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Zürich

Zürich is located in north central Helvetia (Schweiz in German, Switzerland in English) at the north end of a lake that bears its name. The old town spreads on both sides of the Limmat River1 between hills. It has a metropolitan population of 1.140 million2 with 380 thousand in the city proper.3 The airport is one of Europe's busiest.4 The tallest building is the Prime Tower (Maag-Tower) at 36 stories, completed in 2011. The Grossmünster Church is about half its height.5 The city has a famous traditional art museum and hosts the headquarters of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The Zwinglian (Christian Protestant) and the Dadaist movement both started in the city.

Remnants of Neolithic lake-side dwellings at two places are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.6

YearPopulationPolitical entity
2003 CE1,164,0001Helvetia (Schweiz or Switzerland)

External references

Cityscape of Zürich, Helvetia (Schweiz or Switzerland)

Historical maps

map showing part of Österreich, Helvetia, the Česká Republic and the Slovenská Republic, 2000 CE

Footnotes

1. The Limmat flows into the Aare (Aar), which flows into the upper Rhein (Rhine).
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larger_Urban_Zones, 2003 calculation, accessed 9/13/2013.
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich, 2012 figure, accessed 9/13/2013.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Europe, accessed 9/13/2013.
5. emporis.com, accessed 11/19/2013.
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps, accessed 11/19/2013. The sites are Enge Alpenquai (occupied 1500 to 500 BCE) and Grosse Stadt Kleiner Hafner (occupied 5000 to 1500, and 1000 to 500 BCE).