Oerlikon
Oerlikon is a quarter in the northern part of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. A formerly independent municipality, Oerlikon was merged with Zürich in 1934 and forms today, together with Affoltern and Seebach, the city district 11.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 17,900 residents
- Description: suburb and quarter of the Swiss city of Zurich
- Also known as: “Zuerich (Kreis 11) / Oerlikon” and “Zürich (Kreis 11) / Oerlikon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zürich Oerlikon railway station and Albert-Näf-Platz.
Zürich Oerlikon railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zürich Oerlikon railway station is a railway station located in District 11 of Zurich and within fare zone 110 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. It is one of the two major nodes for local and regional public transportation in the northern part of Zürich, the other being the railway station at Zurich Airport.
MFO-Park
Park
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The MFO-Park is a public park in the Oerlikon quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. The area to the north of Zürich Oerlikon railway station was once home to the extensive works of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, a site that has now been redeveloped as Neu Oerlikon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seebach and Unterstrass.
Seebach
Suburb
Seebach is a quarter in the district 11 of Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley. It was formerly a municipality in its own right, but was incorporated into the city of Zürich in 1934.
Unterstrass
Suburb
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Unterstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zurich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 19,921, in an area of 2.46 km2.
Schwamendingen
Suburb
Schwamendingen is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. Formerly an independent community, it was incorporated into Zurich in 1934 to build district number 12.
Oerlikon
- Categories: statistical neighborhood of Zürich, former municipality of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Zurich, Zürich District, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.41042° or 47° 24′ 38″ northLongitude
8.54459° or 8° 32′ 41″ eastPopulation
17,900Elevation
459 metres (1,506 feet)Open location code
8FVCCG6V+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 525891520OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2659310Wikidata ID
Q167179
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Upper Sorbian—“Oerlikon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Zürich”
- Croatian: “Oerlikon”
- Czech: “Oerlikon”
- Dutch: “Oerlikon”
- Finnish: “Oerlikon”
- French: “Oerlikon”
- German: “Oerlikon”
- German: “Zürich Oerlikon”
- Irish: “Oerlikon”
- Italian: “Oerlikon”
- Japanese: “エルリコン”
- Latin: “Oerlikon”
- Latin: “Orlinchoua”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oerlikon”
- Slovak: “Oerlikon”
- Swiss German: “Örlike”
- Turkish: “Oerlikon”
- Ukrainian: “Ерлікон”
- Ukrainian: “Орлікон”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oerlikon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dörfli and Berninaplatz.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marktplatz Oerlikon and Notariat, Grundbuch- und Konkursamt Oerlikon.
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