Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Altstadt
District of Winterthur
in Bezirk Winterthur of Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
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Zürich Airport (9 mi) -
Donaueschingen-Villingen Airport (34 mi) - Friedrichshafen Airport (38 mi)
- St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (39 mi)
- Buochs Airport (40 mi)
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Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (46 mi) -
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (56 mi) - Lahr Airport (73 mi)
- Stuttgart Airport (85 mi)
- Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (93 mi)
- Monastic Island of Reichenau (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 29 mi)
- Abbey of St Gall (Unesco heritage, 31 mi)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 48 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
- Strasbourg – Grande île (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
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Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Unesco heritage, 87 mi) - Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
- Maulbronn Monastery Complex (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Buck (observation point, (14 mi)
- Jakobsfelsen (observation point, (18 mi)
- Landenberger (observation point, (14 mi)
- Zoo Zürich (zoo, (11 mi)
- Vivarium Tablat (zoo, (9 mi)
- Voliere Zürich (zoo, (13 mi)
- Wildpark Bruderhaus (zoo, (2 mi)
- Plättli Zoo (zoo, (10 mi)
- Wildnispark Zürich Langenberg (zoo, (17 mi)
- Fischottergehege Männedorf (zoo, (17 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.506 and 8.724 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 30' 20" and E 8° 43' 26"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 09:46 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:56 am and 4:34 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
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Delve into Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Altstadt
The district Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Altstadt of Winterthur in Bezirk Winterthur (Canton of Zurich) with it's 1,665 habitants Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Altstadt is a district located in Switzerland about 71 mi north-east of Bern, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 3°C / 38 °F
| Morning Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Night Temperature | 0°C / 33 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 95% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light snow |
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
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Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
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Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 7th of December 2024
6°C (43 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Park Hotel Winterthur Swiss Quality
Banana City
Sorell Hotel Krone
Plaza Hotel
Loge Winterthur Hotel
Best Western Hotel Wartmann am Bahnhof
Rubus
Pöstli
ibis Winterthur City
Hessengüetli
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Eschenberg Observatory
Eschenberg Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Astronomical Society of Winterthur. It is located in northeastern Switzerland in Winterthur and was founded in 1979.
Altstadt
Altstadt is the German language word for "old town", meaning "historical city centre within the city wall", in contrast to younger suburbs outside. Neustadt (new town), the logical opposite of "Altstadt", mostly stands for a part of the "Altstadt" in modern sense, sometimes only few years younger than the oldest part, sometimes a late medieval enlargement.
Eulachhalle
Eulachhalle is an arena in Winterthur, Switzerland. It is primarily used for team handball and is the home arena of Pfadi Winterthur and Yellow Winterthur. Eulachhalle holds 2,300 people. In 2008, the arena was the host of the finals of the men's and women's EuroFloorball Cup final rounds. The Arena has also twice been the host of the UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, in 1997 and 2007. At the 2007 world championships there was a record number of 3,280 spectators in the arena.
Töss
Töss is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 4. The district comprises the quarters Schlosstal, Dättnau, Eichliacker and Rossberg. Töss was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. It is named after the river Töss which flows through the district.
Veltheim (Winterthur)
Veltheim is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 5. The district comprises the quarters Rosenberg and Blumenau. Veltheim was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922.
Mattenbach
Mattenbach is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 7. The district comprises the quarters Deutweg, Gutschick and Endliker.
Stadt (Winterthur)
Stadt is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 1, thus mainly comprising the original city. The district comprises the quarters Altstadt, Lind, Heiligberg, Tössfeld, Brühlberg and Neuwiesen.
Talacker
Talacker is a quarter in the district 2 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Oberwinterthur municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. Talacker is also a bar in the city of Zürich (located at the Talacker-Strasse).
Waser
Waser is a quarter in the district 3 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Seen municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:47|29|11|N|8|45|22|E|region:CH |primary |name= }} 19px This Canton of Zurich location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte Template:Portal:Switzerland/Stub
Waldegg (Winterthur)
Waldegg is a quarter in the district 3 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Seen municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:47|29|26|N|8|44|52|E|region:CH |primary |name= }} 19px This Canton of Zurich location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte Template:Portal:Switzerland/Stub
Zinzikon
Zinzikon is a quarter in the district 2 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Oberwinterthur municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:47.5178|N|8.7545|E|type:city_region:CH-ZH|||| |primary |name= }} 19px This Canton of Zurich location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte Template:Portal:Switzerland/Stub
Grüze
Grüze is a quarter in the district 2 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Oberwinterthur municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922.
Eichliacker
Eichliacker is a quarter in the district 4 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Töss municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922.
Rosenberg (Winterthur)
Rosenberg is a quarter in the district 5 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Veltheim municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:47|30|37|N|8|43|23|E|region:CH |primary |name= }} 19px This Canton of Zurich location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte Template:Portal:Switzerland/Stub
Oberfeld (Winterthur)
Oberfeld is a quarter in the district 6 of Winterthur. It was formerly a part of Wülflingen municipality, which was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:47.508|N|8.702|E|type:landmark_region:CH-ZH|||| |primary |name= }} 19px This Canton of Zurich location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte Template:Portal:Switzerland/Stub
Stadion Schützenwiese
Stadion Schützenwiese is a football stadium in Winterthur, Switzerland. It is the home ground of FC Winterthur and has a capacity of 14,987. Due to security reasons it has a reduced capacity of 8,550. The stadium has 1,100 covered seats, 800 uncovered seats and 6,650 standing places.
Winterthur Central Station
Winterthur Central Station (German: Winterthur Hauptbahnhof or Winterthur HB) is a railway station for Winterthur, a city in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Opened in 1855, the station is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS. It is served by all express trains to and from Winterthur, and by a number of Zürich S-Bahn lines. There are also direct trains to Germany. However, most trains to and from Eastern Switzerland bypass the station.
Battle of Winterthur (1799)
The Battle of Winterthur (27 May 1799) was an important action between elements of the Army of the Danube and elements of the Habsburg army, commanded by Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The small town of Winterthur lies 18 kilometers northeast of Zürich, in Switzerland.
Kunstmuseum Winterthur
Kunstmuseum Winterthur is an art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland run up today by the local Kunstverein, founded in CHK. From its beginnings, the activities of the Kunstverein Winterthur were monitoring "contemporary art" - then Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and especially Les Nabis, up to post-WWII and nowadays most recent positions like Richard Hamilton, Mario Merz and Gerhard Richter.
Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW
The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW, German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil, is the largest University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland and is part of the Zürcher Fachhochschule.
Am Römerholz
Am Römerholz or the Oskar Reinhart Collection is an art museum in the Swiss town of Winterthur. It is housed in a 1915 building by Maurice Turrettini, commissioned by Oskar Reinhart to create a home for his art collection.
Fotomuseum Winterthur
Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland.
Winterthur Grüze railway station
Winterthur Grüze railway station (German: Bahnhof Winterthur Grüze) is a railway station that serves Grüze, an industrial zone in district number 2, Winterthur, a city in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Opened in 1855, the station was built as a junction station and is the largest freight hub in Winterthur. It forms part of both the Tösstalbahn and the Winterthur–Wil railway. At the moment, it has no direct connection to the city bus service.
Töss Convent
The Töss Convent was a Dominican religious community located in the city of Töss. No part of the building exists today. Construction of the convent began near the bridge of the Töss river at the instigation of Hartmann, Count of Kyburg, in 1233 and continued until 1268. The Swiss mystic Elsbeth Stagel and Blessed Elizabeth of Hungary, the last member of the House of Árpád, were both nuns of the Töss Convent.
Trams in Winterthur
The Winterthur tramway network was part of the public transport network of the city of Winterthur, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, for more than 50 years. Opened in 1898, the network also served the neighbouring communities of Töss, Wülflingen, Oberwinterthur and Seen, all of which were incorporated into the municipality of Winterthur in 1922.
These districts also belong to Winterthur.
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) / Grundhof
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) / Stadel (Dorf)
- Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Lind
- Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen
- Toess (Kreis 4) / Mittel-Daettnau
- Toess (Kreis 4) / Schuetzenhaus
- Toess (Kreis 4) / Steig
- Veltheim
- Veltheim (Kreis 5) / Blumenau
- Veltheim (Kreis 5) / Rosenberg
- Wuelflingen (Kreis 6) / Unter Radhof
These are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Winterthur.
- Toss
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)
- Etzwilen
- Buck
- Schuetzerhuus
- Morge
- Blattebuck
- Stampfenbach
- Oberredlikon
- Oberwolfhausen
- Oberruti
- Unterlutschbach
- Oberlutschbach
- Oberdelgg
- Oberrossberg
- Oberchamm
- Untermusliegg
- Hombergweiden
- Vordertrittmaren
- Hinterrumpf
- Unterfruthwilen
- Neubramen
- Vorderrumpf
- Lunnern
- Obertrachslau
- Oberfistern
- Untergschwand
- Oberwarth
- Unterneuwilen
- Hinter Kleinschnurlismatt
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Winterthur.
Winterberg ZH: Grafstal, Winterberg ZH (source)
Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1): Winterthur Merkurplatz, Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) (source)
Winterthur: Day & Night Webcam, Winterthur (source)
Winterthur: La Ville, Winterthur (source)
Winterthur: 360° Panorama, Winterthur (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Altstadt
