Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Waisenhaus Zürich

The Waisenhaus, or Amthaus I, is the last remaining building of the Oetenbach nunnery in Zurich, Switzerland, and today houses the city police department.
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  • Type: Public building
  • Description: historic site in Bahnhofquai , Zürich
  • Address: Bahnhofquai 3, Zürich, 8001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zurich Main Station and Felix-und-Regula-Brunnen.

Railway station
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Zürich Hauptbahnhof, often shortened to Zürich HB or just HB, and known in English as , is the largest railway station in and one of the busiest in . is situated 350 metres northwest of Waisenhaus Zürich.

Fountain
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is a fountain.

Arts center
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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. is situated 450 metres southeast of Waisenhaus Zürich.

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
The 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.

Waisenhaus Zürich

Latitude
47.37518° or 47° 22′ 31″ north
Longitude
8.54124° or 8° 32′ 29″ east
Inception
1765—1771
Open location code
8FVC9GGR+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 50005678
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Wiki­data ID
Q22909689
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Regionalwache City and Amtshaus III.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waisenhaus Zürich”. Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.