Lindenhof (City of Zurich)

This article describes the Lindenhof district in Zurich. For the moraine hill and public square in the city of Zurich see Lindenhof (Zürcher Hügelzug) and for the early settlement see Oppidum Lindenhof .

Lindenhof district with Schipfe

Lindenhof district of Zurich
Coordinates	683 304  /  247396 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '20 "  N , 8 ° 32' 30"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-three thousand three hundred and four  /  247396
height	411  m
surface	0.23 km²
Residents	923 (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density	4013 inhabitants / km²
BFS no.	261-013
Post Code	8001
Urban district	District 1

Lindenhof is a district of the city of Zurich , named after the square of the same name. The quarter is today along with the quarters City , City Hall and universities to circle 1 , the old town of Zurich.

geography

At 0.23 km², the Lindenhof is the smallest area in the city of Zurich. It extends from Bahnhofplatz in the north to Bürkliplatz in the south. In the west the quarter borders on Bahnhofstrasse and in the east on the Limmat .

The center of the quarter is the hill on which the eponymous Lindenhof lies.

population

The largest age group in the Lindenhof district is 40.4% of the 40 to 64 year olds, followed by the 20 to 39 year olds with 35%. Between 1994 and 2004 the resident population decreased by more than 10%.

history

Together with the City Hall district, the Lindenhof forms the oldest core of the city of Zurich. A first settlement of the hill range is not later than 1500 BC. Assumed; a Celtic settlement at the Lindenhof is for the 1st century BC. Proven. Even in the early historical development of the city in Roman times, this hilly part on the left side of the Limmat served as a position for a fort . In 1747 a Roman tombstone was found at today's Lindenhof with the oldest mention of the city to date; a copy is on the Pfalzgasse at the entrance to the Lindenhof. The name STAtionis TURICensis , dated to the 2nd century, indicates a Roman customs post with the name Turicum . The place probably served as part of the fortification of the Rhine border by Emperor Valentinian I. During the immigration of the Alemanni at the beginning of the 5th century, the fort on the Lindenhof remained.

In the early Middle Ages there was first a Carolingian, then an Ottonian Palatinate on the hill. The buildings were probably demolished after the Counts of Zähringen died out . A well-known episode from Zurich's history already refers to the Lindenhof as a square: The Zurich residents went on a campaign against Winterthur in the 13th century, which turned into a real disaster. So many men had died that Zurich was left practically defenseless. Duke Albrecht I of Habsburg , city lord of Winterthur, therefore tried to take Zurich and laid an army in front of the city walls. In this desperate situation, the Zurich women disguised themselves as warriors and went to the Lindenhof with long spikes. The besiegers believed that a strong army had somehow got into the city and lifted the siege. Today the fountain figure of the Lindenhof fountain refers to the heroic Zurich women.

Until the early modern era, the square was used for gatherings by the people of Zurich. In 1798, for example, the oath was sworn on the Helvetian constitution at the Lindenhof. To this day the square is planted with linden trees. At its southern end is the building of the Zurich Masonic Lodge Modestia cum Libertate . Next to the house a staircase leads under a hatch into the underground, where remains of buildings from four building eras can be viewed. The key is available from the Zurich City Hall.

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  On the Lindenhof

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  Fountain on the Lindenhof with a statue of the heroic Zurich woman

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  Roman gravestone, found on the Lindenhof

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  Remains of Roman buildings under the Lindenhof: in the front cellar with walled-up window of a house, in the back remains of the fort wall

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  View of the fort wall from the Limmatquai

literature

• Presidential Department of the City of Zurich, Statistics City of Zurich: Lindenhof district mirror . Zurich 2015 ( read online )

Web links

Commons : Lindenhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Schipfe.ch
• Archaeological Windows Zurich, source of supply for keys to the Lindenhofkeller

Individual evidence

1. ↑ modestia-cum-libertate.ch: Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed November 12, 2009