Wollishofen

The suburb of Wollishofen in Zurich.

Mythenquai Lido

ZSG ship yard

Wollishofen is a suburb in Zurich's 2^nd district.

It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.

The suburb has a population of 15,592 distributed on an area of 5.75 km².

Transport

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway, and on tram route 7 of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich. Zürich Wollishofen railway station is a stop on line S8 of the Zürich S-Bahn.

The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) and its ship yard are located in Wollishofen.

Culture

Zürcher Theater Spektakel, an international theater festival ranking among the most important European festivals for contemporary performing arts, is in August yearly celebrated on Lake Zurich shore.

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Gallery

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  Wollishofen (1880)

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  cultural center «Rote Fabrik»

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  "Rote Fabrik", seen from Lake Zurich

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  Harbour, community center, and Albis hills and Felsenegg in the background

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  Tram stop Morgental

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  Wollishofer Chläuse (2007)

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  One of the numerous acts at Zürcher Theater Spektakel (2009)

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  so-called Fallätsche (Albis hills)

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  New church Wollishofen

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  Old church seen from New church Wollishofen

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  Chur bell of 1702

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  stained Glass

External links

Media related to Wollishofen at Wikimedia Commons

• Website of the "Quartierverein" Wollishofen (German)