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The Limmat in Zurich The city stretches on both sides of the Limmat, which flows out of Lake Zurich. The Alps can be seen from the city centre, background to the lake. Zurich is situated at 408 m (1,339 ft) above sea level on the lower (northern) end of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) about 30 km (19 mi) north of the Alps, nestling between the wooded ...
The municipality of Zurich is divided into twelve districts (known as Kreis in German), numbered 1 to 12, each one of which may contain anywhere between 1 and 4 neighborhoods. There are a total of 34 neighborhoods.
The city of Zürich on the 1881 Siegfriedkarte (city area highlighted), after the construction of the Limmatquai and the train station, but before the construction of Uraniastrasse, and of the lakeside quais with Quaibrücke (hover mouse over map for labels). Map of Zurich in 1705 (north is left).
In 1814, the former district of Zürich was established including the municipalities – "Landgemeinden des Bezirks Zürich" (country municipalities) – surrounding the old city of Zürich, the so-called Altstadt. The district of Zürich as it exists today, was created on 1 July 1989, by splitting the former district of Zürich into three parts:
There are 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Municipalities in the canton of Zurich In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden ) in Switzerland are grouped in districts ( Bezirke ), their capital municipalities are written in bold letters .
Map of Oerlikon as a quarter of Zürich Sunrise in Oerlikon Zürich Oerlikon railway station. Oerlikon is a quarter in the northern part of the city of Zürich, Switzerland.A formerly independent municipality, Oerlikon was merged with Zürich in 1934 and forms today, together with Affoltern and Seebach, the city district 11.
Its sponsor is the Stiftung Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing, a public-private partnership that was established in November 1998. Since that time, its membership has grown to include the cantons of Glarus , Grisons , Schaffhausen , Schwyz , Solothurn , Ticino , Uri , Zug and Zürich , the cities of Zürich and Winterthur , several ...
This is a route-map template for the Zürich Hauptbahnhof, in Switzerland.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.