Winterthur (; ) is a

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in the

canton of Zurich The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (Swiss canton, canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. Zurich is the ''de facto'' Capi ...

in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants. Located about northeast of

Zurich 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 ...

, Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial

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within

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. The official language of Winterthur is German,The official language in any municipality in German-speaking Switzerland is always German. In this context, the term 'German' is used as an umbrella term for any variety of German. So, according to law, you are allowed to communicate with the authorities by using any kind of German, in written or oral form. However, the authorities will always use

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(aka the Swiss variety of

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) in documents, or any written form. And orally, it is either ''Hochdeutsch'' (i.e., Swiss Standard German or what the particular speaker considers as ''High German''), or then it depends on the speaker's origin, which dialectal variant (s)he is using. but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic

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dialect,

Zurich German Zurich German (natively ; ) is the High Alemannic dialect spoken in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its area covers most of the canton, with the exception of the parts north of the Thur (Switzerland), Thur and the Rhine, which belong to the ...

. Winterthur is usually abbreviated as ''Winti'' in the local dialect and by its inhabitants. Winterthur is connected to Germany by direct trains and has links to

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. It is also a regional transport hub: the A1 motorway from

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through to

St. Margrethen St. Margrethen (Saint Margrethen/Sankt Margrethen) is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on the Swiss–Austrian border. Geography St. Margrethen has an ar ...

connects in Winterthur with the A4 motorway heading north toward

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and the A7 motorway heading close to the Swiss-German border at

Kreuzlingen Kreuzlingen () is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22 ...

. There are also roads leading to other places such as

Turbenthal Turbenthal is a municipality in the district of Winterthur located in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Turbenthal has an area of . Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.6% is forested. Of the rest of ...

. The

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is the fourth busiest railway station in Switzerland, and is 20 minutes away by train from Zurich.

History

Vitudurum Vitudurum (sometimes Vitodorum) is the name of a Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman ''vicus'', whose remains are located in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the Municipalities in the canton of Zürich, municipality of Winterthur in the canton of Zü ...

'' was a ''

vicus In Ancient Rome, the Latin term (plural ) designated a village within a rural area () or the neighbourhood of a larger settlement. During the Republican era, the four of the city of Rome were subdivided into . In the 1st century BC, Augustus ...

'' in what is now

Oberwinterthur Oberwinterthur is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 2. The district comprises the quarters Talacker, Guggenbühl, Zinzikon, Reutlingen, Stadel, Grüze, Hegmatten and Hegi. Oberwinterthur was formerly a municip ...

during the

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(first century BC to third century AD). It was fortified into a ''

castrum ''Castra'' () is a Latin language, Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'Fortification, fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified milita ...

'' at the end of the third century, apparently in reaction to the incipient Alamannic invasion. There was an

Alamanni The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River during the first millennium. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Roman emperor Caracalla of 213 CE, the Alemanni c ...

c settlement on the site in the seventh century. In a battle near Winterthur in 919,

Burchard II of Swabia Burchard, Burkhardt and related spellings may refer to: People * Burchard (name), Burchard and all related spellings as a given name and surname * Burckhardt, or (de) Bourcard, a family of the Basel patriciate * Burchard-Bélaváry family, an arist ...

asserted his control over the

Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...

within the

Duchy of Swabia The Duchy of Swabia (; ) was one of the five stem duchy, stem duchies of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, German Kingdom. It arose in the 10th century in the southwestern area that had been settled by Alemanni tribes in Late Antiquity. While th ...

against the claims of

Rudolph II of Burgundy Rudolph II (/885 – 12 or 13 July 937) was King of Upper Burgundy from 912 until 933, and then King of the united Kingdom of Burgundy (the polity later known as the Kingdom of Arles) from 933 until his death in 937. He was also King of Italy f ...

. The counts of Winterthur, a cadet branch of the family of the

counts of Bregenz The county of Bregenz is recorded as part of the Holy Roman Empire between 1043 and 1160. It was in possession of the Udalriching family, who took the titles of counts of Bregenz. After 1160, Bregenz fell to the counts of Montfort-Bregenz (1160 ...

, built Kyburg castle in the tenth century. With the extinction of the counts of Winterthur in 1053, the castle passed to the

counts of Dillingen The Counts of Dillingen were a Swabian comital family of the Hupaldinger (Hucpaldinger) dynasty during AD 955–1286. History The family originate in Wittislingen, with archaeological evidence of grave goods suggesting the presence of Alaman ...

. Winterthur as a city (presumably on the site of a pre-existing village) was founded by Hartmann III of Dillingen in 1180, shortly before his death in the same year. From 1180 to 1263, Winterthur was ruled by the cadet line of the

House of Kyburg The Kyburg family (; ; also Kiburg) was a noble family of ''grafen'' (counts) in the Duchy of Swabia, a cadet line of the counts of Dillingen, who in the late 12th and early 13th centuries ruled the County of Kyburg, corresponding to much of wh ...

. When the counts of Kyburg became extinct in the male line in 1263, Winterthur passed to the

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, who established a

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line of ''Neu-Kyburg'' in 1264 and granted

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

to Winterthur in the same year. From 1415 until 1442 Winterthur was ''

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'' (subject only to the

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). However, in the

Old Zürich War The Old Zurich War (; 1440–1446) was a conflict between the canton of Zurich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg. In 1436, Count Friedrich VII of Toggenburg died, leaving nei ...

they lost this freedom and came back under the control of the Austrian Habsburgs. Needing money, in 1467, the Habsburgs sold Winterthur to the city of

While it was under the leadership of Zurich, Winterthur's economic freedom was restricted. It lost many of its market rights and the right to trade in some goods. This ended in 1798, when

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

ic troops took the town. On 27 May 1799, it was the site of the

Battle of Winterthur The Battle of Winterthur (27 May 1799) was an important action between elements of the Army of the Danube and elements of the Habsburg army, commanded by Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French R ...

between elements of the

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and elements of the Habsburg army, commanded by Friedrich, Baron von Hotze during the

War of the Second Coalition The War of the Second Coalition () (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation) was the second war targeting French Revolution, revolutionary French First Republic, France by many European monarchies, led by Kingdom of Great Britain, Britai ...

, in the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...

. Because Winterthur lies near Zurich and at the junction of seven roads, the army that held the town held the access to most of Switzerland and points crossing the

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into southern Germany. Although the forces involved were small, the ability of the Austrians to sustain an 11-hour assault against the French line, on the plateau north of Zurich, resulted in the consolidation of three Austrian forces. This led to the French defeat a few days later. Winterthur aus der Vogelschau 1850

In the 19th century, Winterthur became an industrial town when companies, like Sulzer,

Rieter Rieter is a producer of textile machinery based in Winterthur, Switzerland. History Founded in 1795 by Johann Jacob Rieter (1762–1826), the company initially produced textile products. In 1806, as Napoleon imposed the Continental Blockade t ...

and SLM, built large industrial plants. Winterthur suffered severely from its investments in and guarantee of loans to the National Railway of Switzerland (a private enterprise). In 1878, Winterthur had to sell its shares in the line, and from 1881 to 1885 it was in great difficulties due to a loan of nine million francs guaranteed in 1874 by the town, together with three others in Aargau, to the enterprise. As the three co-guarantor towns were unable to pay their shares, the whole burden fell on Winterthur, which struggled to meet its liabilities. But it was assisted by large loans from the cantonal and federal governments. The

Great Depression The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...

, in the 1930s, hit Winterthur extremely hard. Sixty percent of the total employees in town worked in the

machine industry The machine industry or machinery industry is a subsector of the industry, that produces and maintains machines for consumers, the industry, and most other companies in the economy. This machine industry traditionally belongs to the heavy indust ...

. Jobs became extremely hard to find. However, with the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, industry grew again in the city. In 2008, Winterthur reached 100,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Topography

Winterthur is located at an elevation of . The city is located in a basin south and east of the river

Töss Töss is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 4. The district comprises the quarters Schlosstal, Dättnau, Eichliacker and Rossberg. It is named after the river Töss which flows through the district. In the Middle A ...

before it meets the

High Rhine High Rhine (, ; kilometres 0 to 167 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Lake Constance () and the city of Basel, flowing in a general east-to-west direction and forming mostly the Germany–Switzerland border. It is the first of fo ...

after 10 kilometers. The Eulach, a small river, flows from the town's east end through the middle of the town to meet the Töss at the west exit of the city. Because of this the town is colloquially also called "Eulachstadt". Zurich lies about southwest of Winterthur.

Area

, Winterthur has an area of ; 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, 40.4% is forested, 33.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 1.1% is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 21.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.6% of the area. , 27.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Politics

Subdivisions

Winterthur has seven city districts (): 1 – Winterthur-Stadt, 2 – Oberwinterthur, 3 – Seen, 4 – Töss, 5 – Veltheim, 6 – Wülflingen, 7 – Mattenbach

Government

The City Council (Stadtrat) constitutes the executive government of the City of Winterthur and operates as a collegiate authority. It is composed of seven councilors (), each presiding over a department. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Large Municipal Council are carried by the City Council. In the mandate period 2018–2022 (''Legislatur'') the City Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsident'' Michael Künzle. The regular election of the City Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Winterthur allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The mayor is elected as such by public election by means of a system of Majorz, while the heads of the other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The delegates are elected by means of a system of Majorz. , Winterthur's City Council is made up of three representatives of the SP (

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

), one member of the FDP (

FDP.The Liberals FDP.The Liberals (, , , ) is a liberal political party in Switzerland. The party was formed on 1 January 2009, after two parties, the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and the smaller Liberal Party (LPS/PLS), united. In Vaud and Valais, the parti ...

), one of the GPS (

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

), one of the GLP ( Green Liberal Party), and one of the CVP ( Christian Democratic People's Party, who is also the mayor), giving the left parties a combined four out of seven seats. The last regular election was held on 5 March and 15 April 2018, the last special election on 23 August 2020. Ansgar Simon is Town Chancellor (''Stadtschreiber'') since 2016 and Marcel Wendelspiess is Legal Counsel (''Rechtskonsulent'') since 2013 for the City Council.

Parliament

The Large Municipal Council (Grosser Gemeinderat) holds

legislative power A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers o ...

. It is made up of 60 members, with elections held every four years. The Large Municipal Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

(Proporz). The sessions of the Large Municipal Council are public. Unlike members of the City Council, members of the Large Municipal Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Winterthur allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Large Municipal Council. The parliament holds its meetings in the ''Rathaus'' once a month on Mondays. The last regular election of the Large Municipal Council was held on 8 March 2018 for the mandate period () from May 2018 to April 2022. Currently the Large Municipal Council consists of 18 members of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), 10 Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), 8 The Liberals (FDP/PLR), 7 Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL), 5 Green Party (GPS/PES), 4 Evangelical People's Party (EVP), 3 Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), 2 Alternative List (AL), one representative each of the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD), Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF), and the

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National elections

National Council

In the 2019 federal election for the

Swiss National Council The National Council (; ; ; ) is a house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, representing the people. The other house, Council of States, represents the states, preventing more populous parts of the country overpowering the rest. As the p ...

the most popular party was the PS which received 22.6% (−3.4) of the vote. The next six most popular parties were the SVP (17.8%, -5.6), the

(17.8%, +9), the glp (14.3%, +5.5), FDP (10.6%, -1.5), the EVP (5.0%, 0), and the CVP (4.2%, +0.2). In the federal election a total of 32,907 votes were cast, and the

voter turnout In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voti ...

was 47.0%. In the 2015 election for the

the most popular party was the SPS which received 26.1% of the vote. The next most popular parties were the SVP (23.4%), the FDP (12.1%), the

(8.8%), the glp (8.8%), the EVP (5.0%), the CVP (4.0%), and BDP (3.5%). In the federal election, a total of 33,426 voters were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.3%. In the 2011, federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 22.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.8%), the Green Liberals (11.1%) and the Green Party (10.1%).

International relations

Twin towns

Winterthur is twinned with two Swiss and two international towns and coordinates its international relations together with the Swiss towns

Frauenfeld Frauenfeld (Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard Ge ...

, St. Gallen, and

: *

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, Switzerland *

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, Switzerland *

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, Czech Republic *

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, Austria

Namesake

The community of

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

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, US, is named after the city.

Demographics

the population of Winterthur is 100,000. More recently (as of ) the population was . 23.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.''Winterthur In Zahlen'' 2009
Retrieved 8 December 2009 the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (83.0%), with Italian being second-most common (4.9%) and Albanian being third (2.0%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.2%. There are 42,028 households in Winterthur. there were 37,327 members of the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

(37.1% of the population) and 26,995 Catholics (26.7% of the population) in Winterthur. Of the other Christian faiths, 326 (0.3%) were

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

, 203 (0.2%) were Christian Catholic, 3,141 (3.1%) are some type of

Christian Orthodox Orthodoxy () is adherence to a purported "correct" or otherwise mainstream- or classically-accepted creed, especially in religion. Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical co ...

and 3,132 (3.1%) are another Christian faith. Of the rest of the population, 11,608 (11.5%) were Muslim, 108 (0.1%) were Jewish, 1,359 (1.3%) belonged to another non-Christian faith and 16,779 (16.6%) were atheist or agnostic or did not belong to any organized faith.

Economy

Historically, Winterthur was one of the homes of Switzerland's rail industry and an industrial centre, however the rail industry and other heavy industry have mostly shut down. Amongst the most significant companies was Sulzer Brothers, today's Sulzer Ltd., ''Sulzer AG'', commonly abbreviated to Sulzer. Textile production declined even earlier on. The

textile machinery company is based in Winterthur. Switzerland's largest bank, and one of the world's large banks,

Union Bank of Switzerland Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) was a Swiss Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company located in Switzerland. The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in ...

(UBS, since 1998

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), was founded in Winterthur. The '' Landbote'' newspaper is situated in Winterthur, and also serves as ''Winterthurer Stadtanzeiger'', the official publication organ of the city of Winterthur.

Peraves Peraves AG was a Swiss manufacturer of high-end aerodynamically-enhanced cabin motorcycles. It won the Automotive X Prize for its entirely electric X-Tracer in 2010. By 2019 it had declared bankruptcy. History Peraves AG was founded in 1972 by S ...

, the manufacturer of the fully enclosed "cabin motorcycle" named the Monotracer, predated by an earlier model named the

Ecomobile The Ecomobile is a cabin motorcycle produced by Peraves, Peraves AG, manufactured in Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland since 1984. History Arnold Wagner of Switzerland received a patent in 1983 for a support device for a single-track vehi ...

, has been manufacturing these vehicles since the early 1980s. In 2010, Peraves won the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize with an electric powered version of the Monotracer. Among other commercial organizations, Winterthur was home to Switzerland's largest insurance business Winterthur Insurance. Until its acquisition, the company was the largest in Switzerland and was in Europe's top 10. On 1 January 2007 the Winterthur company was acquired by the French

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group and is now known as AXA Winterthur. , Winterthur had an unemployment rate of 3.53%. , there were 185 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 60 businesses involved in this sector; 11,880 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 884 businesses in this sector; 59,767 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 6,983 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Retrieved 25 August 2020 47.9% of the working population were employed full-time, and 52.1% were employed part-time.
Retrieved 4 August 2009

Education

In Winterthur, about 70.7% of the population (between ages 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory

upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...

or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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'').Regional portraits 2012: key data of all communes – Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Retrieved 25 August 2020 The town is renowned for its institute of higher education ''Technikum'', which is the largest school of technology in Switzerland. The institute has recently teamed up with schools from Zurich and is now known as

Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Zürcher is a Swiss or German surname. It is a habitational name for someone from the city of Zürich. Notable people with the surname include: *Brigitte Zürcher, Swiss orienteer *Christoph Zürcher, German professor *Erik Zürcher (1928–2008), ...

(ZHAW). The headquarters of the

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are located in Winterthur. SIS Swiss International School maintains a campus in Winterthur. International School Winterthur, formerly located in Winterthur, closed in 2015.

Transport

Bahnhof Winterthur, the central station, is one of the busiest stations on the Swiss Railway Network with 105,000 passengers a day. As the town is close to

, it is served by many trains on the local

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network.

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services to

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and regional trains to St. Gallen,

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also serve the station. As well as the Hauptbahnhof, there are nine more stations within the city, called ''Oberwinterthur'', ''Seen'', ''Grüze'', ''Töss'', ''Hegi'', ''Reutlingen'', ''Wülflingen'', ''Wallrüti'' and ''Sennhof-Kyburg''. The local public transport is run by with twelve town bus lines, including the Winterthur trolleybus system, and five regional bus lines. There are two airports: Winterthur Hegmatten (LSPH) and Speck (LSZK).

Tourism

Winterthur is not high on the list of tourist destinations in Switzerland. As a result, it does not offer a wide range of hotels to choose from. As it is relatively easy to reach from Zurich by public transport, tourists who do visit Winterthur often stay in Zurich. Nevertheless, Winterthur is mentioned in most tourist guides for its numerous museums, many of which offer world class art, among them of the

Gottfried Keller-Stiftung Gottfried Keller-Stiftung (Gottfried Keller Foundation, ), commonly abbreviated to GKS, is an arts foundation focused on cultural heritage of Switzerland. It was named by its founder Lydia Welti-Escher (1858–1891) after the Swiss national poet ...

. The most famous are: # Oskar Reinhart Collection '

Am Römerholz The Reinhart Collection formed by Oskar Reinhart is now displayed in a museum in his old house, "Am Römerholz" in Winterthur, Zurich Canton, Switzerland, as well as the Museum Oskar Reinhart in the centre of Winterthur. It belongs to the Swiss ...

' # Oskar Reinhart Collection
am Stadtgarten
' #

Kunstmuseum Winterthur The Kunst Museum Winterthur (The Winterthur Museum of Art) is an art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland run by the local ''Kunstverein''. From its beginnings, the activities of the Kunstverein Winterthur were focused on contemporary art – first ...

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Fotomuseum Winterthur Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland. History The museum was founded in 1993 by photographer George Reinhart, the nephew of the wealthy Swiss art collector Oskar Reinhart. ''Fotomuseum''s exabits are dedicat ...

Swiss Science Center Technorama The Swiss Science Center Technorama (Swiss German native name: Technorama) is a science museum in the municipality of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. History In 1947 an association for the establishment of a technical museum in ...

Culture

Music

Winterthur's chamber orchestra

Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur The Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur is a Swiss symphony orchestra based in Winterthur, Switzerland at its namesake venue, the Musikkollegium Winterthur. The orchestra performs around 60 concerts a year, and in addition to orchestra concerts, ...

is the oldest orchestra in Switzerland, and also plays at the

Zurich Opera Zurich Opera (Opernhaus Zürich) is a Swiss opera company based in Zurich. The company gives performances in the Zurich Opera House. History The first performance at the current theatre occurred on 30 September 1891, with a production of Wagner's ...

. Between 1922 and 1950, the philanthropist

Werner Reinhart Werner Reinhart (19 March 1884 – 29 August 1951) was a Swiss merchant, philanthropist, amateur clarinetist, and patron of composers and writers, particularly Igor Stravinsky and Rainer Maria Rilke. Reinhart knew and corresponded with many artis ...

and the conductor

Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenberg's '' Pierrot Lunaire'', follow ...

played a leading role in shaping the musical life of Winterthur, with numerous premiere performances emphasizing contemporary music.Musikkollegium website
The city hall ''

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'', in which the concerts of the Musikkollegium take place, was built by

Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (; 29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in ...

. Musikfestwochen, in late August and early September, sees Winterthur's Old Town taken over for live music of all kinds, in the street and bars as well as in concert venues. Winterthur Stadtkirche nordost

The "Albanifest", the largest annual festival in a historic town in Switzerland, is named after

Saint Alban Saint Alban (; ) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the British protomartyr. Along with fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three named martyrs recorded at an ea ...

, one of the city's four saints, is held here, over three days in late June every year. Although a recent creation, the festival celebrates the granting of a charter to the town in 1264 by Rudolf of

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on 22 June of that year, which happened to be the saint's day. The church of ''St. Laurenz'' in the city centre dates from 1264, the town hall was built in 1781, the assembly hall in 1865. In 1989, Winterthur received the

Wakker Prize The Wakker Prize (German: ''Wakkerpreis'', French: ''Prix Wakker'', Italian: ''Premio Wakker'') is awarded annually by the Swiss Heritage Society to a Municipality of Switzerland for the development and preservation of its architectural herita ...

for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. The Swiss

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...

band

Eluveitie Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...

was formed in Winterthur and the Punkabilly band The Peacocks comes from here.

Arts

Open Doors

Open Doors Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians around the world. They work with local partners to distribute Bibles and Christian literature, give discipleship training and provide practical support, such as emer ...

is an artist supported platform for artists with art studios in Winterthur, Switzerland. The platform was established to bridge arts and the community as well as provide the artists with means to independently promote their art in any way they choose. Open Doors takes place annually during the last weekend of September. Participating artists open their studios to the public and present their art to the public. Oftentimes it is possible to view the artists while they are working. Among the approximate 60 artists who participate there are local, international, autodidacts and art academy graduates. Open Doors Winterthur was founded in 2008 by San Francisco-born artist Michelle Bird and resident of Winterthur. Open Doors Winterthur publishes the annual MAP Magazine Artist Professionals which is available on line and in print form. ''MAP Magazine'' features articles about local art initiatives and profiles local artists and their art studios. The event is supported by a map that indicates the location of each artist's studio on a map.

Sport

EHC Winterthur EHC Winterthur is a Switzerland, Swiss professional ice hockey team who play in Winterthur in the canton of Zürich. They have played in the Swiss League (SL) since the 2015-16 National League B season, 2015–16 season, the second tier of the main ...

is the city's main hockey team which currently plays in the

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, the second-highest ice hockey league in Switzerland. Their arena is the 3,000-seat Deutweg Arena. The arena held in April 2011 the

2011 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 13th edition of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held from April 16 to 25, 2011 in Zürich and Winterthur, Switzerland, and t ...

top division, sharing the hosting with the

Hallenstadion The Hallenstadion (, ''Zürich Indoor Stadium'') is a multi-purpose facility in the Oerlikon quarter of northern Zürich. It has a capacity of 11,200 spectators. Designed by Bruno Giacometti, it opened on November 4, 1939, and was renovated in ...

FC Winterthur FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur, Canton of Zürich. They play in the Swiss Super League, the first tier of Swiss football, and appeared regularly in the Nationalliga A during the 20th century. Their home is the Stad ...

are the city's

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club and currently play in the

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. They play at the

Stadion Schützenwiese Stadion Schützenwiese is a football stadium in Winterthur, Switzerland. It has been the home ground of FC Winterthur since the club's inception in 1896. It has a capacity of 8,550, more specifically 1,100 covered seats, 800 uncovered seats and 6 ...

Pfadi Winterthur Pfadi Winterthur is a team handball club from Switzerland. Currently, Pfadi Winterthur competes in the Swiss First League of Handball. The club developed out of an informal handball team which won the competitions during the national jambo ...

is the professional

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club, former multiple national champions and still playing in the Swiss First League of Handball. They play at the Winterthur Central Sports Hall which they share with top

floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

club HC Rychenberg Winterthur. Winterthur Lions AFC, founded in 2017, have been playing

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in the

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league since 2019.

Notable people

1800–1850

Jonas Furrer Jonas Furrer (3 March 1805 – 25 July 1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and ...

(1805–1861), politician, first Federal President of Switzerland *

David Eduard Steiner David Eduard Steiner (7 April 1811, Winterthur – 5 April 1860 also in Winterthur) was a Swiss painter. Biography He began studying painting under his father and continued his studies in 1829 at the Munich Academy. He returned to Winterthur in ...

(1811–1860), painter, eraser and lithographer * Henrik Haggenmacher (1827–1917), Swiss-born Hungarian industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist and investor *

Konrad Grob Konrad Grob (3 September 1828 – 9 January 1904) was a Swiss painter. He was born in Andelfingen in the Canton of Zurich and learned lithography in the 1840s in Winterthur. He travelled to Italy, where he worked in Verona and Naples. In 1865 ...

(1828–1904), lithographer and painter * Jacob Weidenmann (1829–1893), landscape architect

1851–1900

* Charles E. L. Brown (1863–1924), machine designer, co-founder (

Brown, Boveri & Cie Brown, Boveri & Cie. (Brown, Boveri & Company; BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies. It was founded in Baden bei Zürich, in 1891 by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri who worked at the Maschinenfabrik Oer ...

) *

Heinrich Wölfflin Heinrich Wölfflin (; 21 June 1864 – 19 July 1945) was a Swiss art historian, esthetician and educator, whose objective classifying principles (" painterly" vs. "linear" and the like) were influential in the development of formal analysis in ...

(1864–1945), art historian * John Henry Hintermeister (1869–1945), Zurich educated painter, commercially successful in the United States * Alfred Ernst (1875–1968), botanist *

Hans Gamper Hans Max Gamper-Haessig (; 22 November 1877 – 30 July 1930), commonly known as Joan Gamper (), was a Swiss-born football executive and versatile athlete. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably Barcelona and Zürich. ...

(1877–1930), sportsman and founder of

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

Ernst Wetter Ernst Wetter (27 August 1877 – 10 August 1963) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collecti ...

(1877–1963), politician * Fritz Kuchen (1877–1973), sport shooter *

Alfred Büchi Alfred Büchi (July 11, 1879 – October 27, 1959) was a Swiss engineer and inventor. He was best known as the inventor of turbocharging. Büchi was born July 11, 1879, in Winterthur, Switzerland, growing up there and in Ludwigshafen. He was ...

(1879–1959), inventor of the exhaust gas turbocharger *

Albert Thellung Albert Thellung (12 May 1881 – 26 June 1928) was a Swiss botanist. He was a professor at the University of Zürich. The Austrian botanist Otto Stapf named the plant genus ''Thellungia'' of the grass family, Poaceae, after him, and Otto E ...

(1881–1928), botanist *

(1884–1951), industrialist and patron *

Oskar Reinhart Oskar Reinhart (11 June 1885 – 16 September 1965) was a Swiss arts patron and art collector, born in Winterthur. His collection now fills two museums, the Kunst Museum Winterthur , Reinhart am Stadtgarten in the centre of Winterthur, and the O ...

(1885–1965), art collector and patron *

Emil Brunner Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889–1966) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Along with Karl Barth, he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement. Biography Brunner was born on 23 December 1889 in Winterthur, i ...

(1889–1966), a reformed theologian * Jakob Flach (1894–1982), writer, puppeteer and painter * Willy Bretscher (1897–1992), newspaper writer and editor

1901–1950

Georges Miez Georges Miez (2 October 1904 – 21 April 1999) was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a total of four gold, three silver and one bronze medals. Miez was the most successful athlete of the 1928 ...

(1904–1999), gymnast *

Willy Hess (composer) Willy Hess (12 October 1906 – 9 May 1997) was a Switzerland, Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven scholar. He achieved fame after compiling and publishing a List_of_compositions_by_Ludwig_van_Beethoven#Works_ ...

(1906–1997), musicologist and composer *

Albert Büchi Albert Büchi (27 June 1907 – August 1988) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is mainly known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1931 Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion i ...

(1907–1988), cyclist *

Max Bill Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer. Early life and education Bill was born in Winterthur. After an apprenticeship as a silversmit ...

(1908–1994), architect, artist and designer * Warja Lavater (1913–2007), graphic artist and illustrator *

Sigmund Widmer Sigmund Widmer (born 30 July 1919 in Zürich, died 11 August 2003 in Visp) was a Swiss historian, writer and LdU politician who served as mayor of the city of Zürich. Early life and education Born in Zürich to Bertha Gizella, née Oechsli ...

(1919–2003), Swiss politician, historian and writer, University of Zürich faculty *

Rudolf Friedrich Rudolf Heinrich Friedrich (; 4 July 1923 – 15 October 2013) was a Swiss attorney and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) for the Free Democratic Party from 1982 to 1984, where he held the position as He ...

(1923–2013), lawyer and politician *

Georg Gerster George Gerster (30 April 1928 – 8 February 2019) was a Swiss journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer. Early life Born in Winterthur, in 1950 Gerster earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich in Germanistik. Through 1956 he worked ...

(1928–2019), journalist, pioneer of flight photography *

Bruno Hunziker Bruno Hunziker (10 February 1930, in Winterthur – 27 March 2000, in Aarau) was a Swiss attorney, politician, and member of the Aargau canton and Swiss federal parliaments. Early life Bruno Hunziker was a citizen of Oberkulm and Aarau and was ra ...

(1930–2000), politician, parliamentarian and economic attorney * Richard R. Ernst (1933–2021), chemist (Nobel Prize Laureate 1991) *

Ursula Bagdasarjanz Ursula Bagdasarjanz (born 30 June 1934) is a Swiss violinist. Early life Ursula Bagdasarjanz was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, to a mother who was herself a violinist. The seeds of Ursula's musical talent were sown in the cradle, or, as s ...

(born 1934), violinist *

Hannes Keller Hannes Keller (20 September 1934 – ) was a Swiss physicist, mathematician, deep diving pioneer, and entrepreneur. In 1962, he reached a depth of in open ocean. In the 1970s through the 1980s, Keller made himself a name as an entrepreneur in th ...

(1934–2022), computer pioneer, entrepreneur, diving pioneer and amateur pianist *

Niklaus Wirth Niklaus Emil Wirth ( IPA: ) (15 February 1934 – 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. In 1984, he won the Tu ...

(1934–2024), computer scientist * Oscar Fritschi (1939–2016), politician * Michael Gempart (born 1941), actor *

Markus Imhoof Markus Imhoof (born 19 September 1941) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter, theatre and opera director. Biography He began his career as a documentary maker, focusing on controversial issues. His 1968 film ''Rondo'' was a critical look at ...

(born 1941), film director and screenwriter * Hans-Ulrich Brunner (1943–2006), painter * Beat Raaflaub (born 1946), conductor *

Jürg Amann Jürg Amann (born in Winterthur on 2 July 1947; died on 5 May 2013, in Zurich) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser, and other works. Awards *1982 Ingeborg Bachmann Pr ...

(1947–2013), writer

1951–2000

Viktor Giacobbo Viktor Giacobbo (born 6 February 1952) is a Swiss writer, comedian and actor. Life After school in Winterthur, he made an apprenticeship as a typesetter. Afterwards, he was a corrector, reader and media documentalist. Initially, he was an a ...

(born 1952), Swiss writer, comedian and actor *

Mirco Müller Mirco Müller (also spelled Mirco Mueller; born 21 March 1995) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with HC Lugano of the National League (NL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the S ...

(born 1995), Swiss ice hockey player, currently playing for the

HC Lugano Hockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano or HCL, is a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The team competes in the National League (NL) and has won seven Swiss championships. History The founding of HC Lugano took ...

Martin Buser Martin Buser (born March 29, 1958) is a champion of sled dog racing. Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, Buser began mushing at age seventeen in Switzerland. In 1979, he moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full-time. His training operati ...

(born 1958), Swiss dog musher, 4-time

Iditarod The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod (), is an annual long-distance sled dog race held in Alaska in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of between 12 and 16 dogs, of which at leas ...

champion * Marlies Bänziger (born 1960), Swiss politician *

Chantal Galladé Chantal Juliane Galladé (born 17 December 1972) is a Swiss politician who currently serves on the Cantonal Council of Zürich for the Green Liberal Party. She previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2003 to 2018 for the Soc ...

(born 1972), Swiss politician *

Chrigel Glanzmann Christian Oliver Ivan Glanzmann (born 26 May 1975) is a Swiss musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the male lead vocalist of Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. He also plays mandola, whistles, and bagpipes in Branâ Kete ...

(born 1975), Swiss musician, founder of

Steven Zuber Steven Zuber (born 17 August 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Zürich and for the Switzerland national team. He has also been a youth international for Switzerland. Early life Steven Zu ...

(born 1991), Swiss professional football player

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

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Official Webpage Economic Development Region of Winterthur

Tourismusbüro Winterthur

Musikkollegium Winterthur

Homepage of Winterthur's city Orchestra

Official Webpage Open Doors
{{Authority control Cities in Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Zürich Winterthur (1415-1442)