The Murerplan is a historic map 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 ...

, printed in 1576 by Jos Murer (1530-1580). It was combined from six pearwood plates measuring 45 cm squared each. A smaller extra plate was made for the Grossmünster, which would otherwise have been divided between four plates. The original plates have not been preserved. The plates of a second edition of 1610 survive.

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The map is entitled :''Der uralten wytbekannten Statt Zurych gestalt und gelaegenhait / wie sy zuo diser zyt in waesen / ufgerissen und in grund gelegt / durch Josen Murer / und durch Christoffel Froschaower / zuo Eeren dem Vatterland getruckt / Im M.D.LXXVI. Jar.'' :"The aspect and situation of the ancient and famous town of Zürich / as it has been at this time / drawn and etched / by Jos Murer / and by Christoph Froschauer / printed for the glory of the nation / AD 1576" The plan is extremely detailed, showing the aspect of every house, and is a unique historical source for the condition of the city in the 16th century. Zürich had essentially preserved its medieval (13th-century) aspect until that time (except for the frequent replacement of earlier wooden buildings by stone houses), and major expansions and city planning began only in the 17th century, with the addition of

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s during the

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. The plan looks east over the city (north to the left), with the moat at the bottom of the plan corresponding to the present Bahnhofstrasse, with the Rennweg gate, the main entry to the city. The bottom left corner shows the confluence of the Sihl and Limmat rivers, the location of the present

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File:Murer Wappenscheibe.jpg, Detail: coat of arms of Zürich (colours added) File:Druck Grossmünster.jpg, Detail: Grossmünster File:Barfüsser Murerplan.jpg, Detail: ''Barfüsser'' Abbey in Zürich File:Zürich - Murerplan - Ausschnitt Bilgeriturm.jpg, Detail: Neumarkt and Grimmenturm File:Murerplan - Wiedikon.jpg, Western and southern areas around the city of Zürich on the so-called ''Kantonskarte'' (''Zürcherkarte'') by Jos Murer (1566) File:Uetliberg Kantonskarte 1566.jpg, Detail: Uetliberg and Albis showing the castles called ''Uetliburg'', ''Friesenburg'', ''Baldern'' and ''Manegg'' File:Murerplan - Oberes Zürichseegebiet IMG 2383.JPG,

Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...

Seedamm The Rapperswil Seedamm is the artificial causeway at the narrowest area of Lake Zurich between Hurden, Hurden (SZ) and Rapperswil (SG). The structure contains two bridge segments and is approximately long. The Seedamm carries a road () and ...

respectively wooden bridge, upper

Lake Zürich 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 ...

(''Obersee'') and Jona river (''Jonen'') on ''Kantonskarte'' File:Jos Murer.jpg, Jos Murer, by Conrad Meyer (1675)

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