Escher Wyss (Zürich)

Escher Wyss is a district in the Swiss city of Zurich in Zone 5 ( industrial area ). In the north of the Limmat River forms the border of the district. To the east it is bounded by the railway viaduct of Wipkinger - line and on the south by the railway tracks. In the west the district ends just behind the football stadium Hardturmstraße.

History

The Escher- Wyss- quarters were always sparsely populated. First, there were farms that differed predominantly industrial and warehouse buildings in the course of the last century. There were also a few additional apartment buildings. Since the 1970s, however, dominated the growth in buildings for the service sector. Mid-1990s and the early 2000s ( for example Limmatwest and the overbuilding of Steinfels 's area initially 2000s ) the supply of housing is growing in the neighborhood.

Description

The Escher- Wyss- quarters is drawn through a large space, the turbine space. Previously this function had the Escher -Wyss-Platz, where the 1972-2009 distinctive fountain « Sirius » by Annemie Fontana was in the middle. About the Escher -Wyss-Platz since 1972 leads the originally temporary hardware bridge, which visually dominates the whole area. An abort is required by the population and neighborhood politicians repeatedly, which at least in the short term can not be realized. A little west of the Escher -Wyss-Platz is the hardware bridge train station, which connects the neighborhood to the S -Bahn Zurich. Important local modes are the tram lines 4 and 13, which run from Central Station Coming (takes about six minutes) in the outer quarters Grunau ( Altstetten ) and Hoengg. The Hard on the bridge trains running trolleybus lines 33 and 72 establish connections with the hardware and after Wipkingen.

In the neighborhood, the building of Swisscom, the Technopark and the KV Zurich Business School can be found. Other witnesses of the industrial age are the areas Steinfels, Maag, Sulzer -Escher Wyss, Lowenbrau Zurich, as well as the sound - dairy. The areas in question have already been exploited, or are to be redeveloped in the process have, however, often the old, carefully renovated buildings on. Among the more active areas are in use can be found, Swissmill (City Mill), the VBZ Tram Depot hardware, the Migros Distribution Herder ( headquarters of the cooperative Migros Zurich and until 1980 the seat of the Migros Cooperative Association ). In the neighborhood there are also named after the founder of Migros, Gottlieb Duttweiler Duttweilerstrasse and the subsequent thereto northern bridgehead of Duttweilerbrücke.

The district takes its name from the engineering company Escher Wyss AG, which in 1969 swallowed by the Sulzer Corporation. Parts of it were later sold to MAN (MAN Turbo), other activities came about Voest Alpine, VA Tech, WABAG to Siemens.

Theatre and Cultural shipbuilding

Escher -Wyss-Platz with Sirius Fountain (1972-2009)

Former Escher Wyss administration building, Bluewin building and Tramdepot Hard