Riesbach

• Seefeld
• Mühlebachstrasse
• Weinegg

Riesbachstrasse is located on the right bank of Lake Zurich city district of Zurich.

The formerly independent municipality Riesbachstrasse was incorporated in 1893 and today forms the circle 8 Administrative Riesbachstrasse is divided by the statistical office since 1971 in the three administrative units ( districts ) Seefeld, Mill creek and Weinegg.

Coat of arms

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History

The formerly independent municipality Riesbachstrasse 1893 amalgamated and formed originally with the former municipalities Fluntern, Hottingen and Hirslanden the urban district of V. On the occasion of the revision of the cities of 1913 the city circle III of three parts and the City Circle V were divided into two and re-numbered the developed thereby circles. The group V was renumbered to circle 7 while Riesbachstrasse was reallocated to a separate, newly created circuit 8.

The second incorporation of 1934 had on Riesbachstrasse no effect, however, was divided in a further revision of the cities in 1971, including Riesbachstrasse by the Statistical Office of the City of Zurich on the drawing board in the three quarters Seefeld, Mill creek and Weinegg that only a statistical significance have.

Attractions

Churches and faith communities

In Riesbachstrasse following religious groups and churches are represented: The Evangelical Reformed Church has in Riesbachstrasse two churches:

• The Neumünster Church, which was built in neoclassical style in the years 1836-1839 by the architect Leonhard Zeugheer,
• And the Church Balgrist, which was built in 1950-1952 by architects Hans and Kurt Pfister.

The Roman Catholic Church is represented in Riesbachstrasse with the parish Redeemer:

• The Church of the Redeemer was built between 1936-1937 by the architect Karl Strobel in the style of the new style.

In addition to the worship of the two national churches there are in Riesbachstrasse following churches and religious centers:

• On the grounds of the Swiss Epilepsy Centre is an ecumenical church, which was built by the architect Bruno Giacometti 1970-1971 ( the youngest brother of the sculptor Alberto Giacometti ).

• The Serbian Orthodox Parish of Trinity took over 1973 individual premises and in 1989 the entire complex of the former parish house and parsonage of the Reformed parish Neumünster and taught in the Serbian Orthodox Church Holy Trinity one.

• The first mosque in Switzerland was built in Riesbachstrasse at Forchstrasse. This is the Mahmud Mosque, which was built in 1962-1963 by Ernst Goehner and Fritz Badertscher. It is operated by the Ahmadiyya community.

• Is the Buddhist Center Zurich, which stands in the tradition of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four major Buddhist schools in Tibet at the Hammer road.