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Tram-Museum Zürich
The Zurich Tram Museum (German: ''Tram-Museum Zürich''; ''TMZ'') is a transport museum in the Switzerland, Swiss city of Zurich, specialising in the history of the Trams in Zurich, Zurich tram system. The main museum site is located at the former tram depot, ''Tramdepot Burgwies''. The museum also maintains a workshop at the much smaller former tram depot of Wartau. The tram museum is run by an association, the ''Verein Tram Museum Zürich'', which has some 500 members, and is responsible for looking after the exhibits of the museum. The tram cars remain in the ownership of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich, the city-owned operator of the Zürich tram system. History The Zurich Tram Museum was founded in 1967, and at first it used various borrowed locations to store and work on its exhibits. In 1989 it took over the tiny former (StZH) tram depot at Wartau, which had been out of use as a tram depot since the 1923 acquisition of the StZH by the city, and opened its first public mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Museum
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and Coach (vehicle), coaches—but can also include Aviation, air transport or Ship transport, waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. Some transport museums are housed in disused transport infrastructure such as dismantled trolley systems, former engine sheds or bus garages. Argentina * Tramway Histórico de Buenos Aires, Caballito, Buenos Aires Australia * Archer Park Rail Museum, Rockhampton, Queensland * Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, New South Wales * Australian Road Transport Heritage Centre, Gundagai, New South Wales * Ballarat Tramway Museum, Ballarat, Victoria * Trams in Bendigo, Bendigo Tram Museum, Bendigo, Victoria * Brisbane Tramway Museum, Ferny Grove, Queensland * Bus Preserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 for its funfairs, such as the Wümmetfest and the Räbeliechtli Umzug. The Protestant church Alte Kirche Höngg is the main church of Höngg. Sport SV Höngg is the quarter's football team. Werdinsel Werdinsel, also known as Limmatauen Werdhölzli, is an island and protected area in the Limmat The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, continuing a further 35 km until it reaches the river A ..., to the west of the Europabrücke. Gallery External links A drone flying north over the Reformed church, Meierhofplatz, and looking east down Am Wasser and the Limmat [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurich 2011 534a
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich 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, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
