Zürichhorn

The Zurich Horn is a river delta on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich in the lower basin. It is part of the parks and quays in the Seefeld quarter of the city of Zurich in Switzerland. The gardens are one of the most popular recreation areas of the city of Zurich.

Geography

Made Zurich was the horn substantially from Hornbach, who is called to its headwaters torrent and Were Bach. The embedded into a concrete canal river flows near the parks between the pool and the deep wells in the Horn Zurich Zurich.

Since the Linth glacier after the Ice Age, the Were Bach has dug in the past 10'000 - 15'000 years its present bed through the moraine. In places, he joined it down to the bedrock, the molasses. With the sediment a river delta on Lake Zurich has been created that can still be seen today at the Zurich pronounced horn.

History

1238 Today's Hornbach is mentioned as " Otinbach ," which can be derived from " Bach of Otto ", " OT " from the Old High German for " heritage, rich inheritance ." The former corridor designation Oetenbach could refer to the river, on whose banks an estate of Otto was or where he owned Fischenzen or other rights. At Zurich horn arose about the same time the first monastery Oetenbach; However, due to lack of experience, the sisters built on marshy ground and too close to the water, so that the " nuns sahent that ir closter therefore stood almost on the water, do si were saddened as cordial that si wept pitt variably ». In 1280 /85, the Dominicans moved the Convention on the Sihlbühl at the Lindenhof.

After the course of 16-17. Century rich burghers had built their country houses near the shore of today's Seefeld, settled at Zurich Horn in the 1840s Steinhauer various establishments on. By water, the raw material was delivered, the onshore development of the area was carried out by the Fröhlichstrasse. The former " Hornegg » developed until the late 19th century as a center for Baunebenbetriebe, and the location on the lake also moved to shipyards. With the construction of the port deep wells and the opening of the right bank Zürichseebahn the center of the factory farms shifted to his early city limits.

In the years 1879-1881 the torrent was corrected in his river to contain the recurring flooding of the former town Riesbachstrasse. The stream was diverted to the south and Lake Zurich was called henceforth in the lower part of Hornbach. After the opening of the quays in 1887 the expansion of the park from Seefeldquai to Zurich horn was " socializing, recreation and amusement " implemented for the purpose of promoting. The landscape architect Otto Froebel and Evariste Mertens designed a spacious parkland with the inclusion of the existing trees.

Water Airport Zurich Horn

Products already in the summer of 1910, the " car factory C. & R. Geissberger " prior to their assembly hall at Zurich Horn first experiments with hydro Plan ( flying boats ) by. Under the leadership of Oskar Bider and Fritz Rihner in July 1919, the founding of the " Swiss Society of Air Travel» headquartered in Zurich. There were plans for tourist flights with flying boats from stations at Zurich Horn, in Geneva, Interlaken / Thun, Locarno, Lugano, Lucerne, Ouchy, Roman Horn and St. Moritz. Switzerland, with its numerous lakes appeared Bider for the use of seaplanes predestined, so that could be dispensed with the creation of expensive airfields. Oskar Bider was killed before the realization of his project, but from Zurich horn respectively today's seaside resort deep wells of the Swiss airline Ad Astra Aero came from 1919 seaplanes used. Among the machines used seven Macchi - Nieuport and five Savoia flying boats and the first large flying boat, the Dornier Wal, who raised eye-popping amazement at the Zurich audience were.

Attractions

Sights include the spacious parks and quays with various sculptures (including Jean Tinguely's Heureka ) and the China Garden Zurich on the so-called Blatterwiese and northwest of that the last designed by the architect Le Corbusier building, now Heidi -Weber- Museum respectively Center Le Corbusier. On the southern side of the delta lies the seaside resort of deep wells. For the 1939 National Exhibition, the restaurant Fischstube was built, the only house within the city of Zurich with a thatched roof. In 1956, the main building was destroyed by arson and rebuilt. Due to disrepair, a new building is to be created.

The China Garden on the Blatterwiese

Jean Tinguely's Heureka

The Fish Restaurant with its distinctive thatched roof

Lido deep wells

Among the many major events at Zurich horn the National Exhibition of 1939, Swiss G59 and horticultural exhibition in 1984 are to mention the scientific exhibition phenomena. Since 1987, the cinema by the lake with 48'552 visitors (2007 ) is the largest open-air cinema in Switzerland and takes place between mid-July and mid- August at the Zurich horn directly on the lake instead. The lake facilities in the area of ​​Zurich horn and the Blatterwiese are annually visited by about 2.5 million recreation seekers.