Oberstrass

Oberstrass is a quarter in the in . It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,083 distributed on an area of 2.64 km2.
  • Type: Suburb with 9,910 residents
  • Description: quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Zuerich (Kreis 6) / Oberstrass” and “Zürich (Kreis 6) / Oberstrass”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Zürich HB and MoneyMuseum.

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Museum
Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
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Theater building
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Unterstrass and Fluntern.

Suburb
is a quarter in the district 6 in .

Suburb
is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich, Switzerland.

Locality
is a locality.

Oberstrass

Latitude
47.38571° or 47° 23′ 9″ north
Longitude
8.54912° or 8° 32′ 57″ east
Population
9,910
Elevation
527 metres (1,729 feet)
Open location code
8FVC9GPX+7J
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Upper Sorbian—“Oberstrass” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Zürich”
  • Dutch: “Oberstrass”
  • French: “Oberstrass”
  • German: “Oberstrass”
  • Irish: “Oberstrass”
  • Italian: “Oberstrass”
  • Japanese: “オーバーシュトラース”
  • Latin: “Oberstrass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberstrass”
  • Russian: “Оберштрасс (город Цюрих)”
  • Russian: “Оберштрасс”
  • Slovenian: “Oberstrass”
  • Swedish: “Oberstrass”
  • Turkish: “Oberstrass”
  • Ukrainian: “Оберштрас”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oberstrass”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Strickhof and Hochschulen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Seilbahn Rigiblick and Schwingklub Zürich.

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