Weinplatz (Zurich)

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Weinplatz or Rathausbrücke, on the left the town hall, on the right the Hotel Storchen , in the background the Haus zum Rüden on Limmatquai and the towers of the Grossmünster
The Weinplatz at the end of the 15th century, depiction on an altarpiece by Hans Leu the Elder

The Weinplatz in Zurich is located in the Lindenhof district in the old town on the Limmat . To the north of the square is the Schipfe , in the east the square merges into the wide Rathausbrücke .

history

Around 1610 today's Weinplatz was called Hofstatt in front of the lower Brugg , later Hofstatt in front of the red tower , the former tower building of the Counts of Rapperswil , and from 1636 the old Kornhausplatz , after the location of the former Kornhaus . After its demolition in 1630, the public market for local wines took place here, so that it became a wine square and retained this name even after the market was moved.

In 1983/1984 the remains of two public baths ( thermal baths ) of the Roman vicus' Turicum were discovered in Thermengasse near today's Weinplatz, the ancient harbor district on the Limmat .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website Gang-dur-Alt-Züri: Der Weinplatz , accessed on March 20, 2013.

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '17.1 "  N , 8 ° 32' 30.2"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-three thousand three hundred fourteen  /  247316