Die Altstadt (

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for "the old town") in the

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city of

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 43 ...

encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934. ''Die Altstadt'' approximately corresponds to the area enclosed by the former city ramparts, and is today within the administrative area of the city called Kreis 1 (District 1). With a population of 5,617 (as of 2015), it houses about 1.4% of the city's total population. Administratively, District 1 is divided into four parts or quarters by the

statistical office, Rathaus (town hall), Hochschulen (universities), Lindenhof ("lime trees courtyard") and

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. ''Lindenhof'' and ''Rathaus'' correspond to the parts of the medieval city left (west) and right (east) of the

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, respectively, while ''City'' and ''Hochschulen'' include the area of the Early Modern city west and east of the medieval walls, respectively. Zuerich1705

Lindenhof

Der Lindenhof ("The lime trees courtyard") quarter corresponds to the ''mindere Stadt'', the smaller but more prestigious half of the medieval town left of the river. This is the oldest core of the city, with settlement traces dating to pre-Roman ( La Tène) times, and fortified as the Roman Vicus ''Turicum'', a Roman customs station with a surrounding civilian settlement, in the final decades of the 1st century BC. The ''

Lindenhof hill The Lindenhof (lit.: ''courtyard of the lime'') is a moraine hill and a public square in the historic center of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the site of the Roman and Carolingian era Kaiserpfalz around which the city has historically grown. The ...

'' itself is the site of the Roman castle at the location of the Celtic ''

Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof Lindenhof is the present name of the large fortified settlement, or oppidum, likely founded by the Helvetii on the Lindenhof hill on the western shore of the Limmat in Zürich, Switzerland. Geography The Lindenhof is a moraine hill that sin ...

'', rebuilt in

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times but derelict by the 13th century, when it was used as a source for building stone for the first stone houses of rich burghers of the recently '' reichsfrei'' city. The ''

Schipfe Schipfe is a residential district in Zürich, Switzerland, located on the eastern slope of the Lindenhof, one of the oldest parts of the Helvetii Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof, by the river Limmat. Historians and the '' Weinplatz'' suggest that the ...

'' quarter at the

below the Lindenhof is the site of the Roman vicus, with traces of a

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nearby the

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 i ...

excavated. St. Peter church was the parish church of the medieval city, built on the site of an earlier temple to

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. The '' Rennweg'' street below the Lindenhof hill was the main street of the medieval city, entering by the Rennweg gate through the western city wall which is now marked by the course of ''

Bahnhofstrasse Bahnhofstrasse is Zürich's main downtown street and one of the world's most expensive and exclusive shopping avenues. In 2011, a study named the ''Bahnhofstrasse'' the most expensive street for retail property in Europe, and the third most expens ...

''. ''

Augustinergasse ''Augustinergasse'' is a medieval lane that today is part of the innercity pedestrian zone of Zürich, Switzerland. It is named after the former Augustinian Abbey that is now Augustinerkirche, the former church of the convent that was disestabl ...

'' is a small street leading from ''St. Peterhofstatt'' situated at the St. Peter church, passing the former

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monastery below the Lindenhof hill, towards the ''Kecinstürlin'' gate at the southern '' Fröschengraben'' moat, ''Bahnhofstrasse'' as of today.

Zunfthaus zur Meisen The Zunfthaus zur Meisen is the guild house of the Zunft zur Meisen. It is one of the many historically valuable buildings in the Lindenhof quarter in Zürich, Switzerland, and also housed the porcelain and faience collection of the Swiss Nation ...

at ''

'' plaza near

Fraumünster The Fraumünster (; lit. in en, Women's Minster, but often wrongly translated to urLady Minster) is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for h ...

church houses the porcelain and faience collection of the

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. Lindenhof also contains the former

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abbey, and formerly the

Oetenbach nunnery Oetenbach was a Dominican nunnery in the medieval municipality of Zürich in Switzerland. Oetenbach was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at Zürichhorn, situated outside of the European Middle Ages town walls, bu ...

north of the Lindenhof hill, demolished in 1903 to make way for the ''Uraniastrasse'' as part the partially built «Urania-axis» Sihlporte–Uraniastrasse–Zähringerplatz by Gustav Gull, and the

Urania Sternwarte Urania Sternwarte is a public observatory in the Lindenhof quarter of Zürich, Switzerland. Its name ''Urania'' refers to the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology. History Its origins base on a first observatory on the roof of the Zunfthaus ...

Fraumünster

The

("women's minster") abbey ruled the town until the 1336 "guild revolution" of

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and which remained highly influential until

Zwingli Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system. He attended the Unive ...

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

Rathaus

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The ''Rathaus'' quarter is named for the

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, built in the 1690s. It is the part of the medieval town on the right side of the Limmat, separated by the ''Hirschengraben'' from the ''Hochschulen'' quarter to the east, and delimited by the

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and

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squares to the south and north, respectively. As such, it includes the Limmatquai as well as the Niederdorf (downstream of the Kirchgasse) and the Oberdorf (upstream of the Kirchgasse). The historical name of this eastern half of the medieval town was "greater town" (''mehrere Stadt''), contrasting with the "lesser town" (''mindere Stadt''), the western half along the left river bank.

Limmatquai

The

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 ...

was built along the right side of the Limmat, running from ''Central'' to ''Bellevue''. It was built in the 19th century, connecting various earlier quais built into the Limmat. The current right bank is some 28 m west of the medieval river's. The quai was constructed from 1823–1859 from ''Bellevue'' to the ''Rathaus'', in 1835–1836 from the Rathaus to the

Wasserkirche The ''Wasserkirche'' ("Water Church") of Zürich, first mentioned as ''ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi'' around 1250 and as ''wazzirkilcha'' in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the Limmat, situated between the two main churches of medi ...

and 1835–1839 the portion from the Wasserkirche to Bellevue, formerly called ''Sonnenquai''. At the Limmatquai are located some guild houses, as Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten,

Zunfthaus zur Haue The Zunfthaus zur Haue or Haus zur Haue is situated at the Limmatquai promenade between Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke. It is the guild house of the Zunft zum Kämbel, meaning the guild of the merchants and traders. Neighbored by the Saffr ...

, Zunfthaus zum Rüden and

Zunfthaus zur Saffran Zunfthaus Zur Saffran (the Zünfte of Zürich, guild house of the spice traders; ''Saffran'' means saffron) is a historically significant building in Zürich, Switzerland. It is located along the Limmatquai Zürich, Limmatquai promenade between M� ...

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routes 4 and 15 run along the Limmatquai, serving the stops ''Helmhaus'', ''Rathaus'' and ''Rudolf-Brun-Brücke''. The quai was one of the main routes through the old town before it was freed from traffic in 2004. The bridges passed by the Limmatquai, south to north, are: *'' Quaibrücke'', connecting ''Bellevue'' and '' Bürkliplatz'', *'' Münsterbrücke'' between

Grossmünster The Grossmünster (; "great minster") is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in Zürich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city (the others being the Fraumünster, Predigerkirche and St. Peterskirche). Its congregation f ...

and

, *'' Rathausbrücke'' just north of the town hall, *'' Rudolf-Brun-Brücke'', between ''Mühlegasse'' and ''Uraniastrasse'', *the '' Mühlesteg'' footbridge *'' Bahnhofbrücke'', between ''

'' and

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. north of Limmatquai: *'' Walche-Brücke'' *the '' Drahtschmidlisteg'', a footbridge to Platzspitz

Niederdorf

The Niederdorf (''lit.'': "low village") was the least developed part of the medieval city. It properly includes just the north-eastern corner, between ''Mühlegasse'' and ''Central'', but the term was extended to the whole part of the ''mehrere Stadt'' north of the town hall, i.e. for the entire length of the ''Niederdorfstrasse'', or even including the parts north of the ''Kirchgasse''. So defined, the Niederdorf includes ''Rindermarkt'' and '' Neumarkt'', ''Froschaugasse'' and the area of the medieval Jewish quarter, the Predigerkirche (the former Blackfriars' monastery) at ''Zähringerplatz'' (historically the city hospital, now housing the city library) and the ''Zähringerstrasse''.

Münstergasse

The ''mehrere Stadt'' between the Niederdorf and the Oberdorf (between Rathaus and ''Kirchgasse'') includes the ''Münstergasse'', ''Obere Zäune'', ''Untere Zäune'' and the Barfüsserkloster (the former Franciscan abbey) as well as a number of alleys leaving ''Münstergasse'': ''Marktgasse'', ''Spiegelgasse'', ''Krebsgasse'', ''Ankengasse'', ''Römergasse'' and ''Kirchgasse''.

Grossmünster

Predigerkirche

Initially the church of the

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(Dominican monastery), it became after the

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the parish church of Niederdorf respectively Neumarkt, and owns since 1900 the tallest church tower of Zürich.

Oberdorf

The Oberdorf (''lit.'': "upper village") proper is the ''mehrere Stadt'' south of the Grossmünster, along the ''Oberdorfstrasse'', between ''Kirchgasse'' and ''Rämistrasse''.

Hochschulen

''Hochschulen'' (universities) is wedged between ''Hirschengraben'' (the historical course of the eastern moat) and ''Rämistrasse'', corresponding to the area taken up by the eastern fortifications of the 17th century ramparts (destroyed following the 1839

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), the hillside now holding the main buildings of both

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(built 1861 to 1864 under

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) and

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

(built 1914 under

Karl Moser Karl Moser (August 10, 1860 – February 28, 1936) was an architect from Switzerland. Between 1887 and 1915 he worked together with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe, setting up the architecture firm Curjel and Moser. Some of their works are: ...

), at the sites of the ''Kronen Bollwerk'' and ''Schönenberg Bollwerk'' ramparts, respectively. ''Hochschulen'' borders on

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( Unterstrass and Oberstrass) to the north, on

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(

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and Hottingen) to the east and on

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( Mühlebach and

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) to the south. ''Hochschulen'' in its southern end also includes the ''

'' and ''

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'' squares as well as the

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and

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at Stadelhoferplatz and the

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train station. Stops of the Zürich tram system in the ''Hochschulen'' quarter are: ''Central'', ''ETH/ Universitätsspital'', ''Kantonsschule'', ''Kunsthaus'', '' Neumarkt'', ''Bellevue'', ''Opernhaus'' and ''Stadelhofen''. Line 9 follows ''Rämistrasse'' which separates ''Hochschulen'' from

, line 3 follows ''Hirschengraben'' and ''Seilergraben'' (the historical eastern moat), which separates it from the ''Rathaus'' quarter. The

Polybahn funicular The Polybahn, also known as the UBS Polybahn, is a funicular railway in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. The line links the ''Central'' square with the terrace by the main building of ETH Zürich, which was formerly called ''Eidgenössis ...

connects ''Central'' and the

main building.

Central

The ''Central'' square at the northern border between ''Rathaus'' and ''Hochschulen'' quarters is a major junction of the Zürich tram system, served by lines 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 15 besides buses 31 and 46. Formerly called ''Leonhardsplatz'', it was renamed after the ''Hotel Central'' built in 1883.

Pfauen

Situated at ''Heimplatz'', vernacularly called the ''Pfauen'', are the theatre

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and the art museum

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Bellevue

The

Bellevueplatz Bellevueplatz ("Bellevue Square", from the French ''bellevue'' meaning "beautiful sight") is a town square in Zürich, Switzerland built in 1856. Named after the former Grandhotel Bellevue on its north side, it is one of the nodal points for r ...

, a square at the southern border between the ''Rathaus'' quarter and the southern end of the ''Hochschulen'' quarter, right next to the lake outflow, is a major junction of the Zürich tram system, served by lines 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 15 besides buses 912 and 916. It is situated at the lakeside, just north of ''Sechseläutenplatz''. It is named for the ''Grandhotel Bellevue'' built in 1856, and is the nodal point of the quaysides that were built between 1881 and 1887 crossing the Quaibrücke towards Bürkliplatz and General-Guisan-Quai.

Stadelhofen

South of ''Bellevue'' are the squares '' Sechseläutenplatz'' and ''Stadelhofenplatz''. ''Stadelhofen'' was an estate just south of the southeasternmost bastion, the ''Stadelhofen Bollwerk'', whilst ''Sechseläutenplatz'' takes its name from the

, a traditional Zürich festival that is celebrated there.

Stadelhofen station Stadelhofen is a municipality in the Upper Franconian (German: ''Oberfranken'') district of Bamberg and a member of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Steinfeld. Geography The community lies on the edge of the “ Fr ...

, on ''Stadelhofenplatz'', is an important stop of the

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lines to

Uster Uster (High Alemannic: ''Uschter'') is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is the third largest town in the canton of Zürich, with almost 35,000 inhabitants, and is one of the twenty largest towns ...

Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, B ...

and

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as well as the terminal of the

Forchbahn The Forch railway (german: Forchbahn, FB, Frieda ) is a local railway line in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is owned and operated by the Forchbahn AG, and is branded as line S18 of the Zürich S-Bahn. The standard Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV ...

(S18) line serving

Zumikon Zumikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located in the Pfannenstiel region.Esslingen. The

Zürich Opera House The Zürich Opera House (german: Opernhaus Zürich, links=no) is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zürich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zürich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich. ...

is situated at the southern end of the ''Sechseläutenplatz''.

City

''City'' is the area west of the

, delimited by the

Sihl The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich. It has a length of , including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river flow ...

and the '' Schanzengraben'', the moat of the 17th century ramparts. It includes the

Paradeplatz Paradeplatz is a square on Bahnhofstrasse in downtown Zürich, Switzerland. It is one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Switzerland and has become synonymous with wealth and the Swiss banks, being the location of the headquarters ...

, the

and the ''Platzspitz'' park (formerly ''Limmatspitz''). It comprises the tram stops '' Bürkliplatz'', ''Paradeplatz'', ''Rennweg'', ''Bahnhofstrasse'' / ''Bahnhofplatz'' / ''Bahnhofquai'', ''Löwenplatz'', ''Sihlstrasse'' and ''Bahnhof Selnau''. ''City'' borders on

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( Enge) to the southwest, and on Districts 4 and 5 (

Aussersihl Aussersihl is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. Known officially as District number 4, the district is known as colloquially ''Chreis Cheib'', ''cheib'' being the Zürich German word for an animal cadaver. It earned the name as the area h ...

) to the northwest.

Platzspitz

''Platzspitz'' (formerly ''Platzpromenade'', ''Limmatspitz'') is a park at the confluence of the two rivers of Zürich; the

and the

. In medieval times, the area situated north of the city was used as pasture. In the early 15th century it was made into a shooting-range, and in the 16th to 17th centuries,

Schützenfest A Schützenfest (, '' marksmen's festival'') is a traditional festival or fair featuring a target shooting competition in the cultures of Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. At a Schützenfest, contestants compete based on their shooting ...

e were held there. A remnant of these can be found in the contemporary Knabenschiessen shooting contest. During the 1990s, the long-practised official tolerance of drug users there from throughout Central Europe has been the subject of much worldwide media interest.

Hauptbahnhof

7139-7140 - Zürich - Limmat viewed from Walche-Brücke

Bahnhofstrasse

Bürkliplatz

'' Bürkliplatz'' is a square and stop of the Zürich tram system (lines 2, 4, 8, 9, 11 and buses 161, 165), situated at the southern end of the

, and west of the

square, with which it is connected by the '' Quaibrücke''. The lakeshore quay connecting the square with

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is named '' General-Guisan-Quai'', after

Henri Guisan Henri Guisan (; 21 October 1874 – 7 April 1960) was a Swiss army officer who held the office of the General of the Swiss Armed Forces during the Second World War. He was the fourth and the most recent man to be appointed to the rarely use ...

. From the Bürkliplatz landing gate, ''

Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft The ''Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft'' or Lake Zürich Navigation Company (commonly abbreviated to ZSG) is a public Swiss company operating passenger ships and boats on Lake Zürich. The company operates services connecting lake-side towns ...

'' boat services leave for

Thalwil Thalwil is a municipality and town in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. In addition to the town of Thalwil, the municipality includes the village of Gattikon. History Thalwil is first mentioned around 1030 as ''Tal ...

Rapperswil Rapperswil ( Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dia ...

Schmerikon Schmerikon is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the local Swiss German dialect it is called ''Schmerike''. Geography Schmerikon is located at the head of Lake Zu ...

, Erlenbach and down the

Zürich Landesmuseum The Swiss National Museum (german: Landesmuseum)—part of the ''Musée Suisse Group'', itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture, is located in the city of Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, next to the Hauptbahnhof. The museum bu ...

. ''Bürkliplatz'' is named for Arnold Bürkli (1833–1894), the engineer responsible for the construction of the city's quays.

Schanzengraben

On its remains at «zur Katz» ramparts, the Old Botanical Garden is located.

Selnau

Selnau (from earlier ''Sellnau'', ''Seldnau'') was historically an estate west of the city, which came to lie between the north-western moat (''Schanzengraben'') and the

. Together with the ''Gessnerallee'', ''Selnaustrasse'' and ''Sihlhölzlistrasse'' running along the right bank of the Sihl, it is part of the ''City'' quarter even though strictly situated outside the city ramparts. Today,

Zürich Selnau railway station Zürich Selnau, (german: Zürich Selnau or ''Bahnhof Selnau''), is an underground railway station on the Zürich S-Bahn system in Selnau in the centre of the Swiss city of Zürich. The station is on a section of tunnel common to the Uetliberg l ...

is a stop on the line of the

Uetlibergbahn The Uetliberg railway line (german: Uetlibergbahn) is a passenger railway line which runs from the central station in the Swiss city of Zürich () through the city's western outskirts to the summit of the Uetliberg. The route serves as line S10 ...

, running from

to the

Sihltal Sihl Valley (German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl Valley, i.e. the ar ...

( S4) and to the

Uetliberg __NOTOC__ The Uetliberg (also known as Üetliberg) is a mountain in the Swiss plateau, part of the Albis chain, rising to . The mountain offers a panoramic view of the entire city of Zürich (to the northeast of its summit) and the Lake of Zur ...

( S10). The

SWX Swiss Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zurich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being Berne eXchange). SIX Swiss Exchange also trades other securities such as Swiss government bonds and derivatives such a ...

building is located in Selnau. The museum

Haus Konstruktiv Haus Konstruktiv (English: ), or Museum Haus Konstruktiv, is an arts foundation founded by private individuals in 1986 in Zürich, Switzerland. From 1987 to spring 2001, it was located at Seefeldstrasse 317 in the outer Seefeld area of Zurich and ...

is located in a former power station near Selnau train station.

Literature

* ''Heimatkunde der Stadt Zürich''. Zürich: Büromaterialverwaltung, 1977. * Hochbaudepartement der Stadt Zürich, Amt für Städtebau: ''Stadtzentrum – Altstadt / City.'' Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich 2008 (Baukultur in Zürich, Band VI),

References

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