The Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal'') is a river valley and a region in the cantons of

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

and

Aargau Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capit ...

in Switzerland. Rangierbahnhof Limmattal 071

Geography

The Limmat () is a long river located in the cantons of

(ZH) and

(AG). It is the continuation of the

Linth The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich. It is about in length. The water power of the Linth ...

, and is known as the Limmat from the point of effluence from

Lake Zürich __NOTOC__ Lake Zurich (Swiss German/ Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used ...

, in the city of

, flowing in northwesterly direction to the

Aare The Aare () or Aar () is a tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about , during which distance it desce ...

. The confluence is located northeast of the small town of

Brugg , neighboring_municipalities = Gebenstorf, Habsburg, Hausen, Holderbank, Lupfig, Riniken, Rüfenach, Schinznach, Untersiggenthal, Villigen, Villnachern, Veltheim, Windisch , twintowns = Rottweil (Germany) , website ...

(AG), shortly after the mouth of the Reuss, and shortly before the Aare joins the

Rhine The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...

. The confluence of the three rivers Aare, Reuss and Limmat is known as ''Wasserschloss''.

Nature

In 1930 the government of the canton of Zurich set the remains of the original Limmat riverside meadows and

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

s near Dietikon (''Dietiker Altläufe'') under conservation, as well in 2005 the floodplains (''Dietiker Schachen'') near Wettingen accommodating more than 150 plant species and rare species as

common kingfisher The common kingfisher (''Alcedo atthis''), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of ...

, little ringed plover and

grass snake The grass snake (''Natrix natrix''), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian non- venomous colubrid snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians. Subspecies Many subspecies are recogn ...

Region Limmattal

Cities and villages

The economical Region Limmattal comprises, among other communities in the

districts 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, municipa ...

of Dietikon (ZH) and

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden ...

(AG), the cities and municipalities of

Oberengstringen Oberengstringen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). History Oberengstringen is first mentioned in 870 as ''Enstelingon''. In 1306 it was ...

Unterengstringen Unterengstringen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). Geography Unterengstringen has an area of . Of this area, 36.5% is used for agricult ...

, Schlieren,

Weiningen Weiningen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). The municipality was first mentioned in 870 as ''Winingon''. Geography Weiningen has ...

Urdorf Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). Geography Urdorf has an area of . Of this area, 32.2% is used for agricultural purposes, whi ...

, Dietikon, Bergdietikon, Geroldswil, Oetwil, Spreitenbach,

Würenlos Würenlos is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It lies north of the river Limmat, next to the canton of Zürich, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). Geography Würenlos has an ...

, Killwangen, Neuenhof, Wettingen,

, Ennetbaden,

Obersiggenthal Obersiggenthal is a municipality located in the Limmat Valley, within the district of Baden, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. History Obersiggenthal is first mentioned around 1303-08 as ''Sikental''. Geography Obersiggenthal has an area ...

, Untersiggenthal and Turgi.

Economics

The Limmattal is heavily populated thanks to the good location factor, nearby the city of Zürich, among them excellent infrastructure, growing economics and attractive residential area besides the Limmat valley. ''Standortförderung Limmattal'' is a society to enhance networking of the region and to realize common projects by the communities in the region Limmatal. The term "Limmattal" is also used for many organizations, such as the Regional Hospital Limmattal (German: ''Spital Limmattal'') in Urdorf, the

classification yard A classification yard ( American and Canadian English (Canadian National Railway use)), marshalling yard ( British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian, and Canadian English (Canadian Pacific Railway use)) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a rail ...

RBL (''Rangierbahnhof Limmattal'') provided by the SBB CFF FFS, the Limmattal's regional newspaper ('' Limmattaler Zeitung'') and the regional gymnasium (''Gymnasium Limmattal'').

Transportation

The Limmattal has excellent transport links: S-Bahn Zürich is a modern rapid-transit system on the lines S3, S9, S12 and S17, in addition to the services of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), and around the city of Zürich provided by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), the public transport operator in the city of Zurich and its suburbs. Near realization is an additional tramway called

Limmattalbahn The Limmattal light rail line (german: Limmattalbahn) is a metre gauge light rail line with an alignment running through the Limmat Valley, in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Zürich to the west of the city of Zürich. The line is long, serv ...

, between Zürich-''Farbhof'' ( Altstetten) and Killwangen- Spreitenbach, as continuation of the Zürich tram line 2 and of the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn.Zürcher Planungsgruppe Limmattal

Visitor attractions

* Bruno Weber Park *

Fahr Monastery Fahr Convent, (german: Kloster Fahr) is a Benedictine convent located in the Swiss municipality of Unterengstringen in the canton of Zürich. Located in different cantons, Einsiedeln Abbey and Fahr Convent form a double monastery, overseen by the ...

Limmatauen Werdinsel, also known as Limmatauen Werdhölzli, is an island and protected area in the Limmat in Switzerland. Geography Located in the former independent municipality of Höngg, today the river island is a popular recreation area, public par ...

* ''Limmatspitz'' and ''Wasserschloss'' respectively confluences of Limmat, Reuss and Aare

References

External links

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