Zurich District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

() of the

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

canton 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 ...

in Switzerland.

History

In 1814, the former district of Zürich was established including the

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

– "Landgemeinden des Bezirks Zürich" (country municipalities) – surrounding the old city of Zürich, the so-called

Altstadt ''Altstadt'' () is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ...

. The district of Zürich as it exists today, was created on 1 July 1989, by splitting the former district of Zürich into three parts: * The western part became the district of Dietikon; * the eastern part became the district (respectively city) of Zürich with its subdivisions;The former 19 independent municipalities of 1893 and 1934, now called ''districts'' (German: ''Kreise''), too, form the subdivisions of the city of Zürich. Their subdivisions are called ''quarters'' (German: ''Quartiere''). * the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Zollikon Zollikon is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Meilen District in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of L ...

located east of Zürich was integrated into the district of Meilen. Therefore, since 1 July 1989, the district of Zürich ( SFOS number 0112) shares the same area as the city of

Zürich 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 ...

(0261) with its subdivisions totalling (as of ) inhabitants on an area of . From June 12, 2023, the services of the registration office will still be offered at three central locations: in the Stadthaus, at Oerlikon train station and at Helvetiaplatz. All locations are now available to Zurich residents regardless of where they live. This completes the process of gradually merging the originally twelve district offices, which started in 2017.

Municipalities (subdivisions) of the district of Zürich

Since 1893 respectively 1934 the city of Zürich as well as the district of Zürich are formed by the old city of Zürich (

) and by a total of 19 former politically independent municipalities:

Mergers and exclusions

* 1871:

Schwamendingen Schwamendingen is a district in the Switzerland, Swiss city of Zürich. Formerly an independent community, it was incorporated into Zurich in 1934 to build district number 12. The district comprises the quarters Schwamendingen Mitte, Saatlen a ...

excluded → Oerlikon * 1893: Merger of

Aussersihl Aussersihl is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. Known officially as District number 4, the district is known as colloquially ''Chreis Cheib'', ''cheib'' being the Zürich German word for an animal cadaver. It earned the name as the area h ...

, Enge, Fluntern, Hirslanden, Hottingen, Oberstrass, Riesbach, Unterstrass, Wiedikon, Wipkingen, Wollishofen and ''

'' → City of Zürich * 1931: Merger of Niederurdorf and Oberurdorf →

Urdorf Urdorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Dietikon (district), Dietikon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). Geogr ...

* 1934: Merger of Affoltern, Albisrieden,

Altstetten Altstetten may refer to: *Altstetten, Erdweg, Bavaria, Germany *Altstetten, Rennertshofen, Bavaria, Germany *Altstetten (Zürich), Canton of Zürich, Switzerland {{Geodis ...

, Höngg, Oerlikon,

, Seebach, Witikon and Zürich → City of Zürich * 1986:

excluded → Meilen District * 1989: Exclusion of the then remaining 13, excluding the city of Zürich, municipalities →

Dietikon District Dietikon District is a district of the Swiss canton of Zürich. The capital of the district of Dietikon is the city of Dietikon, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). Dietikon District was created in 1989 by splitting the former ...

* 2023: All twelve districts have been merged into 3 central offices

References

https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/ueber_das_departement/medien/medienmitteilungen/2023/maerz/230314a.html

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurich District * Districts of the canton of Zürich

History

Municipalities (subdivisions) of the district of Zürich

Mergers and exclusions

See also

References

External links