Friesenberg is a

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at the foot of the

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in the city of

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. The district is part of the formerly independent municipality of

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, which was incorporated in 1893 and now forms urban district 3.

Geography

Situated at the southern slope of the

mountain, Friesenberg was formerly a part of

municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893.

Demographics

The quarter has a population of 10,360 distributed on an area of 5.15 km².

Jewish cemeteries

On 5 July 1865 the Jewish community, which at that time numbered 30 members, mentioned the acquisition of a field for applying a cemetery. On 31 May 1866 the Unterer Friesenberg cemetery was inaugurated on occasion of the first funeral of a Jewish woman in Zürich. In 1892 a cemetery hall was built, and after several expansions, a large second site was bought in 1916. Since the installation of the second cemetery in 1952, fewer and fewer burials were done at the very first Jewish cemetery in Zürich since the 14th century. Notable interments include

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(1860-1945),

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(1904-1942) and

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(1885-1973). Oberer Friesenberg cemetery, the second cemetery of the

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, was inaugurated in 1952 and extended in 1988. At the cemetery grounds there is a large cemetery hall with rooms for ablution. A memorial stone (limestone cube) by Susi Guggenheim Weil recalls the victims of in the Nazi era. Notable interments include

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(1902-1964),

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(1907-1975),

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(1923-1996),

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(1907-1996),

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(1872-1966),

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(1913-2003), and

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(1921-2004), the former ICZ president.

Transportation

The Friesenberg quarter is served by a number of railway stations on line

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of the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

. These include Zürich Friesenberg, Zürich Schweighof and Zürich Triemli stations.

Literature

* Statistical overview from Zürich city (German language): ''Quartierspiegel Friesenberg''. Zürich 2011
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References

District 3 of Zurich Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich {{Zürich-geo-stub