced by a polygonal pavilion was designed by the architects Andreas Furrimann and Gabrielle Hächler, and now houses a small restaurant. As well as the Seefeldquai, it is part of the historical Quai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burghölzli
The ''Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich'' (Psychiatric University Hospital Zürich) is a psychiatric hospital in Switzerland. As a research hospital, it is associated with the University of Zürich. It is also called Burghölzli, after the wooded hill in the district of Riesbach in southeastern Zürich where it is located. History Before the construction of dedicated state-run institutions, most people with mental illnesses and disabilities were housed privately. A "counting of the insane" () in 1851 found that less than 10 percent of the 1281 individuals identified in the canton of Zurich were in the care of hospitals, most of which lacked dedicated psychiatric wards. In 1817, the city of Zürich had established such a ward in its "Old Hospital" () in the centre of the old town. Initially, it provided 24 cells for mentally ill individuals. In the 1840s, the entire facility was converted to exclusively house chronically and mentally ill patients. The conditions in the Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limmatquai
''Limmatquai'' is a street in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the '' Altstadt'', or historical core, of the city. The street was once important for both road and public transportation, but today sections of it form a pedestrian zone shared with Zürich's trams, effectively forming a northern extension of the '' Seeuferanlage'' promenades that ring the shores of Lake Zürich. The ''Limmatquai'' has its southern end adjacent to the '' Quaibrücke'' bridge and ''Bellevueplatz'' square, where the Limmat flows out of Lake Zürich. Its northern end is at the '' Bahnhofbrücke'' bridge and ''Central'' plaza. Between the ''Quaibrücke'' and the ''Bahnhofbrücke'', the river is crossed by four other bridges all of which connect to the ''Limmatquai''; from south to north these are the '' Münsterbrücke'', '' Rathausbrücke'', '' Rudolf-Brun-Brücke'' and '' Mühlesteg''. For most of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zollikon
Zollikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zürich, the municipality also includes Zollikerberg, at a higher elevation on the road from Zürich to Forch. Geography Zollikon has an area of . Of this area, 21.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 40.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 33.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.5%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. 36.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Zollikon is located in the Pfannenstiel region. Zollikon is on the so-called Gold Coast of Zürich, and considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münsterhof
Münsterhof (literally: Fraumünster abbey courtyard) is a town square situated in the Lindenhof quarter in the historical center of Zürich, Switzerland. Münsterhof is the largest town square within the ''Altstadt'' (old town) of Zürich, and is surrounded by medieval buildings. The area forms part of the southern extension of the Quaianlagen promenades of Zürich's lakefront. Geography Münsterhof is located in front of the Fraumünster church, and lies a short distance from the Münsterbrücke bridge which leads eastwards across the river Limmat to the Limmatquai and Grossmünster church beyond. It is surrounded by medieval buildings, among which are several guild houses, including zur Waag, the former Kämbel guild house, and the art museum Zunfthaus zur Meisen. This area forms part of the southern extension of the '' Quaianlagen'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887. Münsterhof is the biggest town square within the former medieval town walls of Züric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
