Werd (Zürich)
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Werd is a quarter in the district 4 in Zurich
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Werd (an old germand word for River island) was formerly a municipality of Aussersihl
, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. The separation into the current districts 3, 4 and 5 dates to 1913. The quarter has a population of 3,865 distributed on an area of 0.31 km².
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
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Werd (an old germand word for River island) was formerly a municipality of Aussersihl
Aussersihl
Aussersihl is a district in the Swiss city of Zurich. It is District number 4. The district is colloquially known as Chreis Cheib, cheib being the Zurich German word for an animal cadaver; the area historically contained pits for the deposition of dead animals.The district comprises the quarters...
, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. The separation into the current districts 3, 4 and 5 dates to 1913. The quarter has a population of 3,865 distributed on an area of 0.31 km².