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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 Zurich, Switzerland. Geography The Lindenhof is a moraine hill that since the European Middle Ages is used as a public square, situated amidst the historic center of Zurich. It was the site of the Roman and Carolingian era Kaiserpfalz around which the modern city has historically grown. The hilltop area including its prehistoric, Celtic, Roman and medieval remains, therefore dominates the historical center alongside the easterly Limmat riverbank and the historical Schipfe quarter. Its northern part, where the former medieval Oetenbach nunnery was built at the site of a prehistoric cultic place at the present road, is called , meaning the slope towards the Sihl river delta. At the same place, the Urania Sternwarte and Waisenhaus Zürich were built in 1901/02, and therefore important historical archaeological excava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turicum (Zurich)
Turicum was a Gallo-Roman vicus, settlement at the lower end of Lake Zurich, and precursor of the city of Zurich. It was situated within the Roman province of Germania Superior) and near the border to the province of Raetia; there was a tax-collecting point for goods traffic on the waterway Walensee–Obersee (Zürichsee), Obersee-Zürichsee–Limmat–Aare–Rhine. Prehistory and Celtic Oppidum Lindenhof Prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich, Neolithic pile dwellings were located in the then swamp area between Limmat and Lake Zurich around the present Sechseläutenplatz, Zürich, Sechseläutenplatz plaza. These were built on piles to protect the inhabitants against occasional flooding by the rivers Sihl, Linth and Jona (river), Jona. Three settlements were located in Enge (Zürich), Enge, a locality of the Municipalities in the canton of Zürich, municipality of Zurich: Zürich–Enge Alpenquai and Kleiner Hafner on then islands or peninsulas on the effluence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münsterhof
Münsterhof (literally: Fraumünster abbey courtyard) is a town square situated in the Lindenhof hill, Lindenhof quarter in the historical center of Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest town square within the Altstadt (old town) of Zurich and is surrounded by medieval buildings. The area forms part of the southern extension of the Quaianlagen (Zürich), Quaianlagen promenades along Lake Zurich. Geography Münsterhof is located in front of the Fraumünster and lies a short distance from the Münsterbrücke Zürich, Münsterbrücke, a bridge which leads eastwards across the river Limmat to the Limmatquai and Grossmünster beyond. It is surrounded by medieval buildings, among which are several Zünfte of Zürich, guild houses, including Zunfthaus zur Waag, the former Zunft zum Kämbel, Kämbel guild house and the art museum Zunfthaus zur Meisen. This area forms part of the southern extension of the Quaianlagen (Zürich), Quaianlagen promenades which were built between 1881 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tène Culture
The La Tène culture (; ) was a Iron Age Europe, European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman Republic, Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any definite cultural break, under considerable Mediterranean influence from the Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, the Etruscan civilization, Etruscans, and the Culture of Golasecca, Golasecca culture, but whose artistic style nevertheless did not depend on those Mediterranean influences. La Tène culture's territorial extent corresponded to what is now Prehistory of France#The Iron Age, France, History of Belgium#Celtic and Roman periods, Belgium, Early history of Switzerland#Iron Age, Switzerland, History of Austria#Iron Age, Austria, History of England#Later Prehistory, England, History of Germany#Iron Age, Southern Germany, the History of the Czech lands#Iron Age, Czech Republic, Prehistoric Italy#Iron Age, Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oppidum
An ''oppidum'' (: ''oppida'') is a large fortified Iron Age Europe, Iron Age settlement or town. ''Oppida'' are primarily associated with the Celts, Celtic late La Tène culture, emerging during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, spread across Europe, stretching from British Iron Age, Britain and Iberia in the west to the edge of the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungarian Plain in the east. These settlements continued to be used until the Romans conquered Southern and Western Europe. Many subsequently became Roman-era towns and cities, whilst others were abandoned. In regions north of the rivers Danube and Rhine, such as most of Germania, where the populations remained independent from Rome, ''oppida'' continued to be used into the 1st century AD. Definition is a Latin word meaning 'defended (fortified) administrative centre or town', originally used in reference to non-Roman towns as well as provincial towns under Roman control. The word is derived from the earlier Latin , 'encl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oetenbach Nunnery
Oetenbach was a Dominican Order, Dominican nunnery in the medieval Municipalities of the canton of Zürich, 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, but moved to the present Sihlbühl. The nunnery was abolished on the occasion of the Reformation in Zürich – the Waisenhaus Zürich, Waisenhaus building is its only remaining structure, now the headquarters of Stadtpolizei Zürich. Location The ''Oetenbach'' nunnery was first mentioned in 1237 AD at its first location at the present Zürichhorn. Because the swampy area at the ''Oetenbach'' stream was a bad place for the construction of a permanently inhabited convent, some decades later, it was built on the northern slope ''Sihlbühl'' of the present Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof, Lindenhof hill. On the so-called Murerplan map of 1576, the central ''Lindenhof–Sihlbühl'' hill are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania Sternwarte
Urania Sternwarte is a public observatory in the Lindenhof quarter of Zurich, Switzerland. Its name ''Urania'' refers to the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology. It features a restaurant (main building) and a bar with panoramic view (tower). History Its origins base on a first observatory on the roof of the Zunfthaus zur Meisen. In 1759, so called «Astronomische Kommission» succeeded from this location for the first time, to define '' Culminatio solis'' and thus calculated the exact global location of the city of Zurich. In later years, astronomical observations were done from the Grossmünster's southern "Karl's tower", followed by scientific observations (not for public use by interested enthusiasts) from the Federal observatory, built 1861/64 for ETH Zurich by Gottfried Semper. In 1899, the Zurich merchant Abraham Weill Einstein initiated the oldest observatory in Switzerland, situated near ''Werdmühleplatz'' (''Uraniastrasse''). On June 15, 1907, the observatory was g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihl
The Sihl is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the Zürich, city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at . It has a length of , including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river flows. Water is abstracted from the river at the Sihlsee, leading to decreased downstream water flows and a consequent reduction in water quality. The river flows through, or along the border of, the cantons of Canton of Schwyz, Schwyz, Canton of Zürich, Zürich and Canton of Zug, Zug. The main settlements of the Sihl Valley are all in the canton of Zürich, and include the towns of Langnau am Albis and Adliswil, along with a south-western segment of the city of Zürich. Above Langnau am Albis, some from the confluence with the Limmat, there are no major settlements alongside the river, and only a few small villages. Whilst the Einsiedeln, Switzerland, town of Einsied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waisenhaus Zürich
The Waisenhaus (), or Amthaus I, is the last remaining building of the Oetenbach nunnery in Zurich, Switzerland, and today houses the city police department. Location The ''Waisenhaus'' building is situated at Bahnhofquai 3 near Bahnhofbrücke and Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Built outside of the historical core of the medieval town of Zurich, previously the Celtic-Roman ''Turicum'', the former ''Zucht- und Waisenhaus'' ("penitentiary and orphanage") is the last remaining structure of the Oetenbach nunnery at the ''Lindenhof-Silhlbühl'' hill on the western shore of the Limmat river. History After the Reformation in Zurich, the city government took over the monastic buildings for new uses. To manage the income of the former convent, the former administration building was held as ''Oetenbacheramt'' housing the former wine cellar. In 1601 the building was extensively remodeled and equipped with stepped gables, and as police barracks, in 1872 the remains of wall paintings were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserpfalz
The term ''Kaiserpfalz'' (, "imperial palace") or ''Königspfalz'' (, "royal palace", from Middle High German ''phal ne'' to Old High German ''phalanza'' from Middle Latin ''palatia'' luralto Latin ''palatium'' "palace") refers to a number of palaces and castles across the Holy Roman Empire that served as temporary seats of power for the Holy Roman Emperor in the Early and High Middle Ages. The dukes and bishops of the empire also owned palaces, which were sometimes referred to as ''"pfalzen"'', especially since they were obliged to accommodate the emperor and his court when they were in transit, a duty referred to as ''Gastungspflicht'' (obligation to accommodate). Origin of the name ''Kaiserpfalz'' is a German word that is a combination of '' Kaiser'', meaning "emperor", which is derived from " caesar"; and ''Pfalz'', meaning "palace", and itself derived from the Latin ''palatium'', meaning the same (see palace). Likewise ''Königspfalz'' is a combination of ''König' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limmatquai
''Limmatquai'' () is a street in the Switzerland, Swiss city of Zurich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the ''Altstadt (Zürich), 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 Trams in Zürich, Zurich's trams, effectively forming a northern extension of the ''Quaianlagen (Zürich), Seeuferanlage'' promenades that ring the shores of Lake Zurich. The ''Limmatquai'' has its southern end adjacent to the ''Quaibrücke, Zürich, Quaibrücke'' () and Bellevueplatz, Bellevue square, where the Limmat flows out of Lake Zurich. Its northern end is at the ''Bahnhofbrücke, Zürich, Bahnhofbrücke'' () and ''Central, Zürich, Central'' plaza. Between the and the , the river is crossed by four other bridges all of which connect to the ''Limmatquai''; from south to north these are the ''Müns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolingian
The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The dynasty consolidated its power in the 8th century, eventually making the offices of mayor of the palace and '' dux et princeps Francorum'' hereditary, and becoming the ''de facto'' rulers of the Franks as the real powers behind the Merovingian throne. In 751 the Merovingian dynasty which had ruled the Franks was overthrown with the consent of the Papacy and the aristocracy, and Pepin the Short, son of Martel, was crowned King of the Franks. The Carolingian dynasty reached its peak in 800 with the crowning of Charlemagne as the first Emperor of the Romans in the West in over three centuries. Nearly every monarch of France from Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious until the penultimate monarch of France Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
