Wollishofen
Wollishofen is a neighbourhood in Zürich's 2nd district, situated in the eastern foothills of Uetliberg. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893.Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 16,100 residents
- Description: quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Zuerich (Kreis 2) / Wollishofen” and “Zürich (Kreis 2) / Wollishofen”
Photo: Parpan05, Public domain.
Photo: Parpan05, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Franziskuskirche and Kirche Auf der Egg (Zürich).
St. Franziskuskirche
Church
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Franziskuskirche is a church.
Kirche Auf der Egg (Zürich)
Church
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirche Auf der Egg (Zürich) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl and Leimbach.
Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl is a neighborhood.
Leimbach
Suburb
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leimbach is a quarter in the district 2 in Zürich. It is located in the lower Sihl Valley. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893.
Wollishofen
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, statistical neighborhood of Zürich, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.34243° or 47° 20′ 33″ northLongitude
8.53071° or 8° 31′ 51″ eastPopulation
16,100Elevation
447 metres (1,467 feet)Open location code
8FVC8GRJ+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29973047OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6295495Wikidata ID
Q642353
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Upper Sorbian—“Wollishofen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Zürich”
- Dutch: “Wollishofen”
- French: “Wollishofen”
- German: “Wollishofen”
- Irish: “Wollishofen”
- Italian: “Wollishofen”
- Japanese: “ヴォリスホーフェン区”
- Korean: “볼리쇼펜”
- Korean: “볼리스호펜”
- Latin: “Wollishofen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wollishofen”
- Swiss German: “Wolishofe”
- Turkish: “Wollishofen”
- Ukrainian: “Воллісгофен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wollishofen”
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