Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Altstadt

The Altstadt in the city of encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934.
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  • Type: Suburb with 6,190 residents
  • Description: district 1 in the city of Zürich, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “city district #1 (Zürich)”, “Kreis 1”, “Kreis 1 (Zürich)”, “Zuerich (Kreis 1)”, and “Zürich (Kreis 1)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cabaret Voltaire and town hall.

Arts center
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in , Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political purposes.

Public building
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The Rathaus in , is Zurich's . The Rathaus was built from 1694–1698. It served as the seat of government and administration of the Republic of Zurich until 1798.

Church
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The is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in , . It is one of the four major churches in the city. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schipfe and Niederdorf.

Locality
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is a residential district in , Switzerland, located on the eastern slope of the , one of the oldest parts of the Helvetii Oppidum Zurich-Lindenhof, by the river .

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
is a quarter in of . It was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Zurich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 10,100 in an area of 5.05 square kilometres.

Altstadt

Latitude
47.37223° or 47° 22′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.54233° or 8° 32′ 32″ east
Population
6,190
Elevation
418 metres (1,371 feet)
Open location code
8FVC9GCR+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 603107934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6295546
Wiki­data ID
Q445559
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Altstadt” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Districte 1”
  • Chinese: “苏黎世老城”
  • Dutch: “Altstadt”
  • Dutch: “oude stad”
  • French: “Vieille Ville”
  • German: “Altstadt”
  • German: “Kreis 1 (Stadt Zürich)”
  • German: “Kreis 1”
  • Italian: “Kreis 1”
  • Japanese: “アルトシュタット”
  • Japanese: “クライス1”
  • Latin: “Urbs vetus”
  • Persian: “التستاد”
  • Russian: “Альтштадт (Цюрих)”
  • Russian: “Старый город”
  • Russian: “Старый Цюрих”
  • Slovenian: “Kreis 1”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje 1”
  • Turkish: “1. Bölge (Zürih)”
  • Turkish: “Altstadt (Zürih)”
  • Turkish: “Altstadt”
  • Turkish: “Kreis 1”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто”

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