Industriequartier (Zürich)

Industriequartier is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich.

Industriequartier
District of the city of Zürich
District
Official seal of Industriequartier
Coordinates: 47.388°N 8.521°E / 47.388; 8.521
CountrySwitzerland
CantonZürich
CityZürich
Area
  Total1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2005)
  Total12,417
  Density6,240/km2 (16,200/sq mi)
District Number5
QuartersGewerbeschule
Escher Wyss
Indudstriequartier with Migros building, the Limmat and Höngg quarter to the left, as seen from the Käferberg-Waidberg
Apartment buildings near Zürich Hauptbahnhof

Geography

Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1932)

The district comprises the quarters Gewerbeschule and Escher Wyss.

Together with today's District 4, the district formed the formerly separate municipality of Aussersihl, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893.

Economy

The Technopark Zürich site was built between 1989 and 1993 as the first large single building on the industrial site of the former Escher Wyss & Cie company, and triggered the overall planning of the 17-hectare site.[1]

Trivia

The fictitious 2007 Swiss mystery film Marmorea was filmed among others,[2] at the Burghölzli sanatory in the Weinegg district, on the Limmat near Technopark Zürich, at the Limmatquai promenade, and on the Münsterbrücke river crossing towards Münsterhof.

References

  1. "Technopark Zürich" (in German). Hochbaudepartment der Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. Rolf Breiner. "Stausee-Spuk made in Switzerland" (in German). cineman.ch. Retrieved 2015-02-15.


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