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Association football is an essential aspect of sports in Zürich. The city is home to two major rivaling Swiss football teams; Grasshopper Club Zürich founded in 1886 and FC Zürich founded in 1896, both competing in Switzerland's highest league . Among the most popular sports in Switzerland is ice hockey.
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Max Frisch (1911 in Zürich – 1991 in Zürich), major Swiss...
- Zünfte of Zürich
There are fourteen historical Zünfte (guilds, singular...
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The slider chests instrument has 52 registers on three...
- Canton of Zürich
The canton of Zürich ( German: Kanton Zürich [ˈtsyːrɪç] ⓘ;...
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The Kunsthaus Zürich is in terms of area the biggest art...
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- Zürich Metropolitan Area
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Zurich is in the North of Switzerland, and it is 408 m (1,339 ft) above sea level. It is at the northern end of Lake Zurich and is surrounded by hills; at the left side of the lake, there is the Albis mountain range, including the Felsenegg (accessible by Zurich's only cable car) and Zurich’s "house mountain" Uetliberg. At the right side of the lak...
The history of Zurich starts with prehistoric settlements that were found at the border of today’s Lake Zurich. There were different settlements and some date back to 500 BC. From 100 BC, Celtic people inhabited the area.When the Romans arrived, they built a military base, which they called ‘Turicum’. This is where the term Zurich originated . The ...
In the city of Zürich, most of the people work in the commerce part of the economy. Zürich is one of the largest financial centres in the world. Many famous banks and insurance companies are located here, for example UBS, Credit Suisse, Swiss Life and Swiss Re. The airport of Zürich is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the north, in a town ca...
Many people in Zurich use public transport. Roughly 50% of people who live in Zurich use it to get to work or school.The ZVV network uses at least four types of transport – trains, trams, buses (both diesel and electric, also called trolley buses) and boats on the lake and river. The public transport network also includes funicular railways and eve...
Zurich has two universities. ETH Zürich is ranked among the top universities in the world. Over 20 Nobel Prize winners have studied or worked there, for example Albert Einstein. The other university is the University of Zürich. It is the largest university in Switzerland. Zurich’s Educational System: All children living in the Canton of Zurich have...
The Limmatin the old town of Zürich.The Grossmünster is one of the four big churches in the city.Credit Suisse headquarters at Paradeplatz.Areal image of the western part of Zürich in Altstetten.Media related to Zürichat Wikimedia Commons 1. Stadt Zürich Archived 2004-08-23 at the Wayback Machine – official website (in German)
History of Zürich. Coordinates: 47°22′N 8°33′E. A 1581 bird's-eye etching of Zürich, published by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. The Murerplan of 1576. Zürich has been continuously inhabited since Roman times. The vicus of Turicum was established in AD 90, at the site of an existing Gaulish ( Helvetic) settlement.
Das Umland ist dicht besiedelt, so dass in der Agglomeration Zürich etwa 1,3 Millionen [8] und in der Metropolitanregion Zürich etwa 1,83 Millionen Menschen leben. [9] Der Bezirk Zürich ist mit dem Stadtgebiet identisch. Die Stadt liegt im östlichen Schweizer Mittelland, an der Limmat am Ausfluss des Zürichsees.
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In 853 AD, Charlemagne’s grandson, Louis the German, built a “Pfalz”, or palace, on the Lindenhof and gave an existing women’s convent with its own jurisdiction as a gift to his eldest daughter, Hildegard. Thus the Fraumünster abbey was founded. Zurich prospered in the 11th and 12th centuries thanks to the Fraumünster, which as a ...
The Altstadt ( German for "old town") in the Swiss city of Zürich 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 ...
