Schlieren, Switzerland
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Schlieren is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Schlieren Kirche ref
Schlieren train station
So called Gaswerk tower in Schlieren
Diamá, 2008
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
Schlieren, Switzerland
…from a rural agricultural village into a burgeoning urban town, a change driven by the industrial revolution. Thanks to the proximity to the city of Zürich and the good traffic facilities (Tram, S-Bahn), Schlieren showed a population growth of 10,000 since the 1930s. Schlieren was considered for inclusion…
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)