Old Town (Zurich)

Historically, the Old Town is divided into Small Town on the left bank of the Limmat River and Big Town on the right bank. Administratively, the Old Town as an urban district since 1971 has been divided into 4 districts: Rathouse (“Town Hall”), Hochschulen (“University”), Lindenhof and City (“City”).

The Lindenhof district is the historical center from which the development of the city began. On the site of the current Lindenhof district there was a Roman fortification, then the medieval castle of the Frankish kingdom of the Carolingians , and later the free imperial city of Zurich arose in this place. Lindenhof and Rathouse correspond to the historical parts of the medieval city on the east coast of Limmat, while the City and Hochschulen include urban buildings to the west and east of the medieval city walls, respectively.

• The Zurich Town Hall, built on an island on the Limmat River in 1690, is the property of the canton of Zurich . The Canton Council sits here on Mondays, and the City Council on Wednesdays.
• The first street lamp in the city is installed in front of the guardhouse of the town hall. Since the keys to the city gates were stored here, after closing the gates at night, the keys to the city were delivered by dark alleys to the town hall, which required the creation of street lighting.
• In Zerkalny Lane there is house number 14, in which V.I. Lenin lived during his stay in Zurich.
• In the Lindenhof district, St. Peter's Church and the former Augustinian monastery with the Great Cathedral ( German Grossmünster ) are located.
• In front of the Cathedral of the Virgin ( German Fraumünster ) on the left bank of Limmat, a statue of the former burgomaster Hans Waldmann is installed.

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