Winterthur District

Winterthur District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zürich, . It has a population of 173,053. Its capital is the city of .
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  • Type: district of the canton of Zurich with 173,000 residents
  • Description: district of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bezirk Winterthur” and “Winterthur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swiss Science Center Technorama and Am Römerholz.

Museum
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The is a science museum in the city of in the canton of Zürich, .

Museum
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The Reinhart Collection formed by Oskar Reinhart is now displayed in a museum in his old house, "Am Römerholz" in , Zurich Canton, , as well as the Museum Oskar Reinhart in the centre of Winterthur.

Stadium
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is a stadium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winterthur and Elsau.

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is a cultural city with many different museums, among them the Oskar Reinhart Museum am Römerholz exhibiting modern art, the Technorama science centre and the Fotostiftung Schweiz showing Swiss and European photography.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. is situated 4 km northwest of Winterthur District.

Winterthur District

Latitude
47.5078° or 47° 30′ 28″ north
Longitude
8.769° or 8° 46′ 8″ east
Population
173,000
Elevation
460 metres (1,509 feet)
Open location code
8FVCGQ59+4J
Geo­Names ID
6458808
Wiki­data ID
Q644300
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Winterthur District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فينترتور”
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Winterthur”
  • Bashkir: “Винтертур округы”
  • Basque: “Winterthur barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Вінтэртур”
  • Belarusian: “Вінтэртур (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Вінтэртур”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Winterthur”
  • Cebuano: “Bezirk Winterthur”
  • Chinese: “Winterthur Koān”
  • Chinese: “溫特圖爾區”
  • Chuvash: “Винтертур”
  • Czech: “Okres Winterthur”
  • Dutch: “District Winterthur”
  • Dutch: “Winterthur”
  • Esperanto: “Vinterturo”
  • French: “district de Winterthour”
  • French: “District de Winterthour”
  • German: “Bezirk Winterthur”
  • German: “Winterthur”
  • Greek: “Βίντερτουρ”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Βίντερτουρ”
  • Italian: “distretto di Winterthur”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Winterthur”
  • Japanese: “ヴィンタートゥール区”
  • Latin: “Vitudurum”
  • Lombard: “Winterthur”
  • Luxembourgish: “Distrikt Winterthur”
  • Macedonian: “Винтертур”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Winterthur Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Winterthur”
  • Persian: “بخش ونترتور”
  • Polish: “Okręg Winterthur”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Winterthur”
  • Romanian: “Winterthur”
  • Russian: “Винтертур”
  • Slovenian: “Bezirk Winterthur”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Winterthur”
  • Swedish: “Bezirk Winterthur”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Winterthur”
  • Thai: “เขตวินเทอร์ทัวร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bezirk Winterthur”
  • Ukrainian: “Вінтертур”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Вінтертур”
  • Venetian: “Distreto de Winterthur”
  • Vietnamese: “Winterthur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Winterthur”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hegi Castle and Oberwinterthur railway station.

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