Seefeld (City of Zurich)

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Seefeld coat of arms
Coat of arms of Zurich
Seefeld
district of Zurich
Map of Seefeld
height Ø 412  m
surface 2.45 km²
Residents 5035 (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density 2055 inhabitants / km²
BFS no. 261-081
Post Code 8008
Urban district District 8

Seefeld is a district in the city of Zurich in District 8 (Riesbach) , on the right bank of Lake Zurich , which makes up 71.6% (1.76 km²) of the total area of ​​the district.

Utoquai in 1970: aerial photo by Werner Friedli

In other Swiss cities, the district is comparable to the Gellert in Basel , Kirchenfeld in Bern or Champel in Geneva .

Culture and sport

Sights are the spacious park and quay with various sculptures (including Heureka by Jean Tinguely and Sheep Piece by Henry Moore ), the Chinese garden and the last building designed by the architect Le Corbusier . Also to be mentioned are the two seaside resorts Tiefenbrunnen and Utoquai , the botanical garden and the old villas as well as the Tiefenbrunnen mill , a former brewery and mill that is now used as a cultural and meeting center. In Seefeld there are an above-average number of delicatessen shops, hairdressers and law firms . Seefeld is very popular as a residential area, but also correspondingly expensive.

With FC Seefeld Zurich , the quarter is represented in the first division , the third highest division of Swiss football .

traffic

The Tiefenbrunnen train station is located in the quarter and is served by the S6 and S16 lines of the Zurich S-Bahn every quarter of an hour. The tram lines 2 and 4, as well as the trolleybus line 33 of the Zurich transport company (VBZ) and the bus lines 912/916 ensure the fine development .

Since the main axis of the right bank of Lake Zurich leads along the lake into the city, the area along the lake is heavily polluted by road traffic and Bellerive Street separates the lake shore with its parks and the compact residential and business area.

From the Zürichhorn (Tiefenbrunnen) seaplanes operated by the Swiss airline Ad Astra Aero were used in the 1920s .

Web links

Commons : Seefeld (City of Zurich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Presidential Department of the City of Zurich, Statistics City of Zurich: Quartierspiegel Seefeld . Zurich 2015 ( read online )