
Leimbach () is a quarter in the
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in
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
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. It is located in the lower
Sihl Valley Sihl Valley (German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl Valley, i.e. the a ...
(''Sihltal'').
It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 5,185 as of December 31, 2008 and is distributed on an area of .
Transportation
Zürich Leimbach railway station
Zürich Leimbach (german: Zürich Leimbach) is a railway station in the south-west of the Swiss
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is a stop 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, Glaru ...
on the line
S4. It is a 10-minute ride from
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerlan ...
.
Gallery
File:Felsenegg - Leimbach - Zürich - Käferberg IMG 3237.JPG, Leimbach, lower Sihl valley Sihl Valley (German: ''Sihltal'') is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly ''Sihltal'' is used as the name of the Lower Sihl Valley, i.e. the a ...
, inner city of Zürich and Käferberg
Käferberg (el. ) and Waidberg (el. ) are the summits of a wooded mountain respectively chain of hills overlooking the inner city of Zürich, Zürichsee, Albis chain and Uetliberg, as well as the Limmat Valley and the Zürcher Unterland in Sw ...
(to the left) in the background, as seen from 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 hill ...
File:Zürich-Leimbach-Sihltal - Käferberg IMG 2374.JPG, Leimbach and lower Sihltal as seen from the Waidberg
File:Albis Langnau.JPG, Langnau am Albis
Langnau am Albis is a village in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Langnau am Albis is first mentioned between 1101 and 1150 as ''Langenow'' (in a 14th Century copy of the 12th century document). Between 11 ...
, 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 Ale ...
, Leimbach and Lake Zürich
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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 ...
, as seen from the 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 Horge ...
hills (Hochwacht)
File:Zürich - Fallätsche IMG 0202.JPG, Wollishofen
Wollishofen is a neighbourhood in Zürich'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.
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church (right) and ''Fallätsche'' (Albis hills) in the background
File:Zuerich Leimbach Waschbetonhochaus.jpg, so called ''Waschbetonhochaus''
References
District 2 of Zürich
Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich
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