Riesbach

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Riesbach coat of arms
Coat of arms of Zurich
Riesbach
district of Zurich
Map of Riesbach
Coordinates 684 784  /  245481 coordinates: 47 ° 21 '17 "  N , 8 ° 33' 39"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-four  /  245481
surface 4.81 km²
Residents 16,788 (2018)
Population density 3490 inhabitants / km²
structure
circle 8th
Quarters

Riesbach is on the right bank of Lake Zurich lying urban district of the city of Zurich and today forms the Kreis 8 . Administratively, Riesbach has been divided into the three administrative units (quarters) Seefeld , Mühlebach and Weinegg by the statistical office since 1971 .

coat of arms

Blazon

In red a silver vine knife with a gold handle

history

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (between 1918 and 1937)
Riesbach municipality within the Zurich district before the merger in 1893

The formerly independent municipality of Riesbach was incorporated in 1893 and originally formed the urban district V together with the former municipalities of Fluntern , Hottingen and Hirslanden . On the occasion of the revision of the city districts in 1913, city district III was divided into three parts and city district V was divided into two, and the city districts were subsequently renumbered. District V was renamed District 7 , while Riesbach was reallocated into its own, newly created District 8 .

The second incorporation in 1934 had no effect on Riesbach, but in a further revision of the city districts in 1971, Riesbach, among others, was divided into the three quarters of Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg by the statistical office of the city of Zurich on the Reissbrett, which have only statistical significance .

Attractions

At the Lakeshore

Churches and denominations

Reformed Church Neumünster, steeple

The following religious groups and churches are represented in Riesbach : The Evangelical Reformed Church has two churches in Riesbach:

The Roman Catholic Church is represented in Riesbach with the parish of the Redeemer:

In addition to the churches of the two regional churches, there are the following churches and religious centers in Riesbach:

  • The Serbian-Orthodox parish of Trinity took over individual rooms in 1973 and in 1989 the entire building complex of the former parish hall and rectory of the Reformed parish of Neumünster and set up the Serbian-Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity .
  • The Mahmud Mosque on Forchstrasse, the first mosque in Switzerland, was built in 1962–1963 by Ernst Göhner and Fritz Badertscher. It is run by the Ahmadiyya community.
  • The Zurich Buddhist Center on Hammerstrasse follows the tradition of the Karma Kagyu line, one of the four major Buddhist schools in Tibet.

Infrastructure

In Riesbach, between the traffic lines of Zollikerstrasse and Forchstrasse, which diverge from Kreuzplatz, a number of institutions have accumulated, which in a loose arrangement fill the space up to the city limits: New Botanical Garden , Burghölzli Psychiatric University Clinic , Schulthess Clinic, Balgrist University Clinic , Swiss Epilepsy Center , Clinic Hirslanden u. a. In addition to schools and various homes, the two historical cemeteries are also important: At the Rehalp cemetery from 1874 there are a. Alfred Werner , Hermann Greulich and Heinrich Federer are buried. On the cemetery Enzenbühl from 1902, important personalities are as Margrit Rainer and César Keizer buried.

Personalities

  • Albert Schneider (December 17, 1836 in Riesbach, † April 21, 1904 in Zurich), legal scholar and Romance studies
  • Hans Eduard Fierz ( Hans Eduard Fierz-David ; * 1882 in Riesbach, † 1953 in Zurich), chemist and university professor
  • Emilie Locher-Werling (* 1870 in Riesbach; † 1963 in São Paulo), dialect poet

literature

Web links

Commons : Riesbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the following: Robert Schönbächler: Churches and places of worship in the city of Zurich. New Year's Gazette Industriequartier / Aussersihl. Zurich 2013, pp. 87–93