Lake Zurich
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Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, that extends southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee may refer to the entire lake or specifically to the section downs
Lake Zurich, Pfannenstiel, and Sihl Valley, as seen from Felsenegg
Küsnachter Dorfbach and Küsnacht's Reformed Church
Lake Zurich from Grossmünster with Quaibrücke and the Limmat in the foreground
Lake Zurich view from Zurich to the Alps
Zurich
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Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of the end of 2024, the municipality h
Lake Zurich
…Schanzengraben (Zurich) Zurich, at the north-western end of the lake, is the largest city on Lake Zurich. The least populous is Hurden. On the west shore (which gradually becomes the…
Altstadt Zürich 2015
P(rae)P(ositus) STA(tionis) TVRICEN(sis): "head of Zurich customs post" (detail from a Roman tombstone, c. AD 185–200, discovered in 1747)
MON(eta) NOV(a) THVRICENSIS CIVIT(atis) IMPERIALIS: "new coin of Zurich, imperial city", 1512 (with Zurich's patron saints Felix, Regula and Exuperantius)
Tigurum instead of Turicum: Zurich's Neo-Latin name had been invented by scholars of the early 16th century; see Tigurini (½ thaler from 1721)