Wollishofen is a neighbourhood in

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 ...

's 2nd district. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The neighbourhood has a population of 15,592 distributed on an area of 5.75 km².

Geography

Located between the

Sihl river 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 f ...

and

Lake Zurich __NOTOC__ Lake Zurich ( Swiss German/Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used to ...

, it forms the southern boundary of the city on the left bank of the lake. The lake occupies 28.5% (1.64 km²) of the total area of the district. To the south, Wollishofen borders the municipalities of

Adliswil Adliswil is a town and a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alem ...

and Kilchberg.

Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl

Neubühl Wollishofen 1932 LBS MH01-006814

New Objectivity The New Objectivity (in german: Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle'' in Mannheim, who ...

estate constructed 1930-1932. Architects: Max Haefeli,

Alfred Roth Alfred Roth (born 27 April 1879 in Stuttgart – died 9 October 1948 in Hamburg) was a German politician and writer noted for his anti-Semitism. He was sometimes known by his pseudonym Otto Arnim. Away from politics, he was a leading figure in the ...

, Emil Roth, Carl Hubacher, Rudolf Steiger,

Werner Max Moser Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

and Paul Artaria

Transport

Wollishofen is located on the

A3 motorway This is a list of roads designated A3. Roads entries are sorted in the countries alphabetical order. * A003 road (Argentina), a road connecting the junction with National Route 9 and Camino de Cintura to Tigre * ''A3 road (Australia)'' may refer ...

, and on tram route 7 of the

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zürich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich (StStZ), the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its cu ...

Zürich Wollishofen railway station Zürich Wollishofen railway station (german: Bahnhof Zürich Wollishofen) is a railway station in the Wollishofen quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. It is situated close to the western shore of Lake Zurich, and adjacent to the shipyard and ...

is a stop on line S8 and S24 of the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...

or Bus-Line 72. The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) and its ship yard are located in Wollishofen.

Culture

Zürcher Theater Spektakel The Zürcher Theater Spektakel (''Zürich Theatre Spectacle'') is an international theatre and performing arts festival, held annually each summer in Zürich, Switzerland. First held in 1980, the festival invites 20-25 different performing arts g ...

'', an international theater festival ranking among the most important European festivals for contemporary

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

, is held annually in August on the '' Landiwiese'' lakeshore and on the Saffa-Insel. The

cultural centre A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-run. Asia * Cen ...

Rote Fabrik Rote Fabrik (''Red Factory'') is a former factory in the Wollishofen neighbourhood of Zürich, Switzerland. It is now used as a music venue and cultural centre. It is so named because the buildings are made of red brick, but also because left- ...

is also located in Wollishofen, as well as

Lydia Escher Lydia Welti Escher, (née Lydia Escher, 10 July 1858 in Zürich-Enge – 12 December 1891 in Genève-Champel) was a Swiss patron of the arts and the daughter of Augusta Escher-Uebel (1838–1864) and Alfred Escher (1819–1882), who, among many ...

's former home, the

Villa Belvoir The Villa Belvoir respectively the Belvoirpark is a Cultural Heritage in Zürich- Enge that comprises the mansion built between 1828 and 1831, and one of the largest public parks and arboreta in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Location Lydia ...

Education

International schools: *

SIS Swiss International School The SIS Swiss International Schools are a group of 17 private day schools in Switzerland, Germany and Brazil offering continuous education from kindergarten through to college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational inst ...

Sport

The neighbourhood's

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club is FC Wollishofen. Their stadium, located on Zürichstrasse, is called Sonnau. As of 2020–21, the team plays in the 2. Liga Region Zürich, the sixth tier of football in Switzerland.FC Wollishofen
- Fussballverband Region Zürich]

Notable people

Walter Andreas Müller Walter Andreas Müller (born 3 September 1945) is a Swiss stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Early life and education Born in Zürich, canton of Zürich, in Switzerland, ...

(born 1945), actor and comedian, born and raised in Zürich

References

Gallery

File:Zürich - Strandbad Mythenquai IMG 1866.JPG, Strandbad Mythenquai File:ZSG - Werft - Flotte IMG 1852.JPG, ZSG ship yard File:Wollishofen um 1880.jpg, Wollishofen (1880) File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Rote Fabrik IMG 1018.JPG,

, seen from

File:Zürich - Wollishofen IMG 1014.JPG, Harbour, community center, and

Albis The Albis is a chain of hills in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, stretching for some 19 km from Sihlbrugg in the south to Waldegg near Zürich in the north. The chain forms, among others, the border between the Affoltern and Horgen di ...

hills and

Felsenegg Felsenegg (el. ) is a vantage point in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Felsenegg is located some to the southwest of the city of Zürich on the Albis chain, between the municipalities of Stallikon and Adliswil. The hilltop ...

in the background File:Zurich Be 4-6 Mirage 1652 Morgental.jpg, Tram stop ''Morgental'' File:WollishoferChläuse01.JPG, ''Wollishofer Chläuse'' (2007) File:Theaterspektakel IMG 4046.JPG, One of the numerous acts at ''

'' (2009) File:Zürich - Fallätsche IMG 0202.JPG, So-called ''Fallätsche'' (Albis hills) File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Neue Kirche IMG 0653.JPG, ''New church'' Wollishofen File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Alte Kirche IMG 0674.JPG, ''Old church'' seen from ''New church'' Wollishofen File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Alte Kirche IMG 0677.JPG, Chur bell of 1702

External links

Website of the "Quartierverein" Wollishofen
{{Authority control District 2 of Zürich Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich