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Bellevueplatz
Bellevueplatz (, from the French language, French , meaning "beautiful sight") is a town square in the city of Zurich, Switzerland built in 1856. Named after the former on its north side, it is one of the nodal points for roads and public transportation in Zurich, as well as an extension of the Quaianlagen (Zurich), quaysides in Zurich that were built between 1881 and 1887. It is part of the Altstadt (Zurich), Altstadt district (Kreis 1). Geography Bellevue is situated next to the much larger ''Sechseläutenplatz'' () to the south of Bellevue. To the west is the Quaibrücke, Zurich, Quaibrücke (), which runs over the outflow of Lake Zurich into the Limmat, making it the southernmost bridge over the Limmat. To the north is the Limmatquai, a street running along the riverbank. To the south is Utoquai, a lakefront quay. The square is bound by to the east, to north, and to the south. The square is about north-west of the Zürich Stadelhofen railway station, Stadelhofen railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Zurich
Trams make an important contribution to public transport in the city of Zurich in Switzerland. The tram network serves most city neighbourhoods, and is the backbone of public transport within the city, albeit supplemented by the inner sections of the Zurich S-Bahn, along with urban trolleybus and bus lines, as well as two funicular railways, one rack railway and passenger boat lines on the river and on the lake. The trams and other city transport modes operate within a fare regime provided by the cantonal public transport authority Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), which also covers regional rail and bus services. The city's trams are operated by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), which also manages the tramway infrastructure within the city, but the city's tram tracks are also used by three other operations. The Glattalbahn tram services to the Glattal area to the north of the city interwork with the city tram services and are also operated by the VBZ, although in this case it do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altstadt (Zurich)
The Altstadt (German for "old town") in the Swiss city of Zurich encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934. ''Die Altstadt'' approximately corresponds to the area enclosed by the former city ramparts, and is today within the administrative area of the city called Kreis 1 (District 1). With a population of 5,617 (as of 2015), it houses about 1.4% of the city's total population. Administratively, District 1 is divided into four parts or quarters by the Zurich statistical office, Rathaus (town hall), Hochschulen (universities), Lindenhof ("lime trees courtyard") and City. ''Lindenhof'' and ''Rathaus'' correspond to the parts of the medieval city left (west) and right (east) of the Limmat, respectively, while ''City'' and ''Hochschulen'' include the area of the Early Modern city west and east of the medieval walls, respectively. Lindenhof Der Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quaibrücke, Zurich
Quaibrücke () is a road, tramway, pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the river Limmat, at the outflow of Lake Zurich in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. It was built simultaneously with the construction of Quaianlagen (Zurich), Zurich's new quays between 1881 and 1887. Geography The Quaibrücke is situated at the outflow of Lake Zurich and connects Bürkliplatz with Bellevueplatz, and thus the lake's left (or western) shore with the Goldcoast (Switzerland), right (or eastern) shore. It is a nodal point of Trams in Zurich, tram lines , , , and , as well of the road traffic between General-Guisan-Quai and Utoquai. History 1880–1884 The Quaibrücke was erected between 1880 and 1884 under the management of Arnold Bürkli (1833–1894), the city engineer appointed in 1860. A modern land connection was urgently needed after an intense political campaign, as in 1893 Zurich was to be expanded by incorporating 11 neighboring Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities. On Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quaianlagen (Zurich)
Quaianalagen (German, plural; ; from ) or Seeuferanlagen (German, plural for lakeshore sites) on Lake Zurich is a series of lakefronts in 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 ..., Switzerland. Inaugurated in 1887, the quaysides are considered an important milestone in the development of Zurich. The construction of the lake fronts transformed the medieval small town on the rivers Limmat and Sihl to a modern city on the Lake Zurich shore. The project was managed by engineer Arnold Bürkli. Geography The quays are situated in the districts of Enge (Zürich), Enge, Seefeld (Zürich), Seefeld and Wollishofen at the lower Lake Zurich shore within the city of Zurich. The complete construction includes, among others, the central Bürkliplatz on the outflow of the Lake Zur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utoquai
Quaianalagen (German, plural; ; from ) or Seeuferanlagen (German, plural for lakeshore sites) on Lake Zurich is a series of lakefronts in Zurich, Switzerland. Inaugurated in 1887, the quaysides are considered an important milestone in the development of Zurich. The construction of the lake fronts transformed the medieval small town on the rivers Limmat and Sihl to a modern city on the Lake Zurich shore. The project was managed by engineer Arnold Bürkli. Geography The quays are situated in the districts of Enge, Seefeld and Wollishofen at the lower Lake Zurich shore within the city of Zurich. The complete construction includes, among others, the central Bürkliplatz on the outflow of the Lake Zurich, and (from west to east coast) Saffa-Insel, Strandbad Mythenquai, Belvoirpark, Mythenquai, Arboretum, General-Guisan-Quai, Sechseläutenplatz, Utoquai, Seebad Utoquai, Seefeldquai, Riesbach Harbour, Centre Le Corbusier, Blatterwiese, Chinagarten, Zürichhorn and Strand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sechseläutenplatz
Sechseläutenplatz (literally: ''Sechseläuten'' square) is the largest town square situated in Zurich, Switzerland. Its name derives from the '' Sechseläuten'' (the city's traditional spring holiday), which is celebrated on the square in April. Geography Sechseläutenplatz is located on the east shore of Lake Zurich, just south of the lake's outflow to the river Limmat and the Schanzengraben moat. The plaza is bounded to the south by the linked Opernhaus and Bernhardtheater buildings; to the west by the Utoquai lakeside promenade; and to the east by Theaterstrasse, across which is Stadelhoferplatz, with the Stadelhofen railway station and the terminus of the Forchbahn (FOB). To the north, Sechseläutenplatz merges into ''Bellevueplatz'', where stops for the Zurich tram lines 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 15 are located. On November 30, 2011, the government of Zurich announced that some streets would be renamed by redesigning the public area at Sechseläutenplatz. Theaterpla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limmatquai
''Limmatquai'' () is a street in the Switzerland, Swiss city of Zurich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the ''Altstadt (Zürich), Altstadt'', or historical core, of the city. The street was once important for both road and public transportation, but today sections of it form a pedestrian zone shared with Trams in Zürich, Zurich's trams, effectively forming a northern extension of the ''Quaianlagen (Zürich), Seeuferanlage'' promenades that ring the shores of Lake Zurich. The ''Limmatquai'' has its southern end adjacent to the ''Quaibrücke, Zürich, Quaibrücke'' () and Bellevueplatz, Bellevue square, where the Limmat flows out of Lake Zurich. Its northern end is at the ''Bahnhofbrücke, Zürich, Bahnhofbrücke'' () and ''Central, Zürich, Central'' plaza. Between the and the , the river is crossed by four other bridges all of which connect to the ''Limmatquai''; from south to north these are the ''Müns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sternen Grill
Sternen Grill is a restaurant in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1962, it is located at the city's town square, Bellevueplatz. Sternen Grill is well known in the city for its sausages served with bread rolls, especially the St. Galler Bratwurst. History The restaurant was founded by Edi Rosenberger in 1962. Victor Stefenelli, a member of the restaurant's management board, claims that Rosenberger invented the bratwurst in the city in 1963. In 2010, the building the restaurant was housed in was rebuilt, temporarily relocating Sternen Grill to Sechseläutenplatz until 2013. It also opened another location at Glattzentrum near Zurich in 2010. The new building had the same layout as the previous, but had more space for eating and was more modern. Menu The main food sold by the restaurant is sausage. It is especially known for its St. Galler Bratwurst. Other sausages served include cervelat, pork bratwurst, salsiccia, and currywurst. Each is offered with a bread roll called to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathaus, Zürich
The ''Rathaus'' in Zurich, Switzerland is Zurich's Town Hall. The Rathaus was built from 1694–1698. It served as the seat of government and administration of the Republic of Zurich until 1798. The canton of Zurich owns it since 1803, and it houses both legislative chambers, the cantonal parliament () as well as the City Parliament (). It must be distinguished from the ''Stadthaus'' (City Hall), which is the seat of the city's executive government, the City Council () and its administration. History It is built on a ''fundament'' (foundation) anchored in the river Limmat and faces the Limmatquai (pedestrian area) at a pedestrian bridge, or the Rathausbrücke. The 17th-century building replaces an earlier Rathaus (city council chambers) built in 1397, which in turn replaced a 13th-century court house (''Richthus''). Rathaus is also the name of a quarter within the Altstadt district. It is an integral part of the medieval town on the right side of the Limmat, separated by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich Stadelhofen Railway Station
Zürich Stadelhofen railway station () is an important local railway station in the city of Zürich, on the Zürich-Rapperswil, Zürich-Winterthur, Zürich- Uster lines of the SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways). An adjacent station, , is the terminus of the Forchbahn (FB) suburban railway and is served by several lines of the Zürich tram network. Stadelhofen lies close to the Zürich Opera House and near Bellevue Square. It is located in the city centre next to Lake Zürich and constitutes an early work by architect Santiago Calatrava in the city where he had studied. History Stadelhofen station opened in 1894, at the same time as the Lake Zürich right bank railway (''Rechtsufrige Zürichseebahn'') from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Rapperswil station. Until 1990, the station was an intermediate stop on this single track line, which departed from the Hauptbahnhof in a westerly direction, before performing a clockwise 270 degrees turn via a viaduct over the River Limmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...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] |
