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Zürich-Weinegg
Weinegg is a quarter in District 8 of Zürich. Geography and demographics Weinegg was formerly a part of Riesbach municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 4,951 distributed on an area of 1.72 km². Enzenbühl and Rehalp cemeteries In 1902 ''Enzenbühl'' was, after the old ''Neumünster'' and ''Rehalp'' cemeteries, the third expansion phase for the growing needs of northeastern Zürich. Arnold Geiser, the city's chief engineer, designed an architecturally simple cemetery with longitudinal and transverse axes, surrounded by high, circular walls. Geiser positioned the abdication chapel, which was built in the Gothic Revival style, at the highest area of the westward sloping plant. In 1934, the cemetery grounds were expanded to their present size. ''Friedhof Enzenbühl'', a cemetery whose area is shared with the municipality of Zollikon, became the resting place of some popular people, among them Inigo Gallo, César Keiser and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inigo Gallo
Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Inigo Gallo had as a child actor appearances on Schauspielhaus Zürich, among other things as ''Walterli'' in Schiller's ''Wilhelm Tell''. From 1948 to 1951 he was educated at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'', and in 1951/52 Gallo got guest engagements at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, and from 1952 to 1958 engagements at the ''Stadttheater St. Gallen''. In 1958 Gallo worked as a freelance director, actor and author, among others at the Stadttheater St. Gallen, ''Stadttheater Basel '' and ''Schauspielhaus'': in 1959 as ''Bunker Willy'' in '' Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper'' and in the musical "Eusi chliini Stadt" at the Theater am Hechtplatz in Zürich. Since then, Gallo worked together with Ruedi Walter in a variety of dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
