Georg Büchner Platz

Georg Büchner Platz is a work of art in Zurich, Zurich. Georg Büchner Platz is situated near the university Universität Zürich Irchel, as well as near the library UB Naturwissenschaften.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse and Irchelpark.

Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse

Park

Photo: Balise42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse is a park, which is situated 280 metres southeast of Georg Büchner Platz.

Irchelpark is the biggest public park in the city of Zurich, Switzerland and home to the Irchel campus of the University of Zurich and Staatsarchiv Zürich. Irchelpark is situated 440 metres west of Georg Büchner Platz.

Fountain with Bambi Sculpture

Fountain

Photo: Katja Hottingen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fountain with Bambi Sculpture is situated 540 metres southwest of Georg Büchner Platz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Unterstrass and Oberstrass.

Unterstrass

Suburb

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Unterstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zurich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 25,078, in an area of 2.47 km2.

Oberstrass

Suburb

Oberstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zurich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,083 distributed on an area of 2.64 km2.

Oerlikon

Suburb

Oerlikon is a quarter in the northern part of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. A formerly independent municipality, Oerlikon was merged with Zürich in 1934 and forms today, together with Affoltern and Seebach, the city district 11.

Georg Büchner Platz

Type: Work of art
Categories: tourism and pedestrian zone
Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.39691° or 47° 23′ 49″ north

Longitude

8.55001° or 8° 33′ east

Open location code

8FVC9HW2+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 647033703

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Universität Zürich Irchel and UB Naturwissenschaften.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Institut für Mathematik and Cafeteria Atrium.

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