Rieterpark
The Rieterpark is a park in central Zurich, Switzerland. Richard Wagner lived at Villa Wesendonck in Reiterpark from 1849 to 1858 where he worked on Tristan.Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: park
- Also known as: “Rietbergpark”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum Rietberg and Villa Wesendonck.
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 130 metres northwest of Rieterpark.
Villa Wesendonck
Historic building
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Wesendonck is a historic building, which is situated 120 metres north of Rieterpark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enge and Alt-Wiedikon.
Alt-Wiedikon
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
Rieterpark
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.35788° or 47° 21′ 28″ northLongitude
8.53051° or 8° 31′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8FVC9G5J+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 5068727OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q692097
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Rieterpark” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “立达公园”
- Chinese: “里特公园”
- Dutch: “Rieterpark”
- French: “Rieterpark”
- German: “Rieterpark”
- Japanese: “リーターパーク”
- Russian: “Ритерпарк”
- Russian: “Рыцарский парк”
- Swiss German: “Museum Rietberg”
- Swiss German: “Rieterpark”
- Tosk Albanian: “Rieterpark”
- Western Panjabi: “رائیٹر پارک زیورچ”
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