Werd (Zürich)
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Werd is a quarter in district 4, Aussersihl in
Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...
, Switzerland. The three quarters of district 4, Aussersihl are Werd, Langstrasse and
Hard Hard may refer to: * Hardness, resistance of physical materials to deformation or fracture * Hard water, water with high mineral content Arts and entertainment * ''Hard'' (TV series), a French TV series * Hard (band), a Hungarian hard rock supe ...
. Werd is the southernmost quarter of
district 4 District 4 can refer to: * District 4, Düsseldorf, in Germany * District 4, Grand Bassa County, in Liberia * District 4 (Ho Chi Minh City), in Vietnam * District 4 (New York City Council), in the United States *IV District, Turku The IV Distr ...
and it borders with the Langstrasse, Quarter of
district 4 District 4 can refer to: * District 4, Düsseldorf, in Germany * District 4, Grand Bassa County, in Liberia * District 4 (Ho Chi Minh City), in Vietnam * District 4 (New York City Council), in the United States *IV District, Turku The IV Distr ...
to the north; the
City A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
Quarter of district 1, Altstadt to the east; the
Sihlfeld Sihlfeld is a quarter in the district 3 of Zürich. It was formerly a part of Wiedikon Wiedikon is a district in the Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Caro ...
Quarter of district 3, Wiedikon to the west, and the Enge Quarter of district 2, West side of the Lake to the south.
Werd WERD was the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans. The station was established in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949, broadcasting on 860 AM (now used by WAEC). The National Black Radio Hall of Fame Atlanta Chapter is ...
(an old German word for ''river island'') was formerly a municipality of
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 ...
, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The separation into the current districts 3, 4 and 5 dates to 1913.
Werdinsel Werdinsel, also known as Limmatauen Werdhölzli, is an island and protected area in the Limmat in Switzerland. Geography Located in the former independent municipality of Höngg, today the river island is a popular recreation area, public pa ...
refers to the name of the district, but it is a Limmat island situated in Zürich-
Höngg Höngg is a quarter in district 10 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1934. The quarter has a population of 21,186, distributed across an area of 6.98 km². Höngg is renowned f ...
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Werd - St. Peter und Paul 2015-03-25 11-38-24.JPG, St. Peter and Paul church nearby ''Stauffacher'' Zuerich Werdhochhaus.jpg, ''Werdhochhaus'', administration building of the City of Zürich


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District 4 of Zürich Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich {{Zurich-geo-stub