Iris-Fountain

Iris-Fountain is a fountain in Zurich, Zurich. Iris-Fountain is situated nearby to the government office Konsularabteilung des Generalkonsulats der Volksrepublik China, as well as near the garden Irisgarten.

Photo: Katja Hottingen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Fountain
Description: fountain by Paul Sieber at Belvoirpark in Zürich, Switzerland
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zurich and Villa Belvoir.

Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zurich

Garden

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, literally succulent plant collection of the city of Zürich, is a botanical garden in the Swiss municipality of Zürich. It also houses a botanic library, a herbarium and the International Organizations for Succulent Plant Research. Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zurich is situated 150 metres east of Iris-Fountain.

Villa Belvoir

Park

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Villa Belvoir is a mansion in Zürich-Enge built between 1828 and 1831. It is registered in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance along with the Belvoirpark, one of the largest public parks and arboreta in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Villa Belvoir is situated 120 metres north of Iris-Fountain.

Museum Rietberg

Museum

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rietberg Museum is a museum in Zürich, Switzerland, displaying Asian, African, American and Oceanian art. It is the largest art museum focusing on non-European art and design in Switzerland, the third-largest museum in Zürich, and the largest to be run by the city itself. Museum Rietberg is situated 420 metres northwest of Iris-Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Enge and Wollishofen.

Enge

Suburb

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Enge is a quarter in District 2 of Zürich, Switzerland.

Wollishofen

Suburb

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Alt-Wiedikon

Quarter

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Alt-Wiedikon is a quarter in the district 3 of Zürich. It was formerly a part of Wiedikon municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 18,610 distributed on an area of 1.69 km2.

Iris-Fountain

Categories: water well and water well on public housing terrain
Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.35591° or 47° 21′ 21″ north

Longitude

8.53308° or 8° 31′ 59″ east

Open location code

8FVC9G4M+96

OpenStreetMap ID

node 289890242

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata ID

Q27230014

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In Other Languages

“Iris-Fountain” goes by many names.

German: “Iris-Brunnen”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Konsularabteilung des Generalkonsulats der Volksrepublik China and Irisgarten.

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