Werdinsel
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| Waters | Limmat with the upper and lower water canals of the power plant | |
| Geographical location | 679 177 / 250438 | |
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| length | 870 m | |
| width | 180 m | |
| surface | 80 ha | |
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The Werdinsel is located in the Höngg district of the city of Zurich below the Höngger weir between the Limmat river and an artificially created canal ("upper water canal / underwater canal ") which leads Limmatwasser to the Höngg museum power station. In addition to an official bathing facility, it has barbecue facilities and a football field.
The historical focus of the island is formed by two witnesses of the early industrialization : a powder mill from the 17th century, which was converted several times, and a former spinning mill . A second group of houses is made up of a turbine plant from the late 19th century and the pumping station from the late 20th century. Under parts of the Werdinsel there is a retention basin for rainwater built in 1986 , which holds 40,000 cubic meters of water. The Werdhölzli sewage treatment plant is on the opposite side of the river .
The Werdinsel Openair music festival takes place every year in August .
The name Expectant goes to Old High German werid or Middle High German value back, the "island river island" meant. This word died out as a generic word in the 16th century and has only survived as a name since then. Since it was no longer understood, it was later supplemented by the synonymous island , with which Werdinsel means " island island " in historical terms.
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Individual evidence
- ^ City of Zurich, Sports Office: Flussbad Au-Höngg
- ^ Toni Raymann, Hugo Müller: Landscape and architectural design of the Werdinsel. In: Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt, Volume 106, Issue 32, 1988, pp. 288–220. doi : 10.5169 / seals-85782
- ↑ City of Zurich: Excerpt from the minutes of the City Council of Zurich, page 2. (PDF) City Council of the City of Zurich, November 8, 2006, accessed on January 26, 2008 .
- ↑ Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume XVI, Column 1299 f., Article Werd .