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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] |
César Keiser
César Keiser or Hanspeter Keiser (4 April 1925 – 25 February 2007) was a Switzerland, Swiss cabarettist, comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor, usually starring in Swiss German language cinema, television and stage productions. Life and work Keiser was born in Basel, Switzerland, and attended Gymnasium (school), gymnasium (a type of secondary school) there. He attended a teacher training college and the to become a drawing teacher from 1946–1950. He was a teacher at the Basel School of Applied Arts from 1950 to 1951. During World War II, Keiser was a drummer in various entertainment and jazz groups, among others, together with Lukas ''Cheese'' Burckhardt in his own orchestra ''César Roy''. In 1944, Keiser founded the amateur theater group "Quodlibet Basel", a circle of literary and culturally interested people. In 1946 Keiser was co-founder of "Cabaret Kikeriki" in which he participated as a writer and performer until its dissolution in 1951. Then he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margrit Rainer
Margrit Rainer born as Margrit Rosa Sandmeier (9 February 1914 – 10 February 1982) was a Switzerland, Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actress starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Early life and education Born and raised in Zürich-Oerlikon, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, to Elise née Boller and Johannes Rudolf, ''Margrit Rosa Sandmeier'' dreamed of a circus career. Her parents forced her to make an apprenticeship as a photo lab assistant, but she secretly took acting classes and singing lessons. At the age of 18, she married Fritz Pfister, a Swiss actor, and they emigrated to Ibiza, where they operated a chicken farm. But the marriage broke up and she returned to Switzerland. Rainer worked as a cashier at the Zürich hotel ''Hirschen'' in 1934, the venue of the Cabaret Cornichon. Theater, film and television and children's voice actress After first appearances at the ''Schweizerisches Volkstheater'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limmat River
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 Aare. The confluence is located north of the small town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss. The main towns along the Limmat Valley downstream of Zurich are Dietikon, Wettingen, and Baden. Its main tributaries are the Linth, Wägitaler Aa and Jona, all via Lake Zurich, the Sihl in Zurich, and the Reppisch in Dietikon. The hydronym is first attested in the 8th century, as ''Lindimacus''. It is of Gaulish origin, from ''*lindo-'' "lake" ( Welsh ''llyn'') and ''*magos'' "plain" (Welsh ''maes''), and was thus presumably in origin the name of the plain formed by the Linth. Power generation Like many Swiss rivers, the Limmat is intensively used for production of hydroelectric power: along its course of , its fall is used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich (, ; ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway (between Pfäffikon and Rapperswil). In the latter case, the upstream part of the lake is called '' Obersee'' (), while the lower part is sometimes also referred to as the Lower Lake (), respectively. Geography Lake Zurich is a glacial lake that was formed by the . Its main tributary is the River Linth, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps. The Linth originally flew directly into Lake Zurich, but was later diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen () from where its waters are now carried to the east end of Lake Zurich (near Schmerikon) by means of the straightened Linth canal (completed in 1816). Until the early 16th century, there was another lake upstream of ''Obersee'', Lake Tug ... [...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] |
