Official Name: | Oberwinterthur |
Native Name: | District of the city of Winterthur |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Switzerland |
Subdivision Type1: | Canton |
Subdivision Name1: | Zürich |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Winterthur |
Area Total Km2: | 17.40 |
Population As Of: | 31. Dec. 2012 |
Population Total: | 21748 |
Blank Name: | District number |
Blank Info: | 2 |
Blank1 Name: | Quarters |
Blank1 Info: | Talacker Guggenbühl Zinzikon Reutlingen Stadel Grüze Hegmatten Hegi |
Oberwinterthur is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 2.
The district comprises the quarters Talacker, Guggenbühl, Zinzikon, Reutlingen, Stadel, Grüze, Hegmatten and Hegi.
Oberwinterthur was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922, and the location of the Roman Vicus Vitudurum.
Oberwinterthur railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S8, S29 and S30.