Höngg Power Station

Höngg Power Station is an industrial building in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland which is located on Winzerhalde. Höngg Power Station is situated nearby to Pontoniersportverein Zürich, as well as near the canal Limmat.

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Type: Industrial building
Description: river power plant in Switzerland
Also known as: “Am Giessen Power Station” and “Kraftwerk Am Giessen”
Address: Winzerhalde 75, Zürich, 8049

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Werdinsel and Alte Kirche Höngg.

Werdinsel

Islet

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Werdinsel, also known as Limmatauen Werdhölzli, is an island and a protected area in the Limmat river in Switzerland.

Alte Kirche Höngg

Church

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The Alte Kirche Höngg is a Reformed church in the district 10 of Zürich. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich. Alte Kirche Höngg is situated 770 metres east of Höngg Power Station.

Zurich Altstetten railway station

Railway station

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Zurich Altstetten railway station is a railway station in the Altstetten quarter of the Swiss city of Zurich. The station is located on the Zürich to Olten main line and is the junction for the Zürich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis line. Zurich Altstetten railway station is situated 1¼ km south of Höngg Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Höngg and Altstetten.

Höngg

Suburb

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Höngg is a quarter in district 10 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1934. As of 2024, the quarter has a population of 24,810, distributed across an area of 6.98 km2.

Altstetten

Suburb

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Altstetten is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zurich in Switzerland. It was formerly a municipality in its own right, but was incorporated into Zurich in 1934.

Oberengstringen

Village

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Oberengstringen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley.

Höngg Power Station

Categories: built structure, run-of-river hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
Location: Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.40155° or 47° 24′ 6″ north

Longitude

8.48661° or 8° 29′ 12″ east

Inception

1893

Levels

Roof shape

gabled

Operator

ewz

Open location code

8FVCCF2P+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28913726

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q29933602

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Swiss German—“Höngg Power Station” goes by many names.

French: “Centrale électrique am Giessen”
French: “centrale électrique Höngg”
French: “Centrale électrique Höngg”
German: “Kraftwerk am Giessen”
German: “Kraftwerk Höngg”
Swiss German: “Chraftwerk am Giesse”
Swiss German: “Chraftwerk Höngg”

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Highlights include Kraftwerk Höngg and Pontoniersportverein Zürich.

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