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Geography
Situated where the river Limmat leaves the Lake Zurich, surrounded by wooded hills. The river Sihl[?] meets with the Limmat at the end of Platzspitz, which borders the the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum).
Sights
- Grossmünster (great minster) (near Lake Zurich, in the old city), where Zwingli was pastor
- Fraumünster (our lady's minster) first church built before 874; the Romanesque choir dates from 1250*70; Marc Chagall stained glass choir windows; (on the opposite side of the Limmat)
- St. Peter (downstream of Fraumünster, in the old city); with the largest clock face in Europe
- Lindenhof (lime court), near St. Peter; site of the Roman and medieval castle. View over river and old town.
- Guild houses along the river (downstream Grossmünster)
- Old town on both sides of the river
- Bahnhofstrasse (shopping avenue) starting at main train station
- Landesmuseum (directly opposite Zürich's main train station.)
- Art Museum (Kunsthaus Zürich)
- Zoological garden
Industry and commerce
UBS, Credit Suisse and many private banks have their headquarters in Zurich. Commercial center of Switzerland.
Sport
- Federation Internationale de Football Association
- Swimming in the lake, in the river or in several outdoor swimming pools (June-September)
Education and research
History
- settlement in the Bronze age
- Roman town
- Free imperial town
- Joined Swiss confederation in 1351 (then not one country but a confederation of eight independent states)
- Zwingli started the Swiss reformation when main preacher in Zurich (lived there from 1518 to his death in 1531).
Famous children of Zurich
- Gottfried Keller (poet)
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (poet)
Airports
External links
- Zurich News (http://www.zuerich.ch/)
- City of Zurich (http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/), official site in German.
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