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Fröschengraben
Schanzengraben is a moat and a section of the northwestern extension of the ''Quaianlagen (Zürich), Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887 in Zurich, Switzerland. Schanzengraben is, among the adjoint Bollwerk zur Katz, ''Katz'' bastion at the Old Botanical Garden, Zürich, Old Botanical Garden and the so-called ''Bauschänzli'' bulwark, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich. The area of the moat is also an inner-city recreation area and a public park. Geography Schanzengraben is one of the two present effluences of the Lake Zurich, located around south of the Limmat, and situated at the historical ''Alpenquai'' lake shore area, between Bürkliplatz and General-Guisan-Quai. It marks the border of the inner-city districts of ''Enge'' and ''City'', and flows after about into the Sihl, at the western side of Zürich Hauptbahnhof where ''Gessnerallee'' and ''Usteristrasse'' cross the ''Gessner'' bridge. In fact, the moat was bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oetenbach Nunnery
Oetenbach was a Dominican Order, Dominican nunnery in the medieval Municipalities of the canton of Zürich, municipality of Zürich in Switzerland. Oetenbach was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at Zürichhorn, situated outside of the European Middle Ages town walls, but moved to the present Sihlbühl. The nunnery was abolished on the occasion of the Reformation in Zürich – the Waisenhaus Zürich, Waisenhaus building is its only remaining structure, now the headquarters of Stadtpolizei Zürich. Location The ''Oetenbach'' nunnery was first mentioned in 1237 AD at its first location at the present Zürichhorn. Because the swampy area at the ''Oetenbach'' stream was a bad place for the construction of a permanently inhabited convent, some decades later, it was built on the northern slope ''Sihlbühl'' of the present Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof, Lindenhof hill. On the so-called Murerplan map of 1576, the central ''Lindenhof–Sihlbühl'' hill are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortifications Of Zürich
Zürich was an independent (''reichsfrei'') city or city-state from 1218 to 1798. The town was Fortification, fortified with a city wall from the 13th to the 17th century, and with more elaborate Defensive wall, ramparts constructed in the 17th to 18th century and mostly demolished in the 1830s to 1870s. First wall There had been a first city wall dating to the 11th or 12th century. The existence of such an early wall had been suggested, but the mainstream view assumed that the town had been unfortified – the remains of the Roman castle at the Turicum (Zürich), Vicus ''Turicum'', and a so-called Kaiserpfalz on Lindenhof hill excepted – before the 13th century, until the chance discovery of remnants of the first wall during the 1990s construction work at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, central library respectively location of the Predigerkloster, the former Dominican abbey. Second wall Following the extinction of the main line of the Zähringer family in 1218, Zürich became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortifications Of Zurich
Zürich was an independent (''reichsfrei'') city or city-state from 1218 to 1798. The town was fortified with a city wall from the 13th to the 17th century, and with more elaborate ramparts constructed in the 17th to 18th century and mostly demolished in the 1830s to 1870s. First wall There had been a first city wall dating to the 11th or 12th century. The existence of such an early wall had been suggested, but the mainstream view assumed that the town had been unfortified – the remains of the Roman castle at the Vicus ''Turicum'', and a so-called Kaiserpfalz on Lindenhof hill excepted – before the 13th century, until the chance discovery of remnants of the first wall during the 1990s construction work at the central library respectively location of the Predigerkloster, the former Dominican abbey. Second wall Following the extinction of the main line of the Zähringer family in 1218, Zürich became a free imperial city. Over the following decades, a city wall was constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General-Guisan-Quai
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 Strandbad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauenbad Stadthausquai
Frauenbad Stadthausquai is a public bath in Zürich, Switzerland, forming part of the historical '' Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887. Situated at the Stadthausquai by the Bürkliplatz plaza, the bath was built for, and is still exclusively used by women (''Frauenbad'' means "bath for women"). Geography The small river bath is situated at Bürkliplatz below the Quaibrücke, just north of the artificial Bauschänzli island, in the Limmat. Road transport on Stadthausquai towards Münsterhof is limited; the next tram stop is at Bürkliplatz or Münsterbrücke, opposite of the upper Limmatquai towards Bellevueplatz. History and description Zürich's government decided in 1837 to build a public bath for women, so that "''they are no longer forced to bath at night in the fountains''" and to protect them from the eyes of men. The former structure at the Bauschänzli was replaced in 1888 by the nostalgic ''Laubsägeli'' (literally: ''fretsaw'') ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollishofen
Wollishofen is a neighbourhood in Zürich's district 2 (Zürich), 2nd district, situated in the eastern foothills of Uetliberg. 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. Geography Located between the Sihl, Sihl river and Lake Zurich, it forms the southern boundary of the city on the left bank of the lake. The lake occupies 28.5% (1.64 km2) of the total area of the district. To the south, Wollishofen borders the municipalities of Adliswil and Kilchberg, Zürich, Kilchberg. Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl A New Objectivity (architecture), New Objectivity estate constructed between 1930 and 1932. The architects involved include Max Haefeli, Alfred Roth (architect), Alfred Roth, Emil Roth, Carl Hubacher, Rudolf Steiger, Werner Max Moser and Paul Artaria. Transport Wollishofen is located on the A3 motorway (Switzerland), A3 motorway, and on tram rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurich Sihlporte Web
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] |
