District 12
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kreis 12 (Zürich), city district #12 (Zürich), Schwamendingen
thumb|left|Schwamendingerplatz (December 2009) thumb|left|Winterthurerstrasse as seen from Schwamendingerplatz, Glattzentrum in Wallisellen in the background thumb|left|Heinrich Bosshardt school building thumb|left|Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) Schwamendingen is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. Formerly an independent community, it was incorporated into Zurich in 1934 to build district number 12.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Schwamendingen
- Settlement.native_name
- District of the city of Zürich
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_flag
- CHE Schwamendingen ZH Flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- CHE Schwamendingen COA.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Karte Zürcher Stadtkreis 12.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Switzerland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zürich
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zürich
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.97
- Settlement.population_total
- 28314
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31. Dec. 2005
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 4743
- Settlement.blank_name
- District Number
- Settlement.blank_info
- 12
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- electoral unit
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Zurich
- Contains
- Hirzenbach
- Population
- 32832
- Area
- 5.97
- Elevation
- 435
- Licence plate code
- ZH
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- Commons category
- Schwamendingen
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Traffic
- References
thumb|left|Schwamendingerplatz (December 2009) thumb|left|Winterthurerstrasse as seen from Schwamendingerplatz, Glattzentrum in Wallisellen in the background thumb|left|Heinrich Bosshardt school building thumb|left|Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) Schwamendingen is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. Formerly an independent community, it was incorporated into Zurich in 1934 to build district number 12.
The district comprises the quarters Schwamendingen Mitte, Saatlen and Hirzenbach. The district numbers 11 and 12, both based in Glatt Valley, are commonly referred to as Zurich North.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “District 12” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
2 mapped locations