Paradeplatz

The parade ground is a place on the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich City in the quarter. It is located on one of the most expensive locations in the city and has been a synonym for banks and the Swiss prosperity. Directly on the parade square is home to, among others, the two major Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse. In the vicinity a number of other banks also are located.

History

The parade ground was in the 17th century as a trading center for animals (including pigs) known as the " Säumärt " ( pig market ). In 1819 the name was changed in Neumarkt, probably partly due to the ongoing economic recovery in the region of Zurich. The name Neumarkt talked about 50 years until it rechristened the place in parade ground. Thus, a reference was made to the nearby armory and ammunition store in the city.

Until the demolition of the walls of the later parade ground was characterized by both the city walls with the Wollishofer Gate and cats tower and the other by the so-called Tiefenhoflinde. Before the city wall ran the old city moat, which was still open and frogs ditch was called. ( † November 24, 1865 in Zurich born December 13, 1795 in Götzis / Vorarlberg), the first and foremost then strangers hotel in town at the eastern end of the square as " Hôtel Baur en ville " (today Savoy In 1838 the Austrian Johannes Baur opened Baur en Ville).

At the same time opened the Kantonalzürcherische post office next door to the " Central Court " a big stagecoach center, according to contemporaries, was unique in Europe. It was built according to plans by Hans Conrad Stadler. The then Neumarkt became one of the busiest places in Zurich.

The place was still further enhanced by the construction of the Bahnhofstrasse in 1864, as now, there was a direct connection to the Zurich Main Station and the frogs moat was filled up. This was much to the delight of the confectioner, David Sprüngli, which in 1859 moved its headquarters from the market street to the parade ground, and in one of the recently constructed commercial buildings Tiefenhöfe under the false assumption that the then proposed new station ( reconstruction 1867) would directly on the parade ground be built. That the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich for splendor and shopping street would be, no one foresaw. The 1857 by Gustav Albert Wegmann ( 1812-1858 ) built complex of sunken courtyards, in the confectionery Sprüngli since then has his place of business, the first step to today's commercial and business place was.

Chronology

  • To the 17th century trading center « Säumärt " ( pig market )
  • 1487: construction of the armory in the immediate vicinity
  • 1642: a new city wall was built for Zurich. The court moved so into the city.
  • 1684: Garden of the " New Court " on the west side
  • 1686: Construction of the " Feldhofs " on the north side (as gun armory and housing of stuff Lord)
  • 1819: Renamed " Neumarkt "
  • 1838: opening of the hotel " Baur en Ville " and stagecoach center Posthof (now Central Court ) on the east side of the square
  • 1857: Construction of the first modern commercial building Tiefenhöfe on the south side instead of Tiefenhoflinde
  • 1865: Renamed parade ground
  • 1872: the place gets a fountain
  • 1873: establishment of the Loan on the north side (architect Jakob Friedrich Wanner ( 1830-1903 ) )
  • 1882 lead three Rösslitram lines across the parade ground
  • 1896: first electric tram lines
  • 1897-1899: construction of the first building of the Bank Association by Charles Mewes (1860-1916) on the west side
  • 1900: total reconstruction of the square and conversion to electric trams
  • 1907: Conversion of the hotel on the east side
  • 1913: Construction of the Grieder - building in the northeast of the parade ground
  • 1928: establishment of the first tram waiting cottage
  • 1953-1960: Construction of the Union Bank building on the west side by Roland Rohn (1905-1971)
  • 2000: Total renovation, the space

Parade ground in 1840, looking northeast

Around 1850. views from today's parade ground on the Posthof and the woman Münster, right Tiefenhoflinde

Trivia

In the game of Monopoly in the Swiss edition of the parade ground is the most expensive place.

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