Zurich

Zurich (in German, Zürich [ˈtsyːʁɪç] or [ˈtsʏrɪç]; in French, Zurich [zyʁik]; in Italian, Zurigo [dzuˈriːɡo]; in Romansh, Turitg [tuˈritɕ]) is the largest city in the Swiss Confederation, with a population of 434,783 inhabitants in 2019 and a metropolitan area of 1,456,786 inhabitants. It is the capital of the canton of Zurich and is located in the district of Zurich, in the central Swiss plain and close to the Alps. It is the financial engine of the country, as it is where international banking is located. In 2019 Zurich was ranked among the ten most liveable cities in the world by Mercer, along with Basel and Geneva.

The first settlements in the city date back to the year 15 B.C. C., with the founding of the Roman customs house Turicum, and in the X century it acquired the city status. Surrounding the small old town are the Kreise (districts) of Zurich, ordered clockwise. The modern city serves as a contrast to the historic one, thanks to the many cutting-edge banks, luxury shops and trendy bars and cafes. One of the symbols of the city is Lake Zurich.

History

The origin of the name is the Celtic word Turus, as suggested by a tomb inscription dating to the Roman occupation in the 17th century II. The Roman name for the town was Turicum, and in the local Swiss German dialect it is called Züri.

Origins

During the era of the Roman Empire, Turicum was founded by Roman troops as a strategic customs post and served as a fort next to the Limmat. The first settlements are located in the current Lindenhof and it is believed that during the Roman period, Turicum came to have 300 inhabitants. According to legend, in Zürich they were captured and executed around 300 AD. the patron saints of the city Felix and Regula, as well as their servant Exuperantus, all of them from the legion of Thebes. Shortly before the withdrawal of the Empire in 401 AD. C., Emperor Valentinian I had a castle with ten towers built on the Lindenhof to protect the customs against the Germanic peoples who threatened from the north.

Zurich Xilography at the Stumpf Chronicle, 1548

In the 8th century the Kaiserpfalz (Emperor's Palace) was built, a castle using stones from the previous and demolished roman castle. Around 853 Louis the German, Charlemagne's grandson, founded the Fraumünster or 'convent of women' and twenty years later the first church of said convent was built. However, remains of a possible church from the 6th century century have been found in the grounds of St Peter's Church. the year 929 the first mention of Zurich as a city is recorded in writing. In 1045 King Henry III the Black granted the convent (more specifically to the princess abbess) the market, customs and currency rights of the city of Zurich, leaving the city under the ecclesiastical monopoly. The city became an imperial city in 1218, when the dukes of Zähringen died, and it came under the protection of Emperor Frederick II. A few years later, the bourgeoisie provoked a rebellion that culminated in the destruction of the palace and the construction of the first town hall on the same site. Around 1229, the Dominicans arrived in Zurich and erected the Church of the Preachers.

Power of the Old Swiss Confederacy

In 1230 the city was fortified with a wall built by the bourgeoisie and which covered an area of about 0.38 km². The fortress consisted of two parallel walls 7 m high and about 1,250 m long. Throughout the XIII century, Franciscan and Augustinian convents were founded, and at the end of the century King Rudolf I died of Habsburg. It was then that the Old Swiss Confederation was created; In 1291, a year later, Duke Albert I of Habsburg tried to besiege the city, without success. The famous illustrated manuscript known as the Codex Manesse, now in Heidelberg (described as "the most wonderfully illuminated German manuscript in centuries"), was commissioned by the Manesse family of Zurich, copied and illustrated in the city in the period between 1304 and 1340. A document of very high work and prestige, it took several years for its detailed writing and miniature paintings. It is an exceptional witness to the growing wealth and pride of the Zurich citizens of the time.

Panoramics of the city and the Limmat in the centuryXV

On June 7, 1336, the knight Rudolf Brun replaced the Zurich council with the first guild constitution or affidavit of July 16. Brun himself proclaimed himself mayor for life and under this constitution the political organization of Zurich was maintained until 1798. On the night of February 23 of that same year there was an assault on the city by some expelled councilors who, with a spirit of revenge, they tried to assassinate Mayor Brun. On May 1, 1350, Zurich became part of the Swiss Confederation, becoming the fifth canton. In 1360 the mayor Brun died, presumably poisoned by his enemies.

Late XIV century and early XV there were various warlike conflicts, such as the Battle of Sempach (1386), in which the Confederates and the Habsburgs faced each other; the Old Zurich War (1440-1446), between the Confederates and the people of Zurich in arms; and the Burgundian War against Berne (1474-1477), in which the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Intrepid was defeated.

In 1477 five cantons—Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Solothurn, and Freiburg—formed a league to protect themselves against riots in rural communities. But Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, the seats of those insurrections, protested against the admission of Lucerne into the new league, because there had been an agreement between them and that canton since 1332 that it would not enter a new league without their consent. They also protested against the admission of Solothurn and Freiburg, to prevent a preponderance of the cities over the rural elements. In the interval from 1478 to 1481 the dissensions reached their height. A meeting of the Federal Diet was finally held in December 1481, at Stans. According to legend, the Diet was about to be dissolved without agreement when, on December 22, the Stans parish priest, Heini am Grund, burst in with a message from the future patron saint of Switzerland, Nicholas of Flüe, recognized by both Protestants and Catholics., which restored peace between the warring parties, avoided war - achieving the miracle of reconciliation - and made the reality of the common Swiss homeland technically possible.

The Confederates were defeated in 1515 at the Battle of Marignano, north of Milan, ending Confederate expansion.

Religious conflicts and Napoleon

Iconoclasia in Zurich in 1524 during the Protestant Reform

From the XVI century, religious controversies followed one another. In 1523 Zurich separated from the Bishopric of Constance and therefore from Catholicism, causing the massive removal of images of saints in churches. This led to the secularization of the city in 1524 and the requisition of all the goods and wealth of the last princess abbess, Katharina von Zimmern.

Battle of Zurichby François Bouchot, 1837

Zurich was the first Swiss canton to adopt the Protestant Reformation in 1519 under the theologian Ulrich Zwingli. He played an important role in the Kappel Wars. The Anabaptist movement also originated in Zurich. During the witch hunt between 1487 and 1701, trials were instituted against 79 people accused of witchcraft.

In 1685 the city welcomed Protestants fleeing from the Gallic King Louis XIV. In 1717 the power of the Catholic cantons ended with their defeat against the Protestant cantons of Zurich and Bern. In 1780 the first edition of the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung appeared, which still exists today.

Napoleon entered Switzerland unopposed with his Directorate in 1798 and drew up a new Constitution of the Helvetic Republic, which replaced the previous one of the guilds. The Austrian army, under the command of Archduke Charles, defeated the Napoleonic army in the First Battle of Zurich and liberated the city. The second would be that of the definitive conquest in 1799. The historic medieval walls were demolished in 1811, and four years later the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland was declared. Zurich's population increased in 1893, from 28,000 to 121,000 inhabitants, as a series of peripheral municipalities of the city were integrated.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Switzerland witnessed a general strike against the Bolshevik threat, and in Zurich they reached fatalities as a result of military intervention. In 1934, eight other communities adjacent to Zurich joined, by popular vote, then going from 200,000 to 300,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Air view of the city

The municipal area of the city of Zurich covers an area of 91.88 km². The city is located where the Limmat River meets Lake Zurich in a northwesterly direction, about 30 km from the Alps. Zurich is surrounded by lush hills, such as Gubrist, Hönggerberg (541 m), Käferberg (571 m), Zürichberg (676 m), Adlisberg (701 m) and Oettlisberg to the east and Uetliberg (part of the Albis mountain range) to the west. The Sihl river flows into the Limmat at the end of Platzspitz, which borders the National Museum (Landesmuseum).

The geographical and historical center of the city is the Lindenhof, a small natural hill on the banks of the Limmat River. At 392 m above sea level, the Limmat is the lowest point in the municipal area, while the Uetliberg, at 869 m above sea level, is the highest point. Its summit can be easily reached, and from the platform of the lookout tower there is a spectacular panorama of the city and the lake, as well as a view of the Alps.

The city borders the communes of Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen and Zollikon.

Districts

The pre-1893 city limits were largely the same as in the old or historic city. Two major expansions of the city limits followed in 1893 and 1934, when Zurich merged with outlying municipalities that had grown steadily since the 19th century. Today, the city is divided into twelve neatly numbered districts (the Kreise), each containing between one and four neighborhoods. The districts are the following:

The districts listed in Zurich

• District 1: known as Altstadt, includes the old city or historic centre of Zurich and on both sides is the Limmat River.
• District 2: next to Lake Zurich, it covers the Enge, Wollishofen and Leimbach districts.
• District 3: known as WiedikonIt is between the Sihl River and the Uetliberg. The districts of Alt-Wiedikon, Sihlfeld and Friesenberg are in this district.
• District 4: the Aussersihl is between Sihl and Zurich Train Station.
• District 5: this industrial area is known in Zurich as Industriequartier and is between the Limmat and the railway complex of the Zurich Train Station. The original industrial area of the city is still preserved.
• District 6: it is at the edge of Zürichberg, a hill that dominates the eastern part of the city. Here are the neighborhoods of Oberstras and Unterstrass.
• District 7: on the border of Adlisberg and Zürichberg, it is located in the eastern part of the city and covers the neighborhoods of Hottingen and Hirslanden.
• District 8: known as RiesbachIt's in the eastern part of Lake Zurich.
• District 9: between the Limmat in the north and the Uetliberg in the south. It includes the neighborhoods of Altstetten and Albisrieden.
• District 10: is located between the Limmat north and south with Hönggerberg and Käferberg. Its neighborhoods are Höngg and Wipkingen.
• District 11: is in the northern part of Hönggerberg and Käferberg and between the Glatt valley and Lake Katzen (Katzensee). The neighborhoods here are Affoltern, Oerlikon and Seebach.
• District 12: known as SchwamendingenIt is in the valley of Glatt, northwest of Zürichberg.

Climate

The climate of Zurich is determined by being located in the transition zone between the oceanic and the humid continental, as the coldest month has an average below 0 °C and the warmest does not reach 22 °C, it is classified as mild summer humid continental climate Dfb according to the Köppen climate classification. It is under the influence of storms coming from the Atlantic Ocean, which bring rainfall and temperatures that are warmer than usual at the latitude at which the city is located (47º N), and cold northeasterly winds (known in Switzerland as Bise) from Eastern Europe. The average annual temperature (measured at the Zürichberg weather station at 556 m above sea level) is 8.5 °C. In summer, maximum temperatures of 35 °C can be recorded and in winter minimum temperatures of -10 °C.

Average climate parameters of Zürich, Switzerland
Month	Ene.	Feb.	Mar.	Open up.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Ago.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
Average temperature (°C)	2.9	4.6	9.5	13.8	18.5	21.6	24.0	23.3	18.8	13.7	7.2	3.7	13.5
Average temperature (°C)	0.3	1.3	5.3	8.8	13.3	16.4	18.6	18.0	14.1	9.9	4.4	1.4	9.3
Temp. medium (°C)	-2.0	-1.6	1.7	4.5	8.8	11.9	14.0	13.8	10.5	7.0	2.0	-0.7	5.8
Total precipitation (mm)	63	64	78	83	122	128	124	124	99	86	79	83	1134
Nevadas (cm)	18.4	22.0	13.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	8.0	19.1	85.0
Precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.5	9.3	11.9	11.4	12.4	12.7	12.3	11.6	10.2	9.9	10.3	11.4	133.9
Days of snowfall (≥ 1.0 cm)	4.8	5.2	3.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.6	4.8	20.4
Hours of sun	55	81	124	153	175	189	215	200	150	102.	59	42	1544
Relative humidity (%)	83	78	72	69	71	71	71	74	79	83	84	84	77
Source: MeteoSwiss

Demographics

Zurich officially has 404,783 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2014), making it the most populous city in the country. 31.7% of them do not have Swiss citizenship, that is, 128,316 people.

City center.

German citizens make up the largest foreign group in Zurich at 22%, followed by immigrants from Kosovo, Albania and Italy. The population of the city, including suburbs, is 1.2 million people. However, the metropolitan area (including the cities of Winterthur, Baden, Brugg, Schaffhausen, Frauenfeld, Uster/Wetzikon, Rapperswil-Jona and Zug) it has a population of about 1.68 million.

The official language used by the government and in most publications is German. The most commonly spoken dialect in Zurich is Zürichdeutsch, the local dialect of Swiss German. As of 2000, German is the mother tongue of 77.7% of the population, followed by Albanian (5.8%) and Italian (4.7%). Other languages spoken by more than 1% of the population are South Slavic languages (2.2%) (including Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Slovene), Spanish (2.2%), French (2.1%), English (1.8%) and Portuguese (1.6%).

Religiously, since Ulrich Zwingli's reform, Zurich has remained the center and bulwark of Protestantism in Switzerland. However, in the 20th century Catholics have become the largest religious group in the city (due to immigration) with 33.9%, Reformed Evangelicals (Protestants) represent 43.3%, while more and more Zurich residents declare themselves non-denominational (16.8% in 2000). On the other hand, the level of unemployment in Zurich is 2.6% (as of August 2007). About 4% of the population (15,500 people) live directly or indirectly on state subsidies (April 2005).

Government

Legislative power resides in the city parliament, known as the Gemeinderat. It consists of 125 members elected by popular vote.

For its part, the executive is in the hands of the city council, the Stadtrat. Similar to the city parliament, the councilors are also elected by the people of Zurich. Each councilor is responsible for a specific department. A member of the council acts, in turn, as president of the city or mayor. The current mayor of Zurich is Corine Mauch.

Economy

SIX Swiss Exchange

Banking centre Paradeplatz

Since the late 20th century, Zurich has been Switzerland's financial center and economic powerhouse. Formerly the mechanical industry was the base of the economy of Zurich. Today it is home to numerous banks and insurance companies, has the main Swiss stock exchange, the SMI, and is also a business center for high-tech companies. Some forty of the one hundred largest companies in Switzerland have their headquarters in Zurich, especially banks, such as Credit Suisse, Swiss Re, Zurich Financial Services and UBS AG. The SIX Swiss Exchange is also based in the city.

For the sixth consecutive time, Zurich tops the list of cities with the best quality of life in the world, according to a study carried out by Mercer Human Resources Consulting. To do this, the consultancy is based on political, economic, environmental, security, health, education, transport and public services factors in which it evaluates 215 cities around the globe. Very close, in second position, is Geneva.

The success of the economic area of Zurich, as one of the most important in the world, is due to several reasons: the low tax rate and the possibility that foreign companies and private individuals can optimize their taxes through personalized agreements with tax authorities are one of the most notable direct causes. This practice causes conflicts with Switzerland's neighbors in Europe, who do not see favorably how this strategy of attracting large corporations and large research centers leads to companies such as IBM, General Motors Europe, Toyota Europe, UBS, Credit Suisse, Google, Microsoft, ABB Ltd. and Degussa set up shop in Zurich.

The SWX Swiss Exchange is one of the nine largest stock exchanges in Europe, at the level of Amsterdam, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Lisbon, Paris, Madrid, London and Milan, and is the main group of different financial systems that operate worldwide: virt-x, Eurex, Eurex US, EXFEED and STOXX. The exchange generated in the SWX was, in 2007, 1 780 499.5 million Swiss francs; the number of transactions carried out in the same year totaled 35,339,296 and the Swiss Performance Index (SPI) reached a market capitalization of 1,359 976.2 million Swiss francs.

Education

University of Zurich

Another reason for Zurich's economic success is the city's extensive research and educational field. The Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) leads this aspect together with the University of Zurich. The main buildings of the two universities are located just above the old city, called "Zurich Acropolis". Both centers enjoy a great international reputation and were included among the fifty best universities of 2007.

• The ETH, founded in 1855, is a state-controlled public university, pioneering research in Europe and around the world. Prestigious scientists have gone through their classrooms and laboratories, totaling 21 nobel awards in their more than 150 years of existence, highlighting Albert Einstein. In the French-speaking part of Switzerland you will find your sister university, the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL).

• The University of Zurich is the largest university in Switzerland and is regulated by the canton of Zurich, with which the library shares. It was founded in 1833, although its origin dates from 1525, in full Protestant Reformation, which created the school of Theology. The international reputation of the centre is mainly based on pioneering research in several subjects, in particular molecular biology, brain research and anthropology, as well as the work of the Veterinary Hospital. It also highlights the Faculty of Economics, which is located in the top 10 European and is the first in the German-speaking area.

Culture

Zurich's cultural activity is extensive, with museums, galleries, theaters, symphony orchestras, and festivals. In addition, the city was inhabited by painters such as the pre-romantic Johann Heinrich Füssli or Tristan Tzara, precursor of the Dada movement, which was incubated in the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich along with other artists.

National Museum of Zurich

The most important festivals are the Sechseläuten (or Spring Festival) and the folklore Knabenschiessen. Other events highly anticipated by the Zurich are the Zürcher Festspiele, which is held in June and July and features shows such as ballet, opera, theater and concerts; and the Züri-Fäscht, a great party where the entire city is decked out to culminate with fireworks by the lake. The latter festival is held every three years. The next Züri-Fäscht will take place in July 2010.

The Zurich Opera House (Opernhaus Zürich) is the largest auditorium in the city and one of the most notable in Europe. Opened to the public in 1891, the neo-Baroque auditorium is located on Falkenstrasse, near Bellevue Square. The Zürcher Ballett or dance company of the city offers its shows here. Other notable buildings are the Tonhalle, where the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Zürcher Kammerorchester) and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, a symphony orchestra founded in 1868, usually perform; and the Schauspielhaus Zürich, one of the most important theaters in Switzerland, located in the Pfauen square.

The Opera Theatre of Zurich

On the other hand, the museums in Zurich are very varied and of high quality. The most important is the National Museum of Zurich, built in 1898 by Gustav Gull emulating medieval castles. It is located on Museumstrasse, next to the station and the Limago and Sihl rivers, and houses a large number of prehistoric archaeological remains of Switzerland and the rest of the national history. The Rietberg Museum exhibits pieces of non-European art and is made up of three buildings: the Villa Wesendonck, which focuses on more exotic collections from Indian, Chinese and African art; the Park-Villa Rieter and the Haus zum Kiel, with pieces from those same continents or countries. The Migros Museum of Contemporary Art is basically nourished by pieces from the 1990s.

The pictorial activity in the city is very rich and two buildings stand out: the Zürich Art Gallery or Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthaus Zürich) and the Bührle Foundation. The Art Gallery or Kunsthaus is the most important in the city and one of the most notorious in Switzerland. In it are local sculptures and medieval paintings. But the museum's most valuable works are those from the last two centuries, with pieces such as Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Auguste Rodin's Gate of Hell, the Reclining figure by Henry Moore, impressionist works by Oskar Kokoschka or Lovis Corinth and expressionist collections such as those of Edvard Munch. No less notable is the Bührle Foundation, which is located near the Kunsthaus and boasts works by artists of the caliber of Tintoretto, Canaletto, El Greco, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt, Monet, Manet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani or Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Tourism

The Fraumünster (left) and the Church of Saint Peter (right)

Paradeplatz

The tourism sector is the third largest revenue-generator in Zurich, earning about 4.5 billion Swiss francs on average per year. The city annually receives some 9 million tourists who spend an average of 400 Swiss francs per day. The most characteristic buildings and features, due to their historical value, are found in the old town of Zürich, with churches, public buildings and bourgeois houses of the medieval ones, as well as historic streets that are eminently touristy thanks to their shops and other businesses aimed at attracting visitors. Among them stands out the Bahnhofstrasse street.

The religious buildings are one of the biggest attractions of the city. The Grossmünster is the cathedral and the symbol of Zurich. Built in the Romanesque style by Charlemagne, it dates from the IX and XIII. Its two large and prominent twin towers stand out, a crypt that claims to be the largest in Switzerland and a Romanesque cloister. Recent discoveries have revealed that the remains of a Roman cemetery could be buried.^{[citation required]} The Fraumünster Abbey Church, also in Romanesque style, was founded in 853 by Louis the German, Charlemagne's grandson. It was a symbol of the local aristocracy; The stained glass windows and the original crypt of the abbey are of great value. In Fraumünster resided the princess abbess to whom King Henry III the Black granted (her and her convent) the right to hold markets, mint coins and collect tolls, among other privileges. St. Peter's Church in Zurich, for its part, is the oldest in the city and has the largest clock in Europe (8.7 m in diameter).

Other places of special interest are the Baroque-style Zurich City Hall; the Paradeplatz and the Bahnhofstrasse, with their luxurious and exclusive shops; the medieval buildings of the Rennweg; the Zurich botanical garden; Zurich Zoo, which contains a replica of Madagascar's Masoala equatorial forest; Mount Uetliberg, the highest peak in the city and from which you can enjoy privileged views of the city, the lake and the Alps.

Parties

Sports

Zurich has a long sporting tradition. Soccer is the most popular sport among Zurich and FIFA, the world's top soccer body, is based in the city. In addition, it has hosted the two greatest events in world and European football: the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland and Euro 2008. In the World Cup, the Hardturm-Stadion in Zurich hosted several matches and the match for third and fourth place. However, for the Eurocopa the matches in Zurich were played at the Letzigrund.

At the club level, the city is home to two of the most successful soccer teams in the country: the Grasshopper Club is the top team in Switzerland with twenty-seven league titles, and FC Zürich, fourth team in terms of league titles (11) tied with BSC Young Boys from Bern. The two Zurich clubs are centenarians and play in the first division, called the Swiss Super League; They are common in European competitions.

Ice hockey is another popular sport in Zurich, and the International Ice Hockey Federation has its headquarters in the city. The ZSC Lions is the city's ice hockey team. In addition, the Zurich Tournament is held annually and is part of the WTA women's tennis professional circuit.

Transportation

Zurich has good air, rail and road connections.

Tramway from Zurich

Zurich International Airport is located 11 km northeast of the city, in the town of Kloten, the name by which it is also known. The airport is one of the main ones in the world, since international stopovers are made there and it is connected to the five continents. Every year 20 million passengers pass through it. It has two terminals and offers excellent communication by train, bus and road, through the A20 motorway with cities such as Bern and Basel.

Due to the quality, comfort and small size of Switzerland, the railway is the preferred means of transport for the Swiss. SBB-CFF-FFS Zurich Train Station, also known as Hauptbahnhof, is the largest railway station in Switzerland and the epicenter of Zurich's rail transport. The building is located in District 1 of Zurich, in Altstadt Zürich, shortly before the confluence of the Sihl river with the Limmat, opposite the Swiss National Museum.

S-Bahn Train Network Plan

High-speed trains run through it, such as the German InterCityExpress, the CityNightLine, TGV or the Cisalpino that connects Zurich with Milan. there are also daily connections to and from Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Vienna and Budapest. Other important stations are Oerlikon, Stadelhofen, Hardbrücke, Tiefenbrunnen, Enge, Wiedikon and Altstetten.

Roads and their designation follow the European system (E, A and B). The A1 skirts Zurich from Geneva and Bern to Winterthur and St. Gallen. The A3 does the same to the south-eastern part of Lake Zurich from Lucerne (via A4), Chur and Sargans. The A136 connects Zurich with Innsbruck and the E17 north with Munich, while the E17 south links Zurich with Basel. The A51 is the highway that connects Zurich with the Kloten airport. From Basel it takes about an hour and from Munich about three hours.

In Zurich and its canton, the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) is the public transport company that operates in the area and has high levels of traffic density. There are three means of public transport: the S-Bahn or commuter trains, trams and buses. There are also boats that sail on the lake and the river, and funiculars between Adliswil and Felsenegg. Ferries are a very popular method of crossing the Limmat or lake to other neighboring towns, and the main station is in Enge, on the west bank of Lake Zurich. There is also another station at Bürkliplatz. The tickets are valid for all public transport in the city (trains, trams, buses and boats).

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