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Burghölzli

Burghölzli, named after the wooded hill in the district of Riesbach in southeastern Zürich where it is located, is the Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, a psychiatric hospital in Switzerland.
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  • Type: Clinic
  • Description: hospital in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Burgholzli” and “Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich”
  • Address: Lenggstrasse 31, Zürich, 8008
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zürich Tram Museum and Mahmood Mosque.

Museum
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zurich Tram Museum is a transport museum in the city of , specialising in the history of the Zurich tram system. The main museum site is located at the former tram depot, Tramdepot Burgwies. is situated 470 metres north of Burghölzli.

Mosque
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , situated in Forchstrasse, , is the first purpose-built in . It is owned and run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. is situated 390 metres northeast of Burghölzli.

Church
Photo: Michael D. Schmid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 320 metres northeast of Burghölzli.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riesbach and Hirslanden.

Suburb
is a district in the city of Zürich. It is District number 8.

Suburb
is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 7,648 distributed on an area of 2.187 km2.

Suburb
Photo: Martin E. Walder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1934. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,747 distributed on an area of 4.93 km2.

Burghölzli

Latitude
47.35349° or 47° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
8.57029° or 8° 34′ 13″ east
Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)
Operator
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich
Open location code
8FVC9H3C+94
Open­Street­Map ID
way 671785658
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­clinic
Open­Street­Map feature
healthcare=­clinic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
2661319
Wiki­data ID
Q577131
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tosk Albanian—“Burghölzli” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورغولزلي”
  • Armenian: “Ցյուրիխի Բուրգհոյցլի համալսարանական հոգեբուժական կլինիկա”
  • Bulgarian: “Бургхьолцли”
  • Catalan: “Burghölzli”
  • Catalan: “Clínica universitària psiquiàtrica de Zúric”
  • Dutch: “Burghölzli”
  • Dutch: “Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich”
  • French: “Clinique psychiatrique universitaire de Zurich”
  • German: “Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich”
  • German: “PUK”
  • Hebrew: “בורגהלזלי”
  • Italian: “Burghölzli”
  • Japanese: “ブルクヘルツリ”
  • Japanese: “ブルゲルズリ”
  • Persian: “بورگ‌هولتسلی”
  • Polish: “Klinika Psychiatrii Uniwersytetu w Zurychu”
  • Polish: “Klinika Psychiatrii Uniwersytetu Zuryskiego”
  • Russian: “Бургхёльцли”
  • Russian: “Бургхольцли”
  • Slovenian: “Psihiatrična univerzitetna bolnišnica Zürich”
  • Spanish: “Burghölzli”
  • Swiss German: “Burghölzli”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich”

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