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Schipfe District

Schipfe District

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Schipfe District

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Location: Zurich, Switzerland

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1. Münsterbrücke Zurich – Rathausbrücke Zurich loop from Zürich Hauptbahnhof

9.87km

02:34

60m

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2. Münsterbrücke Zurich – Rathausbrücke Zurich loop from Seefeld

8.30km

02:11

70m

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3. Rathausbrücke Zurich – Münsterbrücke Zurich loop from Zürich Wiedikon

11.1km

02:53

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Bour🌱

April 1, 2021

The "Schipfe" is one of the oldest districts in the city of Zurich and runs beneath the Lindenhof.

The name "Schipfe" derives from shipping and means "pushing" (to push) boats to the shore and back into the water.

In the Middle Ages, the "Schipfe" was a transshipment point for important goods; from the 16th century onward, it became the site of the silk industry, bathhouses, and shipbuilding.

To this day, the "Schipfe" remains a craftsmen's alley, an idyllic place to linger, shop, and dine.

zuerich.com/de/besuchen/schipfe

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MartinaTsüri

August 29, 2021

The district is part of the oldest, permanently settled area in what is now the city of Zurich. At the latest in the Middle Bronze Age (around 1500 BC) the area around the Lindenhof was likely to have been inhabited, as finds of tools from the Limmat suggest. A Celtic settlement is for the 1st century BC. Proven. Modern research dates the occupation of the Lindenhof by the Roman military to the year 15 BC. BC, when the small, unpaved Vicus Turicum was built around the customs station around the town hall bridge. In late Roman times, during the reign of Emperor Valentinian I, a fort was built on the hilltop to protect the customs station against the Alamanni advancing from the north during the migration of peoples.

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Udo unter freiem Himmel

September 29, 2021

Wonderful little shops with all kinds of things right on the banks of the Limmat.

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Schipfe District

1. Münsterbrücke Zurich – Rathausbrücke Zurich loop from Zürich Hauptbahnhof

2. Münsterbrücke Zurich – Rathausbrücke Zurich loop from Seefeld

3. Rathausbrücke Zurich – Münsterbrücke Zurich loop from Zürich Wiedikon

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